Read the following article
https://newsela.com/articles/california-grizzlies/id/4778/ Do you think grizzly bears should be relocated to California? What do you think the author's opinion on this subject is? Does it differ from yours? Please explain using information from the text and any other resources you would like to include. Please respond to at least two other student entries.
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Leilah
11/18/2014 12:53:53 am
I think you shouldn't judge a book by its cover .Just because grizzlies are scary looking doesn't mean you cant help them.Grizzlies have a bad reputation for scaring people away but that is because they want to protect their babies from people that might want to hurt them or kill them.
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Sasha
11/18/2014 12:59:13 am
Leilah, I like how you said about the grizzly bears bad reputation and that you can't judge a book by its cover.
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Sofia
11/18/2014 01:02:49 am
I agree with you because grizzly bears are just trying to protect themselves and their family. If humans try to kill the grizzly bears, the grizzly bears would or would try to fight back.
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Benicio
11/18/2014 01:21:54 am
I think you are right Leilah because you really shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Your whole comment is right.
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Sasha
11/18/2014 12:55:50 am
I think we should relocate the grizzly bears because they had pride in our state. The grizzly bear was on our flag and California was their pertinent home. Now, they are in Yellowstone National Park where they are struggling to find a natural home. California needs and wants them back to our states. They will grow in a natural environment where they can thrive.
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brian
11/18/2014 12:58:44 am
I agree with you because grizzly bears is our state animal
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Benicio
11/18/2014 01:03:32 am
I agree with you Sasha, because we do want and need them back. Yellowstone is there temporary home. California is there REAL home.
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TOMMY
11/18/2014 01:12:20 am
I do not think they should come back because there is not enough space for them
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charlotte
11/18/2014 01:20:34 am
I do agree that the Grizzlies need a place where they can thrive because yellow stone is just not working out for them, but I don't think California is the answer. I'm sure that once they get here, humans will be begging for them to leave. I don't think that we will be able to adjust to dangerous bears like the grizzlies in our state. I think we should just find somewhere else where they can thrive that's not so populated. To, Sasha.
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Jacob
11/18/2014 08:02:38 am
I think they shouldn't come back Sasah because the people who are frighten of them might kill them and we don't want them to be extinct
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brian
11/18/2014 12:56:26 am
Yes I think grizzly bears should be relocated to California because grizzly bear is California state animal and grizzly bear is in the state flag. Another reason is that they are harmless and people start hunting them. grizzly bear did not have to live in an another state if the hunters did not hunt the grizzly bear. I hope grizzly bears come back to there home California
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julian
11/18/2014 01:04:17 am
i agree with you brian because people have no reason to start hunting the grizzly bears. i also agree because you said if the hunters weren't there in the first place, mabye the grizzles wouldn't have to go to another state. BRING BACK THE GRIZZLIES!
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Ryan
11/18/2014 01:05:49 am
Brian I do not agree with you I think that the grizzly bears shouldn't be relocated to California.
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leilah
11/18/2014 01:06:44 am
I agree with you but just because it is our state animal does not mean we have to have them in californa.But everything else I agree with.
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violet
11/18/2014 01:22:54 am
I agree with you Brian . grizzly bears are harmless animals that deserve there home . After all its the least we can do for them.
Jacob
11/18/2014 08:05:41 am
I really agree with you Brian they are harmless to people they just attack because they are frighten.
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wolf
11/18/2014 12:57:22 am
The article states that most people aren't to happy with the idea of grizzly rooming around in the community. I wouldn't really appreciate bears rooming around in my hometown either. I think that Bears can be very dangerous, but I understand why people would that bears can be loving animals.
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julian
11/18/2014 12:57:43 am
no i don't think we should relocate grizzly bears to california because since people hunted grizzly bears over 90 years ago, i think people will just keep on hunting them. another reason is because grizzly bears will fight if they have to. but i also think we should relocate them into california because grizzles will sometimes run away from people and maybe if you don't bother them maybe they won't bother us. i think the author's opinion is to bring back the grizzly bears. i am not sure if it is different from my opinion because i do and i don't want to bring back the grizzles.
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brian
11/18/2014 01:00:49 am
I don't agree with you because grizzly bears our state animal.
