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Article: Black Bear Study Finds Growing Populations, But Combating Illegal Trade Remains a Challenge
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 30, 2002
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WASHINGTON, April 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- American black bear
populations appear to be stable or increasing across most of their
North American range, a decade-long TRAFFIC study finds. But in many
jurisdictions, further action is needed to address poaching, illegal
trade, and monitoring of legal hunting in order to fully protect
black bears.
The study by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring program of
World Wildlife Fund and IUCN-The World Conservation Union, was
compiled from responses to a detailed set of survey questions
submitted to wildlife management agencies at the state, provincial,
and territorial level in the United States and Canada. The study
covers a period of nearly 10 ...