A draft to rehabilitate grizzly bears in the North Cascades ecosystem in the United States, has been released, with public comments / concerns available to be submitted until November 13th, 2023. This comes after the first attempt to rehabilitate grizzles was halted in 2015 by the Trump administration, despite 159, 000 comments of support from the public.

Reintroducing grizzly bears is something I support whole-heartedly; my concern lies with whether they will remain protected after their reintroduction. When you look at grey wolves, they spent 45 years under federal protection, only to have those protections lifted as state's throughout the U.S. lifted hunting bans and opened wolves back up for sport hunting. 45 years of effort only to watch them get shot and killed for fun?

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