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Natasha
11/18/2014 01:03:23 am
I agree with you Julian, because many people and grizzly bears will get hurt if either one attacks. We need to learn to live alongside black bears peacefully if we want to bring back grizzly bears.
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Jorden
11/18/2014 01:10:32 am
I think that if the goverment is bringing grizzlys back they would keep the grizzlys protected from being hunted.
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NOLA
11/18/2014 01:12:06 am
I agree with you Julian because if the grizzly bears have been hunted or threatened for over 90 years then people are still going to be threatened
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alex
11/18/2014 01:16:05 am
I agree with you julian. if grizzly's come back to California people might not agree. i also agree if we don't bother them they won't bother us
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Benicio Curiel
11/18/2014 12:58:31 am
Yes I do think grizzlies should be relocated to California because they deserve a nice warm climate. They haven't been known to be man-eating predators. They to attack people but only because we hunt them down. They just want to protect themselves. My opinion doesn't differ from the author's. Bears have a right to live wherever they want, just like us. We were once held captive. Now we are free. The grizzlies are free, too, and we have to respect that just like they respect us. The text says people are scared, but bears are not that harmful.They are big and fierce but they are more scared of us then we are of them.
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Sasha
11/18/2014 01:02:35 am
I do agree with you Benicio because they do have a complete right to be relocated
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Wolf
11/18/2014 01:09:08 am
Ben, I think that grizzles deserve a comfortable climate and safety against humans but I know that grizzles in range of humans and humans in range of grizzles could cause a major problem for the people and the grizzles because it could cause some conflict and maybe some bloodshed if proper care is taken.
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Aidan
11/18/2014 01:17:56 am
Ben I agree with you because they deserve a nice warm climate and don't deserver to be kicked out.
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Mrs. Chenu
11/18/2014 01:51:20 pm
Benicio- What do you mean by we were once held captive and now we're free?
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Sofia
11/18/2014 12:58:39 am
I think that grizzly bears should be relocated in California because if our population doesn't mess with the grizzlies, the grizzlies won't mess with us. I think the author's opinion is that grizzly bears should not be relocated in California. The author thinks that they are more dangerous than cute or playful. How would the author feel if she got kicked out of her state by grizzlies and the did not want her to come back? The author's thinking is different than mine. She wants grizzlies to stay in a different state and I want them to come to our state.
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Elena
11/18/2014 01:10:16 am
I do agree with you because because leaving the grizzly bears in their normal habitat will make thier population to grow.
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Ryan
11/18/2014 01:00:04 am
I think that the grizzly bears shouldn't be relocated to California because people feel threatened from them and they also hunt them.If the grizzly bears came back because people are afraid of them and hunt them they are most likely to become extinct. I know because in the article it said ''The big bears were hunted so much that no grizzly has been seen in the wild in the state since 1924.''I think that the author's opinion to this text is he doesn't want the grizzly bears to come back. This does not differ from my opinion because I also do not think that the grizzly bears to come back. Grizzly bears are amazing animals but they do not have enough space in yellow stone but the bears are still living happily at their new home.
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NOLA
11/18/2014 01:07:13 am
I agree with you Ryan because the people already do feel threatened by the black bears and if we get grizzly bears the people will feel very, very threatened.
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Cara
11/18/2014 01:09:22 am
I agree with you Ryan that the grizzly bears should not be relocated in California because they might be dangerous to the people and also the bear.
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lesly
11/18/2014 01:09:30 am
true, but i sort of agree with you.
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Connie
11/18/2014 01:13:42 am
I agree with you because the people could hunt or kill the grizzlies again. After all, the people didn't really appreciate them. I don't want the bears to be extinct, too.
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Natasha
11/18/2014 01:00:05 am
No, I don't think that grizzly bears should be relocated to CA because they would have less areas to live in. They probably wouldn't want to live near human activity, because the article says that they run from us, but they will fight. If this happens, more humans and grizzly bears could get hurt. The authors opinion on this subject seems to be that there are too many humans living in CA, and there isn't enough room for the grizzly bears. The author's idea doesn't differ from mine, because we both agree that there isn't enough room for the bears.
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Ryan
11/18/2014 01:03:45 am
Natasha I do agree with you I also think that grizzly bears should not come back to California and that he author does think that grizzly bears should not come back because of the people and how there is not enough room.
