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Alberta halts grizzly hunt for bear count

March 03, 2006

Edmonton, Alberta - Alberta has suspended its annual spring grizzly bear hunt for three years while the province attempts to estimate the exact number of bears in the province.

Sustainable Resources Development Minister David Coutts said Alberta is taking "the most precautionary approach possible" while trying to measure the population, but rejected declaring the bears a threatened species.

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