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Originally Posted by Torture
Bears used to roam the prairies from Alberta to Manitoba. They've retreated to the mountains because we've pushed them out of their space. We have eliminated 98% of their range while we continue to demand more and more space leaving them less. Grizzly populations used to be in the range of 50k and now there's maybe a couple thousand left in all of North America. They're not at an artificially high population in any way, WTF are you talking about.
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Your main point stands but there are roughly 25-30,000 grizzlies in Canada and 60,000 in North America. And these numbers could be on the low end as they tent to be elusive.
https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/...zzly-bear.html