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Jorden
11/18/2014 01:00:20 am
I think the grizzly bears should relocate in california because Cidney Skeen often sees grizzly bears around her house and says they are very playful than dangerous.A hazard would be that people would freak out about the bears.People would like 300 to 400 bears to relocate in the mountains.The main place that the bears used to locate at was by water areas.The people wanting the bears to relocate in california want them by beaches but now more people are living around the beaches so that could also cause hazards to the bears.Scientists are trying to find out why the grizzlys left for 90 years and until they find out the bears may not be relocating back in california.
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Cara
11/18/2014 01:01:50 am
I think that the Grizzly bears should not be transported back to California. Some people do not even like black bears and the grizzly bears are even more dangerous. There are a lot of people in California so we don't have enough space for them. It could be dangerous for the people and the bears.
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Natasha
11/18/2014 01:06:54 am
I agree with you, Cara. It will just cause more problems if the grizzly bears come back because we might fight each other. It would be very dangerous for both us and the bears.
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Elena
11/18/2014 01:07:10 am
I do not agree with you Cara because the grizzly bears have adapted to CA, the Grizzly bears are a important part of The CA, they are on the state flag. The where born here. They have their enviornmental factors here.
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Arlon
11/18/2014 01:17:06 am
I agree with you Cara because in the text it said that grizzlies might wander off and might get shot at and might not get enough food or berries for the winter.
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Elena
11/18/2014 01:02:02 am
I do think Grizzles should be transported back to California or back to the national parks. I would like to transport them because they are a nature creation you should leave them how they are. They are used to their own environmental factors in their natural habitat, California. The authors opinion is also they think the Grizzles should be transported back to CA. They are more playful than dangerous. Says local shop owner Cindy Skeen.
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Cara
11/18/2014 01:05:21 am
I do not agree because Cindy Skeen said that the black bears were more dangerous than playful.
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Cara
11/18/2014 01:10:52 am
I mean more playful than dangerous.
Elena
5/5/2015 09:52:32 am
That is what I said.
alex
11/18/2014 01:20:37 am
I do not agree with you b/c people in CA let children hike where grizzly's would be
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Leilah
11/18/2014 01:02:21 am
I think you used good evidence from the text and evidence you already knew.I like how you mentioned the bear on our state flag.
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NOLA
11/18/2014 01:02:41 am
I think the grizzly bears shouldn't be relocated in California.I think they shouldn't be relocated, because the text said that the town was already scared of the black bears, and grizzly bears are a lot more fierce and dangerous than the, black bears.I think the black bears should stay in California but not the grizzlies.
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Sofia
11/18/2014 01:05:05 am
I do not agree with you because if we just left the grizzly bears alone, thy would not bother us.
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Connie
11/18/2014 01:20:07 am
I don't exactly agree with you, because if the grizzly bears didn't stay in California, where else could the grizzly bears live? The people just need to be more careful around the Grizzly environment.
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Cara
11/19/2014 08:32:14 am
I agree Nola because if the people were already scared of black bears,and the grizzly bears are even more dangerous, the people might get freaked out by them.
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Lesly
11/18/2014 01:04:48 am
I think that grizzly's should be relocated in California because they were here before us but the problem for the grizzly bears is that were they used to live before people are living there now.I think that the author's opinion is that they might not have enough room to make a good amount of space for the grizzly's.They are big animals.My opinion is that there might be enough space for only two grizzly bears.But if there is not enough space for even two grizzly bears.Then the wildlife people should take the bears and put them some where were they can live well.My opinion is a little diffrent than the author's opinion
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Tommy
11/18/2014 01:05:01 am
I think that grizzly bears should not be relocated to California the article said that there is no space for them to move to California because there are 40 million people now. I think they should live in other places where there are less people or in the wild where they really belong to live and other people may harm them if the grizzly bears come here to California . That is my opinion of the grizzly bears comeback
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lesly
11/18/2014 01:06:31 am
tommy i sort of agree with you.
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Arlon
11/18/2014 01:11:30 am
I agree with you Tommy because grizzlies need a lot of room and might wonder of the protected area and there might not be enough food for them either.
