This page is to list the latest news, quotes, and images regarding the polar bear protections supposedly put in place by the Department of the Interior. As you can tell, there's a wide range of thought about whether these protections will be effective, or if it's just whitewashing the government's plan to open up Alaska for more oil drilling.
News Articles
Polar Bear Decline: Fact or Fiction?
As a changing climate literally melts the ice from beneath their feet, polar bears populations are threatened -- unless, that is, they're actually thriving, and liberal alarmists just don't want you to know.
\"Since we started counting Polar Bears in
Source: Wired
Polar Peril: Nine Animals in Need
NEWS: It's not just penguins and other Antarctic animals that are in trouble. A sampling of Arctic species reeling from climate change.
Lemming
Reports of mass suicide are erroneous, but some species of these rodents are in danger of extinction from
Source: Mother Jones
Congress Asks: Fat Cats or Polar Bears?
Wealthy speculators are driving up gas prices and fueling calls for harmful new drilling off our coasts and in pristine places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
It's a classic match-up: Wall Street fat cats versus American families and the
Source: News Blaze
Last-Ditch Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica?
If the most dire climate predictions come to pass, the Arctic ice cap will melt entirely, and polar bears could face extinction.
So why not pack a few off to Antarctica, where the sea ice will never run out?
It may seem like a preposterous question.
Source: Wired
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Polar Bears and Pacific Walrus From Oil Drilling in Chukchi Sea
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 8, 2008 - Today two conservation groups filed suit against Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne for issuing regulations that would allow unlimited harassment of polar bears and Pacific walrus by oil companies operating in
Source: YubaNet
Leonardo DiCaprio Sacrifices Trees To Save Polar Bears
Oh, those crazy celebs. They’ll do anything for a laugh! Always joking and joshing and trying to save the planet by jetting everywhere and killing the trees. I sit here every day and laugh at their crazy antics.
The latest prankster is none other
Source: GlossLip
Eating Polar Bears Is Okay in Greenland
This is our third and final guest post from the very polymathic Nathan Myhrvold. The first two were Icelandic travelogues; this one takes us to Greenland. It includes some of the most stunning photographs we have ever seen.
Iceland is a modern
Source: Freakonomics
Laurie David on Iceland's Polar Bears
The most impressive fact about Iceland is that they went from a completely fossil fuel dependent nation to a completely coal independent nation. Not a single chunk of coal is burned for electricity there. Instead, they power their booming economy with
Source: National Review Online
Last Resort: Move Polar Bears to Antarctica
If the most dire climate predictions come to pass, the Arctic ice cap will melt entirely, and polar bears could face extinction.
On May 14, the U.S. Department of the Interior declared polar bears \"threatened\" under the Endangered Species Act.
So why
Source: ABC News
Explorer sets out on 'impossible' paddle
But renowned extreme swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh, dubbed the human polar bear, is hoping his bid will fail - and not because of the lethal conditions or a walrus attack.
The climate change campaigner said the mission ought to be impossible - but some
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Global warning: Melting ice threatens Arctic foxes
Scientists say ice can help foxes survive because of fewer predators and ease of finding
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Pollowitz Bears Scrutiny
Viewer mail on the Icelandic polar bears and celebrity-ex-wife Laurie David:
Please explain to me how a fly fishing guide is qualified to determine the migratory patterns of polar bears. Oh, that’s right, he is a mechanical engineer in the off season,
Source: National Review Online
Polar bear harassment by oil companies challenged
By JEANNETTE J. LEE
Associated Press Writer
Copyright 2008, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Source: Dayton Daily News
Putting polar bears in focus in Seattle photography exhibit
With a degree in marine biology, Steven Kazlowski went to work for a marine laboratory after graduating from Towson University in Baltimore, Md.
Source: TheNewsTribune.com
Part of Alaska to be opened to oil and gas leasing
Source: Rigzone.com
US Opens Alaskan Land for Fall 2008 Lease Sale
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Wednesday, July 16, 2008
In a Record Decision issued today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it will make land available for oil and
Source: Democratic Underground
Rare white-coated black bear sighted near Fort Smith
A wildlife officer near Fort Smith, N.W.T., said he recently got a glimpse of a black bear with a white coat, near Little Buffalo Falls.
White-coated black bears have been seen in that area a couple of times in the last few years, much to the surprise
Source: CBC News
Democrats to Take Extreme Measures to Protect Polar Bears
\"Now we see the iron fist beneath the hairy palms of Liberalism!\" -- Jonah Goldberg
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Source: American Digest
Your Turn: Don't worry about polar bears
On June 30, several letter writers bemoaned the state of polar bears in the Arctic versus drilling for oil. They have no need to be concerned.
