GRIZZLES

BEARS

environmentalists are hoping to prevent the lifting of federal protection given to the grizzle bear, a still endangered animal in some parts. But I believe that the gov't is getting pressure from ranchers whose ranches surround Yellowstone National Park. The were opposed to reestablishing the wolf in Yellowstone for fear it would endanger their livestock. The Park Service agreed that if the ranchers lost any livestock to a wolf, they could legally kill it. Shortly afterwards, several wolves were killed by ranchers, BUT,there was never any clear evidence their livestock had been attacked. In fact one incident, a Park Ranger went to the scene and found the dead wolf with the dead calf in its mouth. Even he said it looked staged.

The grizzle population has been so crowded out of its native habitat that California, whose state flag has a grizzle on it, no longer has a single grizzle bear with in its state's borders.

All these people who are for progress, building and using up the earth's resources don't realize that one day its all going to come back and bite us in the butt.