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Gavin
11/18/2014 01:05:15 am
I don't think grizzly bears should be relocated to California because in the article it talked about how Black Bears are not that violent compared to Grizzly Bears because Grizzly Bears attack and Black Bears don't that much.I think the author's opinion is that a lot of people in California want Grizzly Bears back so I think he is taking other peoples opinion and turning it into his opinion.It differs from my opinion because I think Grizzly's are dangerous so I want them to not come back but the author is taking other peoples opinion and maybe he also wants them to come back.
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Ashley
11/18/2014 01:09:59 am
I agree with you because grizzly bears are more dangerous than black bears and also they would make more messes than the black bear.
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Jay
11/18/2014 01:15:36 am
I do not agree with you Gavin because the article says that grizzly bears defend themselves.Black bears probably do not get attacked much thats why they do not attack.
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Jacob
11/18/2014 01:17:25 am
Gavin i agree with you because the grizzly bear are more dangerous then the black bear
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Ashley
11/18/2014 01:05:39 am
My opinion is to let the grizzly bears stay where they are now because when the grizzly bears are free they'll come to the suburban areas to eat through the trash bins while the people are sleeping. They will also make a lot of mess when they are free in the suburban areas. My opinion is different from the author's because the author wants to have grizzly bears come back and let scientists study them more often.
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Gavin
11/18/2014 01:09:57 am
I agree with you Ashley because the will trash California and the Grizzly Bear is very dangerous
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charlotte zhang
11/18/2014 01:06:17 am
I don't think bringing Grizzly bears back to California would be the best idea because after all,they are quite dangerous, and just like the text said, California is a very populated area, so the grizzlies might not have any good habitats to live in other than the mountains.I definitely agree with Dave Graber, that humans would not get used to them being in California, and that if there was a place for them I would definitely say that Grizzlies relocating in California would be reasonable but there are just too many people.
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TOMMY
11/18/2014 01:14:56 am
I agree they may be very dangerous
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Connie
11/18/2014 01:06:19 am
No, because if the bears are in California, the people will probably hunt them. The people don't really like those big bears. By the way, the grizzly bears could be kind of dangerous to people. In the text, it said that sometimes the bears would fight back to defend themselves. The author might think that the grizzly bears are sort of endangered, because in one of the paragraphs from the text, it said that the big bears were hunted so much that no grizzly has been seen in the wild in the state since 1942. I agree with the author, because even though grizzlies are scary, it doesn't mean people should kill them.
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Ashley
11/18/2014 01:17:59 am
I agree with you because the people started hunting grizzly bears long ago and it is a bad thing to do when the bears are threatened.
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Arlon
11/18/2014 01:08:01 am
I think grizzlies shouldn't be relocated back to California because it could cause a enormous panic because in the article,it says that the grizzlies might wander off beyond the protected areas and in camp sites of where people are and might frighten the people and by accident get hunted or shot at by mistake or get hit by a car on the road.Also they could hurt each other by fighting black bears by accident.And maybe there won't be enough berries or food for the grizzlies either.THat is why I think grizzly bears shouldn't be relocated to California,because they might not survive in California.
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Aidan
11/18/2014 01:08:46 am
Yes, I think grizzly bears should be relocated to California because in California there is enough water and food for them to eat and drink. Grizzly bears need a lot of space to roam around. On the first flag the was a picture of a Grizzly bear it was a symbol to represent Grizzly bears. California has a lot of people and scientist think the grizzly bears would get along with humans and they will have to take them away. I think that the author thinks that the Grizzly bears should get relocated to California because he or she thinks other places might not have as many resources for the Grizzly bears to survive. Hunters used to kill Grizzly bears and they became threatened in 1975.
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Gael
11/18/2014 01:13:59 am
Aidan I agree with you on your opinion because it is true there really is alot of space for them.
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Jay
11/18/2014 01:09:16 am
Yes I would like grizzly bears to be relocated in California because they defend themselves like humans do to. They probably do not want to hurt anybody. I think the authors opinion is the problems of grizzly bears. No it is not different because humans are a great danger to bears so that is a problem. The text said that grizzly bears were hunted.