Canada's Federal Provincial Polar Bear Technical Committee, who tracks and counts polar bears, indicates that
Source: Contra Costa Times
Smith supports oil drilling in Alaska
Smith said allowing offshore oil exploration and drilling in ANWR could help meet the nation's needs while alternative energy sources, like cellulosic ethanol, are developed.
Energy experts have said the extraction of the refuge's likely 11 billion
Source: Columbus Telegram
The Polar Bear Faces Extinction
It should be no secret to anyone that the Arctic \"Polar Bear\" is facing some of its most drastic climate changes it has been through , since its existence . The ice-packs which these animals live on is being melted away by green-house gas's , and more
Source: Buzzle
Late to the party, but didn't miss last call
It sounds like a typical, idealistic Al Gore idea. But two things about this proposal merit attention. It points a country that uses too much energy down the right path.
Gore is showing that being environmentally responsible is economically
Source: Grist
Inside Track
Adventures abound from the Arctic to the Aegean, says Samantha Ryder
You can't fault the man for persistence. After three frustrating years of hard work in his office, Pen Hadow's attempt to carry out the first scientific survey of the depth of the
Source: Telegraph
Sodrel among several GOP candidates to visit Alaskan refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Seven congressional candidates from across the country visited the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this week, hoping the unusual campaign stop would draw support from voters battered by high fuel prices and a lethargic economy.
The
Source: NewsandTribune.com
Should we move species to save them?
WASHINGTON — With climate change increasingly threatening the survival of plants and animals, scientists say it may become necessary to move some species to save them.
Dubbed assisted colonization or assisted migration, the idea is to decide how severe
Source: AZ starnet.com
No Shirt, No Shoes...Problem? Sunbathing in the Middle East
Not coming to a Dubai boardwalk anytime soon.
AP Photo
A few weeks ago, we did round-ups of our picks for clothing-optional hotel zones in the U.S. Check them out here and here. This week we delve into the Middle East, where wandering around in a
Source: Concierge
Dear Arianna and the DNC: Drop the 'Fearmongering'
As happy as we were to have Arianna Huffington speak at our conference, I keep going back to the video of her talking about what she'd do if she were John McCain and had to beat Barack Obama. Her answer, sadly, was all too obvious. It was based on a
Source: Advertising Age
Desmond Tutu: Developed Countries Caused Global Warming
In a video message to a meeting of the World Development Movement lobby group on Thursday, former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu said that developed countries have caused global warming and need to be the leaders
Source: Ecorazzi
Last But Not Leased
Energy Policy: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing the \"Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands Act\" to block offshore drilling. The fact is, these offshore rigs may be the ticket to saving both our coasts and our economy.
The act would deny oil companies
Source: Investor's Business Daily
Author killed wife in frenzied knife attack before going on to stab himself 47 times
But Harry Horse, the acclaimed children's author and illustrator, killed his terminally ill wife in a frenzied knife attack that left her with more than 30 wounds, it has emerged.
The 46-year-old, whose real name was Richard Horne, then killed the
Source: Scotsman
Will moving endangered species save them?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With climate change increasingly threatening the survival of plants and animals, scientists say it may become necessary to move some species to save them.
Dubbed assisted colonization or assisted migration, the idea is to decide
Source: CNN
Relocate species endangered by climate change, scientists suggest
A photo from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a coral reef off the Caribbean island of Bonaire. A policy paper to be published in the July 18 issue of the journal Science says saving endangered species like sea corals may
Source: CBC News
The Salt Lake Tribune Rebecca Walsh Column: Rebecca Walsh: Extra Taxes for Zoo, Aviary, Etc. Start to Add Up
Jul. 17--A year ago, one of six century-old cottonwoods at Tracy Aviary dropped a 1-ton limb 15 minutes before the bird show was scheduled to start.
The Salt Lake City forester decided the trees -- shade for shows and convenient camouflage for a
Source: RedOrbit
Professor To Address Climate Change
CONCORD, N.H. -- The annual Market Days in Concord is featuring a talk Thursday called \"An Arctic Perspective.\"
Brendan Kelly, a professor at the University of Alaska, is on a speaking tour on threats to the Arctic ecosystem and the people who depend
Source: WMUR New Hampshire
Venture Arctic Educational Title Released for Mac
Pocketwatch Games has released Venture Arctic for Mac OS X users running Panther or higher. The Tycoon title doesn't feature any human beings and players aren't asked to build necessities for the animals right from the get-go. You simply pick up on
Source: Softpedia
Amateur baseball: Pieschek stars for Denmark
DENMARK Lawton Pieschek pitched a three-hitter in Denmark's 5-1 Shoreland League victory over Two Rivers on Wednesday night.
