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Study says Banff Park grizzlies have lowest reproduction rate on continent

February 25, 2005
Source: Yahoo!
Original storylink verified on February 25, 2005

nine-year study coinciding with burgeoning development in and around Banff National Park has found the area's grizzly bears have the lowest reproductive rate ever recorded in North America. The study of 71 bears between 1994 and 2002 also found that humans were responsible for more than 75 per cent of female bear deaths and 86 per cent of male deaths in the same time.

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