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Jacob
11/18/2014 01:09:47 am
I think the grizzly bear should not be relocated back to California. If there were people will just hunt them all. The even if the grizzly is state flag. If they all live in California they would probably be extinct. They are afraid of use as we are afraid of them. Nobody would want a pack of grizzly bear every where in your back yard. This is why i think they shouldn't be locate to California or La.
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Gael
11/18/2014 01:10:32 am
Yes I think that grizzly bears should be relocated in California because it is their home here in California and we just kicked them out by populating are cities more and more and eventually they now have barely enough space to roam around and be themselves. They deserve to have enough space for them to thrive. I think the author's opinion on the subject is that she or he thinks that if we just give them a special place they would just wonder out and conflict with humans. I don't agree because we just have to give them a little respect and they are our state flag animal after all.
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Aidan
11/18/2014 01:15:24 am
Yes gael I agree with you because people are kind of kicking out Grizzly bears and the population of them are going down.
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sarah
11/18/2014 01:18:01 am
I agree that California is their main home.
Alex
11/18/2014 01:10:38 am
No, I do not think grizzly bears should come back to California. There simply is no space for them, California has 40million people now. They would live more peaceful lives in Yellowstone b/c people wouldn't rebel to have grizzly's there. As the passage said people let children go hiking there alone in California and it would not be safe. people might sue the government for there child getting hurt. which would not happen in Yellowstone. I think the author wants the grizzly's to come back but does not believe they can as it said in the passage ''it might be impossible for grizzly's to come back to California'' so the author mainly agrees with me.
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sarah
11/18/2014 01:15:36 am
I think Grizzly bears should be relocated to California.I think this because California is where they were in the first place. It is wrong for people to hunt something out of where their used to. I think the authors opinion on Grizzly bears is positive. My opinion is not different from the authors in my opinion of the author liking it or not. I used to be afraid of bears, but after reading this article I have changed my mind. I used to think that Grizzly bears were all over the place, but they have not been seen in 90 years ( in the article it said that ).
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Violet
11/18/2014 01:15:59 am
Yes,i think grizzly bears should be relocated in California.Not all wild animals are danger to humans. They are not the bad guys . We are the ones scaring them and making them feirce .After all grizzly bears are our state bear.the population of OUR STATE bear.i think the author might be on my side of this argument over grizzly bears . The author might be felling sad or wanting to help grizzly bears.I know the author might feel this because of the tittles of each paragraph . You can almost tell the authors oppinion directlly from the paragraph tittle .What i know is that no animal is truly mean , it is us who make it seem that way .We almost made them extinct . So to say sorry we should give them back there land
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Minerva
11/18/2014 01:28:34 am
V, the author says that he/she thinks the bears are a THREAT. The author does not agree with you. I think yes, the bears should have land for themselves. But I think that the bears should have reserved land. The humans should not be able to be on the bear's land.
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Minerva
11/18/2014 01:19:10 am
I think that the grizzlies should be moved to an open countryside area. I partially agree with Noah Greenwald. I think that the grizzlies should get as much space as they need turned int a reserved area for them. I don't think any people should live near or on the reservation. I think we should set aside a protected area where no one can go hiking or camping and the bears would have their own space. So yes, the grizzlies should be located to CA, but no, people should not be allowed to go on their land or interact with them. I think the person who wrote that article thinks the grizzlies should live in California because he/she wrote, ''Grizzlies have been forced to live in and around the far-off Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.'' I think the writer believes that the grizzlies are dangerous and they ''deserve its fearsome reputation, especially next to the black bear''. But the writer thinks the grizzlies should not be put on a reserved space because the would ''certainly wander out''. My opinion is different because I don't think the grizzlies would walk out of a place they like, and I think they would like the reserved area.
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justine
11/18/2014 01:19:27 am
I think that grizzly bears should not stay here because there's too many people here. There are a lot of people that will kill them when they see them.They should be brought to a place that is protected and has a small population.I think that the author of this article has mixed feelings about the grizzly bears because he talked about some people that wanted to keep them here and he talked about people that didn't want the grizzly bears to stay.I know that because it says,"Dave Graber can't imagine Californians getting used to the bears." and,"Grizzlys deserve it's fearsome reputation..."
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Celeste
11/18/2014 01:23:20 am
I don't know what to say.
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