Grizzly hunts loom as US seeks to end protections

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Grizzlies could be hunted across parts of three states under a proposal by the Obama administration to lift federal protections for the animals that were first imposed more than forty years ago.
The administration on Thursday declared the Yellowstone-area population of grizzlies has recovered from near-extermination, in what U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe called “a triumph for partner-driven conservation.”
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