Pieschek struck out 10 without a walk, and drove in the final run with an eighth-inning single.
The Devilbears (14-10, 10-4)
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette
Young voices: Oil trumps polar bears in administrations view
Despite polar bears being declared as a threatened species less than a month ago, the Bush administration has just given oil companies the green light to harass and disturb them. With this irony comes a distinct portrayal of the priorities of the
Source: The Columbian
Cute Polar Bear Solves Energy Crisis [Advertising]
If you're an energy company trying to get the public to like you, there's only one way to go: cute polar bears. Forget about the energy crisis. Look at the polar bears! National Grid has wisely picked the salvation of polar bears as its charity of
Source: Gawker
Drilling fever: Bush plays politics in lifting offshore ban
President Bush's action Monday in lifting the ban on offshore drilling for oil and gas had the sound of his fulfilling one more promise to the American oil industry that is his base before he leaves office.
It is a piece of irony that the ban he
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bonds for aviary, zoo will be on ballot
The Salt Lake County Council today voted to put two bond proposals on the November ballot.
If approved, the aviary bond would raise property taxes $2.51 a year for 15 years on a $235,000 home.
If voters approve the bond proposals, the Tracy Aviary
Source: Deseret News
Sizzle
Olson's message in the movie is that scientists aren't doing as good a job of communicating as the skeptics -- they try to tell the truth which is kind of boring, while the skeptics are much more interesting because they aren't constrained by the truth
Source: Deltoid
Our Melting Polar Ice
Anthony Watts has this pic of the north pole, marked with the blue N.
Watch out, Iceland. More polar bears coming. If the sun stays quiet, they may be able to walk there.
What's the over/under on the number of crab pots the guys on Deadliest Catch lose
Source: National Review Online
Does Global Warming Mean More Kidney Stones?
That might sound like voodoo scare science, but it's actually well accepted that kidney stone formation accelerates in warm climates. Sweating removes fluid from the body, which increases the salt concentration of the urine and the rate at which stones
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Giant Swath of Forest Protected in Canadian Plan
A huge swath of Canada’s northern Boreal forest will be permanently protected from tree harvesting and mining as part of a plan to combat climate change, the Province of Ontario’s premier Dalton McGuinty announced Monday.
Canada’s Boreal forest forms a
Source: Green Options
Viewing our woes
It seems that Congress and the Senate can tend to everyone’s business except their own. They get into the game of baseball with hearings on drugs in sports that took a month or more and came to no decision. They have hearings on things that they have
Source: Moultrie Observer
World Briefing | the Americas: Canada: Ontario to Protect Forest
The Ontario provincial government said it would conserve a huge swath of its forest to protect polar bears and other animals and help fight climate change.
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Source: Outside the Beltway
The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
The Naked Brothers Band is difficult to describe. Is it a comedy? A pre-teen
adventure? A documentary? A music video? Kind of all those things, if you can
believe it. Nat and Alex Wolff star as themselves, two youngsters who write
songs and play in a
Source: DVD Verdict
Global Warming: Is There NOTHING it Can't Do
The Smallest Minority
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Source: The Smallest Minority
Green Up Your E-mail
Of all your B2B marketing efforts, e-mail seemingly has the least environmental impact.
But sending all those messages electronically hasn't led to a paperless office. The more we use computers and printers, the more paper and energy we consume. How
Source: ClickZ
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation Files Motion to Intervene in Polar Bear Lawsuit
BARROW, Alaska — On behalf of its Inupiat Alaska Native shareholders, Arctic Slope
Regional Corporation (ASRC) filed a request to intervene in the polar
bear lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California. If the
Source: Centre Daily Times
The Polar Bears are Dying!
Posted by: McQ
on Monday, July 07, 2008
Or the sky is falling, whichever you prefer.
Always nice to have a little empirical evidence, though, to play with when the other side starts warbling their screechy one-note song.
Arctic ice
Source: QandO
Missing bodies of 2 U.S. soldiers found in Iraq
From staff and wire reports
Associated Press writers David Aguilar in Detroit and Sylvia Wingfield in Boston and Express-News Staff Writer Greg Jefferson in San Antonio contributed to this report.
For
Source: San Antonio Express
Groups want import ban on polar bear hides lifted
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Environmental and animal rights groups are lining up to oppose a lawsuit that seeks to let American sport hunters again import hides of polar bears shot legally in Canada.
