Teddy bear inspiration taken off threatened species list

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Teddy bear inspiration taken off threatened species list

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/10/us/black-bear-teddy-bear-threatened-species-list-irpt/index.html

CNN/By Amanda Jackson, CNN Updated 8:31 PM ET, Thu March 10, 2016


"(CNN)—The Louisiana black bear, the inspiration for the teddy bear, will be taken off the threatened species list, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday.

The species will officially be delisted from the federal list of endangered and threatened species on Friday. The bear was originally listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1992 because of."