The grizzly danger was gone from a great deal of the country, and there was no good excuse to bring it back merely to massage the feelings of people living on 5th avenue.
Grizzlys have their place, in the zoo.
There's lots of other room for Grizzlies than just the zoo. I'll concede only that where they conflict with the dwellings of man, they should be hunted. But a grizzly-free back-country just so we can go play in the woods doesn't pass the test.