Polar bear hides cure on the mountainside of the Eskimo
Source: International Business Times
Parthenon migrates into features
LONDON U.K.-based factual and tyke specialist Parthenon Ent. has migrated into feature distribution with two nature docus, Knut and his Friends and Serengeti.
The company has partnered with NDR Naturfilm to distrib the pics, both made by German
Source: Original Signal: Movies
Soldier remembers buddy who never came back
(CNN) -- Spec. Shaun Gopaul woke up at 4 a.m. on May 12, 2007, and waited at a battle position south of Baghdad for members of his company to pick him up.
Sgt. Alex Jimenez, left, and Spc. Shaun Gopaul had served in the military together since 2005.
Source: CNN
Missing bodies of 2 U.S. soldiers found in Iraq
From staff and wire reports
Associated Press writers David Aguilar in Detroit and Sylvia Wingfield in Boston and Express-News Staff Writer Greg Jefferson in San Antonio contributed to this report.
Source: San Antonio Express
Global Warming, What's in a Name?
OneWorld.net note: The term \"global warming\" obscures the fact that rising temperatures
will have a host of effects on the Earth, from desertification to the
release of methane gas. Perhaps the moniker \"global disruption\" would be more apt, says
Source: OneWorld.net
Bodies of 2 missing U.S. soldiers found, relatives say
DETROIT -- For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. Then military officials delivered the grim news that the body of Fouty and another soldier captured during an ambush
Source: Los Angeles Times
Want to swim with polar bears?
Swimming under water with turtles and dolphins is now passe, for a resort in will let you swim with the largest predator on land - the polar bear.
It may sound a little frightening, but at the Polar Bear Habitat and near , humans and polar
Source: OneIndia
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Polar Bear
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has announced the arrival of “Anoki,” a female polar bear from the Albuquerque Biological Park in Albuquerque, N.M.
The 11-year-old polar bear is on a breeding loan as recommended by the Association of Zoos &
Source: Maryland Blog
Families: Bodies of 2 U.S. soldiers found in Iraq
DETROIT, Michigan (AP) -- The bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families said Thursday night. The military would not immediately confirm the report.
Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez was kidnapped during an
Source: CNN
Bodies of 2 missing US soldiers are found in Iraq
DETROIT (AP) -- The bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families said Thursday night. The military would not immediately confirm the report.
The father of Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez, of Lawrence, Mass.,
Source: The Columbian
Bodies of 2 missing US soldiers are found in Iraq
DETROIT—The bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families said Thursday night. The military would not immediately confirm the report.
The father of Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez, of Lawrence, Mass., said the
Source: Boston Globe
Photo exhibit: eye-to-eye with polar bears
Want to get close to a polar bear without, well, getting close to one?
Then the new exhibition at the Burke Museum is for you. At it you can view the uncertain world of polar bears through the eyes of Seattle wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski, who
Source: The Seattle Times
Venture Arctic Joins Environmental Issues with Entertainment for the Whole Family
July 10, 2008 - Brighter Minds Media, LLC (Brighter Minds), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brighter Minds Media, Inc. (TSX: BRI.V), is elated to announce the retail release of Venture Arctic, the much anticipated follow-up to Venture Africa, an ecosystem
Source: IGN
E-mails From My Mom: Way behind on LOST
Momma Chucks received the first season of LOST from her favorite daughter on Mother's Day; she's totally hooked and has emailed me the following hilarious messages over the past eight days, in sequence:
July 2: OMG, I CAN'T BELIEVE that with my fear of
Source: Philadelphia City Paper
The Roar of the Aurora
It's the
mother of all earthly radio transmissions, a broadcast that's been on the air
for billions of years. However, and despite the long run, it's one radio
program that you'll probably give a pass: it sounds like Fast-Finger Freddie
twisting the
Source: LiveScience.com
Men on a slippery slide in future hermaphrodite world
ARE men the new endangered species? According to a Melbourne bio-ethicist, they're way up there with pandas and polar bears.
In a speech titled Should human beings have sex?, Dr Robert Sparrow yesterday told the Australian Medical Students Association
Source: Bioethics.net
This instant classic may give tennis hope
The six-plus hours match by Roger Federer, left, and Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon final was one for the ages.
AP/ALESSIA PIERDOMENICO
SAVE TENNIS: Adopt-a-pro and receive a T-shirt. These players have wonderful personalities. Eradicate apathy. Free
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Polar Bear
BALTIMORE -- The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has announced the arrival of \"Anoki,\" a female polar bear from the Albuquerque Biological Park in Albuquerque, N.M.
