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Post by grrraaahhh on Jul 23, 2011 7:15:38 GMT -9
On 12 January 1999, Dr. Lance Craighead, noted expert on the grizzly bear, appeared before the House Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Committee and testified that his best guess was that the minimum viable population of grizzly bears was 1,000. Dr. Craighead said that the smallest known healthy population of bears was about 3,000. The number 1,000 reflected the minimum number of animals needed to maintain a gene pool. The proponents of the reintroduction of the bear know of this problem, but ignore it unless pressed, as Dr. Craighead was in the Committee hearing. www.bitterroot.com/grizzly/BEARS42N.HTMThank you Warsaw.
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