Grizzly+Bear

 media type="custom" key="3680153" Grizzly Bear By Anastasia H.

There are countless numbers of speacies endangered throughout the world. One of them is the grizzly bear. The grizzly bears range from Alaska, south through much of western Canada, and into portions of the northwestern part of the United States. The grizzly bears usually live in forests, medows, valley bottoms, usually around the mountains, and along coasts of river. During the California Gold Rush, people started making settlements in grizzly bear territory and this is when people started really killing grizzly bears. They killed them for their fur and meat. People also thought that grizzly bears were a threat to humans. But the people didn't know that grizzly bears only attacked when they fell threatened or surprised. 70% of all grizzly bear attacks were caused from humans getting to close to the grizzly's cub.Grizzly bears are omnivors and have a diet that consists of both plants and animals. They have been known to eat animals like bison and moose. A grizzly bear can weigh from 400 to 1200 pound. Despite how big they are, grizzly bears have been clocked at 30 miles an hour. Grizzly bears are typically brown, though their fur can appear white tipped or grizzled leading to its original name. Today there are currently 60,000 wild grizzly bears located throughout North America. The reason why grizzly bears are endangered is beacuse the loss of habitat and people hunting them. There is so many things we can so to save the grizzly bears. We can stop hunting them and stop destroying their habitats. If we help not only just the grizzly bear but all endangered speacies, we will prevent extinction.