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Plea across border: Save grizzly
Plea across border: Save grizzly Brandye, a young 225 pound grizzly bear was fitted
with a tiny radio transmitter in her ear, so that government
biologists could monitor her movements throughout the mountain
meadows of the Pacific Northwest. Brandye's roaming took her into
British Columbia were she startled two deer hunters and was shot to
death. The grizzly population along the Canadian/ United States
border is dwindling and grizzlies which were once thought to number
from 50,000 to 100,000 now total fewer than 1,000 and are found
mostly in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington. Although
officials on both sides of the border are working to protect bears
like Brandye, endangered species have much less protection in
Canada than they do in the United States. Canada still allows
limited grizzly hunting near the border and has lighter penalties
for accidental shootings. Environmentalists are quick to point out
that the grizzly's habitat is endangered on both sides of the
border, due to new development. The United States needs Canada's
help to extend the bears' territory and to increase the
opportunities for breeding, but the protection seems less urgent
for Canadians who have more empty space and more animals. Even
though Canada has 313 species listed as at risk, Canadians remain
wary about mimicking U.S.-type laws. British Columbia has initiated
recovery programs at two locations near the border, but there is no
special legal protection for the grizzly bear. The U.S. government
has targeted six areas where the grizzlies still roam, and are
establishing recovery plans to revive once-thriving bear
territories. The United States warns Canadians not to make the same
mistakes that they did by developing resources and damaging bear
habitats.
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