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THE grizzly bear is vanishing so rapidly that 

 without protection he is likely to become ex- 

 tinct. If there is good reason and there is for 

 the protection of deer, elk, and the bighorn, there 

 is every good reason why we should protect the 

 grizzly. He is a destroyer of pests, he helps sustain 

 a hunting-industry, he encourages many individ- 

 uals to take mental relaxation and healthful exer- 

 cise in the outdoors, he carries more popular and 

 sustained interest than any other animal, and, in 

 most respects, he is the greatest wild animal in the 

 world. It will benefit the human race to perpetu- 

 ate the grizzly, and to do this will require a few 

 years of legal protection. 



A close season for a period of years is needed. If 

 there is an open season this should be restricted to 

 two or three States, and it should be short. The 

 number taken should be limited to one per person, 

 unless a mother grizzly with cubs be killed, in 

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