FTA: And no grizzly has done more, through her own behavior, to change a perception that members of her species are temperamental menaces ready to attack people at the slightest provocation.
Yeah right, just try to walk up the grizzly with her cubs and see what happens.
Walking up to bear cubs with momma near by is not an unprovocative act. It is an attempt earn a Darwin Award. Bears will defend their cubs from any perceived threat. But, and conceding odd exceptions, most bears do not attack humans w/o provocation of some kind.