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Jane Goodall probably isn鈥檛 the first person you鈥檇 expect to apply to shoot a Yellowstone grizzly. The famed anthropologist is one of thousands who have applied for one of the first grizzly bear hunting permits issued in Wyoming in 44 years. But if awarded one of the 22 permits being issued by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Dr. Goodall won鈥檛 be heading into Yellowstone National Park in search of a trophy. She鈥檒l be on a quest for a photograph.

Goodall is perhaps the most prominent member of an impromptu movement to 鈥淪hoot 鈥檈m with a camera, not a gun.鈥� The movement was hatched by a small cadre of 19 concerned citizens, 16 of them women, Todd Wilkinson . Frustrated by the unanimous decision in May to open up grizzly bears to limited hunting, these wildlife enthusiasts crafted a plan to use the system to protect the park鈥檚 beloved (from a safe distance) bears.

鈥淲e want to show that the worth of an animal is not measured by how much you can collect from killing it,鈥� Jackson Hole conservationist Lisa Robertson told Mr. Wilkinson.

Wilkinson, a seasoned environmental journalist, has previously chronicled the saga of the Yellowstone grizzly,聽including the now iconic mama bear known as 鈥�399,鈥� for the Monitor.

鈥淭hese bears have alighted imaginations,鈥� he wrote, 鈥渄ebunked anachronistic myths, charmed their way into our own sense of place, and given us a better perspective on the value of rare species in a crowded human world.鈥�

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