Monday, April 29, 2013

Grizzly bear diet study is key to fed protection

Researchers say a study on Yellowstone ecosystem grizzly bear diets should be completed this October. The study will help determine whether managers will recommend ending federal protections for the species. Frank van Manen is the team leader for the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team. Van Manen says the study is taking a "holistic approach" to analyzing grizzly bear diets. He says that researchers are looking at the changing availability of different food types available to the bears. Grizzlies have very broad-based diets that complicate the study. Grizzlies have been listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act for the past four years.

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  1. Frankly speaking when I saw the title of this article, I thought that I'm going to read about brand new and 'very effective' diet and more fat loss factor tips that will surprise me. Now I see. But one thing confused me: we got used to think more about food and ways to lose extra pounds. Actually humans cause harm to animals. We don't think a lot about environment, animals and famine. Why some people suffer from extra pounds while others suffer from the lack of food? It makes me think about Audrey Hepburn's saying 'For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.' It's so simple and so true!

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