Brown Bear
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Brown Bear Conservation Status

Brown bear conservation status – History

Due to myths and legends the brown bear was long considered as a ferocious animal which will kill anyone which came close to it. This worked fine keeping people far away from wherever the brown bear population was but as rifles was invented and perfected the brown bears were starting to be exterminated as vermin. The rule of thumb for many, many years was to shoot the brown bear on sight, even though it did not pose any threat to anyone. Because of this the number of brown bears collapsed over a pretty short time and has not begun to stabilize until recently.

Brown bear conservation status – Conservation today

Today the brown bears are legally protected from hunting and it is only permitted to kill a brown bear in order to save lives. Great national parks, such as the Yellowstone Park, have been created to harbour the brown bear population and preserve the natural habitat that they enjoy so much. The brown bear conservation status is considered to be of least concern, meaning that the population is under surveillance but little is done to affect it.

Brown bear conservation status – Problems

One of the greatest problems with the brown bear conservation status today is that most brown bears are just a little too convenient for their own good, finding their way in to suburban areas and raiding trashcans. Because of the risks involved for the general human population these brown bears need to be relocated and, if they have shown signs of connecting human presence with food, put to sleep. This generally effects the female population of the brown bears because it is almost only female brown bears which have the territories at the far ends of the national parks, killing those means less cubs which in itself means fewer brown bears.