Grizzly bears : saving the silvertip / by Jacqueline Dembar Greene.
By: Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.
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BookSeries: America's animal comebacks. Publisher: New York : Bearport Pub., c2008Description: 32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781597165334 (library binding); 1597165336 (library binding).Other title: Bears.Subject(s): Grizzly bear -- Conservation -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature | Rare mammals -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature | Grizzly bear -- Conservation | Grizzly bear | Bears | Rare mammals | Animals | Grizzly bears | Bears | Rare mammals | AnimalsDDC classification: 599.784 Summary: Explains the reasons why grizzly bears came close to extinction, follows the work of biologists John and Frank Craighead to learn about the bears and what they need to survive, looks at the government's move to protect grizzlies, and discusses efforts by wildlife scientists to save bears from getting shot or caught and destroyed by people.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Explains the reasons why grizzly bears came close to extinction, follows the work of biologists John and Frank Craighead to learn about the bears and what they need to survive, looks at the government's move to protect grizzlies, and discusses efforts by wildlife scientists to save bears from getting shot or caught and destroyed by people.
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