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We have about 35,000 brown
grizzly bears here in Alaska.
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What we can tell, it's a very healthy population,
it's a stable population.
1:17:22
Of course, you have to be careful with bears
because they have unique needs,
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especially the grizzly bear.
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They need large areas.
They have low reproductive rates.
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You have to be cautious in the way
you utilize those animals.
1:17:34
Bear hunting, as an example,
1:17:36
is a very important aspect
of the economy.
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$4,500,000 a year
is spent on bear hunts.
1:17:41
Here on Kodiak Island
we have about 3,000 bears.
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Each year we harvest
about 160 of those.
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Through our research, we found that you can
harvest about 6% of the population annually
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and still have
a healthy group of bears.
1:17:57
And poaching?
1:17:59
Poaching is not as big
a concern around here
1:18:01
as it has been in Russia, for instance,
and some other locations.
1:18:06
There is some poaching
that occurs for gall bladders
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or some bears that
are just killed wantonly
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because people don't like them
or they're afraid of them.
1:18:13
But for the most part, here on Kodiak
and on the Alaska peninsula,
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it is a very rare occurrence
in the last 20 years.
1:18:21
Despite the statistics,
1:18:23
Treadwell became
increasingly paranoid
1:18:26
about his enemy, the poacher.
1:18:29
And it's gotten to be September,
near October.
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It's the time of year
where poachers can come around.
1:18:34
It's time for me to go in my guerrilla-style
camouflage outfit.
1:18:37
Downey still recognizes me
by talking to her. Don't you?
1:18:41
Yeah, I'm the big crazy guy with the...
or the skinny crazy guy
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with the camouflage makeup on.
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They're armed with pepper spray
and rocks.
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In all his video recordings
over the years,