The Historic Grizzly

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By 1930 distraught conservationists declared the grizzly virtually extinct in the West, except for those few enclaves in the national parks of Yellowstone and Glacier, where the bear was protected. With stunning speed and efficiency, the grizzly had been eliminated. Or had it? 
An article in the April 17, 1931, edition of the Silver City ( New Mexico ) Enterprise newspaper read: "To Carl and Blue Rice of Cliff goes the credit for killing one of the largest grizzly bears ever seen in this section. This bear was hailed as the last of the grizzlies in New Mexico. Problem was, a bear killed the year before on Black Mountain west of Magdalen by a man named George Evans had also been hailed as the last grizzly. Then in 1933 another "last grizzly" was killed in New Mexico - all in a state where the grizzly was "virtually" extinct. Reply