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the autumn. Other grizzlies left their homes outside 

 the P-ark and moved in to stay. Whether the sum- 

 mer migrant bears or the recent residents came to 

 the Park because of the food, the safety, or both is 

 difficult to say. Unusual opportunities were fur- 

 nished Park visitors to study and observe the griz- 

 zly, with beneficial influence on themselves. But 

 their worrying of the bears in time proved harmful. 



The bears were thoughtlessly betrayed. Increas- 

 ing numbers of visitors produced large garbage- 

 piles. People came to the garbage-piles to watch 

 the bears feed and often teased them. The bears 

 became cross. Sometimes there were fights among 

 the assembled bears over the smelly feasts. The 

 charity of the garbage-pile led them into bad hab- 

 its, upset their digestions, and ruined their dispo- 

 sitions. But their appetite for garbage increased 

 until they became food pensioners and garbage 

 drunkards. Like some humans they enjoy being 

 pensioners and insist on being supplied. If there 

 wasn't enough garbage they raided camps and 

 hotels. If their raid was interrupted they resented 

 it. In due time a few of the most dyspeptic bears 

 became bold and defiant raiders. 



The Park is visited by thousands for whom the 

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