GRIZZLY BEAR NEWS: There are only about 60 grizzlies in Banff National Park, where their biggest threat is getting hit on the transportation corridor. Since 2000, 13 grizzlies were killed on the train tracks in the mountain park and another two just outside its boundary. Another eight have died on the Trans-Canada Highway in the same period. Survival in the protected area is considered critical because there are only about 700 grizzly bears throughout Alberta, leading the province to declare the species threatened. The Parks Canada project — announced in the fall of 2010 with a $1-million cash infusion from Canadian Pacific Railway — is trying to improve the situation for grizzly bears in the national parks. The four-year study, in its second year, includes teams of internationally recognized experts in the fields of conservation biology, animal behaviour, transportation research and bear biology. Read more here: calgaryherald/news/alberta/Project+aims+reduce+grizzly+bear+deaths+mountain+parks/8689582/story.html#ixzz2ZtU4PS1l
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:17:54 +0000
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