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Montana federal judge hears arguments about grizzly killings

by By KEILA SZPALLER Daily Montanan
| August 16, 2024 7:00 AM

If a grizzly bear gets killed outside a designated “recovery zone” as opposed to inside, does it matter?

Conservation groups and federal agencies debated in U.S.District Court in Missoula on Aug. 2 whether bears that are killed outside the recovery zone should be considered in management plans, not just counted.

They also debated whether the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services did a thorough enough review when it issued a plan for “removing” predators, including grizzly bears that create problems for livestock in Montana.

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