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This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of dwindling sea otter populations. Attempts to uncover the cause of the trend are undertaken. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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dangers that threaten its existence. In some cases, this has been quite successful. Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park in the United States were once on the endangered species list,
but thanks to widespread education, bans on hunting, and various conservation efforts, their population reached sufficient numbers to be removed from that list in 2007. At other times, however, conservation
efforts have been less successful. One key example of this is the population of Pacific Sea Otters off the coast of Southern California. Nearly a century ago, the animal was
recognized as being in danger, largely because of the fur trade, and while conservation efforts have restored its numbers in other areas of the world, the population in Southern California
remains sparse, much to the puzzlement of scientists. This issue was recently reported on in the New York Times, which situated the origin of the issue as the Pacific
Sea Otter being hunted to near extinction by a thriving west coast fur trade from a century ago. It was only after an international ban was placed on hunting the
sea otter for its fur that their numbers began to recover. However, recovery efforts in Southern California simply do not match the numbers elsewhere. Today, Californias population of sea otters
sits at roughly 2,700, or just about 20% of the population figures from the past (Chen, 2012). This represents a recovery rate of just 6 to 7 percent for the
region, whereas sea otter populations elsewhere, including nearby Northern California, have enjoyed recovery rates as high as 20% (Estes et al., 2012). Consequently, the sea otter is still listed as
being a threatened species, even though its numbers are no longer deficient enough to qualify as endangered. Notably, it has been suggested that the reversal of population recovery trends is
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