Protect Yellowstone Grizzly Bears

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The paper explores the debate over whether it is timely to remove the grizzly bear's federal status as an endangered species and relates that despite many claims that the bears are on a path to recovery, their numbers are still at dangerous levels. The paper addresses the growing concerns over bears hunted outside of their recovery zone, as well as the worry that delisting the bears will set the precedent that other still-endangered species can be removed once arbitrarily set "goals" are achieved. The paper also considers the concerns arising over the damaging of the bear's habitat and concludes that the retention of the Yellowstone grizzly bear on the list of endangered animals must be of paramount environmentalist concern.

From the Paper:

"Grizzly bears numbered in the tens of thousands in the early decades of the pioneering of the Americas. Since then, their numbers have fallen drastically to, by some estimates, no more than 1,200. Even more alarming, these bears which previously lived on several million acres of land now find themselves occupying as little as 1 to 2 percent of their previous habitat. In response, these bears were placed under the protection of the Endangered Species Act in July of 1975 (Hagarty). Under this act, the grizzlies were protected in two distinct ways: the first protected the bears physically from being, "harass[ed], harm[ed], pursue[d], hunt[ed], [shot], wound[ed], kill[ed], trap[ed], capture[d], or collect[ed]", according to the text of the act (Hagarty). The second protected specifically their habitat from development."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Associated, Press. "Yellowstone Grizzlies May Come Off Endangered List." Fox News16 Nov. 2005. 21 Mar. 2006<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,175621,00.html>.
• France, Tom. "Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Recovery Shows Endangered Species ActSuccess." National Wildlife Federation 15 Nov. 2005.
• Hagarty, Ryan. Grizzly Bear Recovery. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Honnold, Douglas. "Yellowstone's Grizzlies: Not Out of the Woods Yet." 27 Aug. 2005.Denver Post.
• Staff. "No Safety Net for Yellowstone Grizzlies." Msnbc 16 Nov. 2005. 21 Mar. 2006<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9996768/>.

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