The Historic Grizzly

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However, there was a vast difference between the mountain lion and wolf, and the grizzly, in the mind of the average settler. The mountain lion seldom stood its ground when confronted by a human. The wolf garnered even less respect and came to be considered nothing more than vermin, a large version of the lowly coyote, which killed by night, then slunk off back to its hole come daylight and cringed like a coward when cornered. The grizzly, on the other hand, proved its fearsomeness over and over again when cornered, often fighting ferociously to its last breath against hopeless odds. And not just fighting, but sometimes even winning, tearing the life from some brave or foolhardy human soul who had made the fatal mistake of pursuing a grizzly.
The demise of the grizzly would not be as easily accomplish as the wolf. To eradicate an animal as powerful, dangerous, and reclusive as the grizzly would take a determined effort by dedicated men who used American ingenuity, technology, and resourcefulness to reach their goal. One other thing was needed: to vilify the great bear to the point where the only good bear was a dead bear. Reply