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TRUE GRIZZ by Douglas H. Chadwick.

It has been a long time since Americas were able to homestead in vast, untamed tracts of land out West. Grizzlies no longer have that luxury either. Most parks and designated wilderness are too small to hold many such giants. Other preserves are too top-heavy; that is, they protect grand expanses of alpine scenery but end down where more fertile habitats start. Meanwhile - endangered species regulations notwithstanding - industry, real estate and mass recreation continue to extend their reach into previously remote countrysides.
What this means is that the bears have little choice but to share landscapes with us to some extent even in the best of wild-food years. Competition is inevitable and conflicts unavoidable. The question is whether they can be kept to tolerable levels. Everyone always says that the long-term solution to complex issues lies in better education. Hunt and Manley were just taking the philosophy a step farther, tutoring animals that, like us, possess a lively intelligence and inquisitive nature along with the potential for monstrous behavior. Reply