CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES SAVING THE ENDANGERED GRIZZLY BEAR JUSTINE CIOVACCO 3 Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
WHY GRIZZLY BEARS NEED OUR HELP Grizzly bears are large brown bears that live in North America They are powerful animals but they still need our help Grizzlies once lived in a large area of western North America from Alaska south to Mexico Today grizzlies remain in Alaska and Canada South of Canada less than 1,500 remain in the United States Even fewer remain in Mexico 4 A female grizzly bear called a sow cuddles her cubs
5 Grizzlies are being crowded out by people They have less land to live on A U S agency put grizzlies on a list of endangered species in the 1970s The animals are considered threatened in the United States In Mexico however they are endangered In the United States people were not al lowed to hunt the bears People also helped to save their habitat As a result the grizzly population grew Many people think grizzlies still need our help though The bears still face threats to their survival WHY GRIZZLY BEARS NEED OUR HELP Endangered species are plants and animals at risk of dying out Vocabulary Bears have less food and shelter when people build in places where the bears live
