Grizzly bears have been in the news because the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service removed them from protection of the Endangered Species Act within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The Yellowstone population of grizzly bears was designated, or listed, as threatened with extinction in 1975. read more
Others hunt grizzly bears for the mere purpose of getting their internal organs and some body parts for trading. Another reason for their threat to extinction is loss of habitat. As the human population increases, the piece of land where they usually live and breed shrinks to a smaller portion. read more