This seems like a very aggressive way to eliminate the homeless population in Golden State.
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Group Wants Nearly 1,200 Grizzlies In California, But Could It Actually Happen?
A new study from a group that wants grizzlies reintroduced to California claims the state could handle nearly 1,200 bears. Wildlife officials say that’s…
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Group Wants Nearly 1,200 Grizzlies In California, But Could It Actually Happen?
A new study from a group that wants grizzlies reintroduced to California claims the state could handle nearly 1,200 bears. Wildlife officials say that’s unrealistic.
A new study from a group that wants grizzlies reintroduced to California claims the state could handle nearly 1,200 bears. Wildlife officials say that’s unrealistic. (Getty Images)
There hasn’t been a verified grizzly bear sighting in California in 101 years, but a coalition of researchers and Native American tribal leaders say the state could handle nearly 1,200 grizzlies, including in places close to Los Angeles.
A new feasibility study for California grizzly reintroduction from the California Grizzly Alliance claims that the state could support 1,183 grizzlies.
That could include 115 bears in the Transverse Ranges, north of Los Angeles, according to researchers.
Another 236 could live in California’s Northwest Forest. The largest population, 832 grizzlies, could thrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, near the California-Nevada state line, researchers claim.
Unrealistic Hopes?
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) spokesman Peter Tira said that his agency is aware of the study and open to talking about the idea.
But realistically, it will be a long time before California even considers bringing back grizzlies, if ever.
As far as where grizzlies bound for California might come from, there’s a longstanding claim that California grizzlies were a distinct subspecies, and therefore essentially irreplaceable.
But the study’s authors argue that’s not true, and that California’s native grizzlies weren’t significantly different from grizzlies now living throughout the northern Rockies.
The study’s forward notes that grizzlies could be transplanted from anywhere in the northern Rockies region. British Columbia, Canada is named as one possible source for grizzlies. . . .