The 11-year-old polar bear is on a breeding loan as recommended by the Association of Zoos &
Source: WBAL Baltimore
When Imaginary Worlds Collide
Tropical Storm Bertha has maintained it's strength overnight, but is having trouble with Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) of 25째C--one degree below the threshold of 26째C considered beneficial for tropical storms.
Potential Victims of Global Warming
Source: Hog On Ice
Priorities askew nationally, locally
In response to the recent article \"Companies get OK to annoy polar bears in pursuit of oil,\" is the Bush administration serious with this one? Since when did humans feel we could become bullies in order to get what we want? I teach my 3-year-olds in
Source: Asbury Park Press
What are those purple things hanging in the trees?
Readers' Comments
RICK WHALEN - 11:11 AM on July 8, 2008
they are to survey the extent of the emerald ash bore insects
karen slater - 11:12 AM on July 8, 2008
Im going to say its either a radar detecter in diquise or its a animal sensor like a
Source: Canton Repository
German firms pull out as Chinese fluff teddy production
BERLIN:
In the end it was a nagging feeling that the eyes had lost their iconic,
melancholy look made German manufacturer Steiff realise that if you want
top-quality teddy bears, China might not be your best bet.
Before that it was
Source: Times of India
Climate Change Delusion
PSYCHIATRISTS
have detected the first case of \"climate change delusion\" - and they
haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru.
Writing in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Joshua Wolf and Robert Salo of our Royal
Source: Brutally Honest
Polar bears could survive - as brown bears: scientist
With Arctic ice predicted to shrink to another record low this summer, the threat to the polar bear population is increasing.
But at least one expert believes evolution — or in this case, devolution — could provide the means for their
Source: CBC News
Quotes
It seems unlikely that polar bears will be able to adapt to the current warming trend in the Arctic.
Passively assisting coral reef migration may be acceptable, but transplanting polar bears to Antarctica, where they would likely drive native penguins to extinction, would not be acceptable
Polar bears are doing just fine. There are more Polar Bears now than at any time since we started keeping track
We are not recommending placing rhino herds in Arizona or polar bears in Antarctica
In Venture Arctic, the player controls the forces of earth, sun, wind, and water to bring summer and winter to polar bears, orcas, and more.
I love the Arctic so much. I worry about it. It is the last beautiful, pristine place on Earth. We need to protect it, not because of polar bears but because our very survival depends on it. Not for our grandchildren; it's happening so quickly we need to protect it to save ourselves.
To the idiot that thinks polar bear extinction is about the bears: The concern is the impact on humans and food if the seas warming keeps accelerating. Sea ice reflects solar energy. Without sea ice, we're doomed. Do some research! I want my daughter to have a healthy planet to live on!
This climate change stuff isn't just about polar bears in the Arctic. It's about things happening right here in our own country.
Dude, I know you like polar bears.
If polar bears and Pacific walrus are to survive in the face of global warming, we simply cannot allow oil development in the Chukchi Sea.
Polar bears aren't the only animals who suffer from global warming
Companies get OK to annoy polar bears in pursuit of oil
There are an estimated 41,000 species of vertebrates on Earth, yet until recently, only a small handful were available for purchase–tigers, bears, lions, penguins, giraffes, and perhaps an owl or a duck ... Even then, only the most common species within a particular genus was represented. In the case of bears, for example, you'd have the brown bear, but rarely the polar bear and never the sun bear or sloth bear.
ASRC shareholders are the indigenous people of Alaska's North Slope and share the same environment with the polar bears
Republicans voted No on the energy bill, which obviously means they bite babies, hate families, and want to kill polar bears.
Experiencing anything firsthand really is what makes the place real, whether it's polar bears in the Arctic or Yellowstone's geysers or the oceans
We've all seen pictures like these. Polar bears in danger because global warming is literally melting their habitat. But they are far from the only animal affected by climate change.
There are over 100 billion tons of untapped, domestic wildlife lying beneath, on, and above the surface of Alaska's North Slope region ... We have an obligation not only to our society, but to future generations, to begin drilling these polar bears, grizzlies, harbor porpoises, Roosevelt elks, sea otters, muskrats, and snowshoe hares immediately.
I used to work with the dolphins at the Coney Island Aquarium ... but when I got here and saw the polar bears, I was immediately converted.
Earlier today, I had heard that Vice President Cheney had giant ice bergs flown in from the Arctic Circle to add to the flood waters. Even though there is no proof, the charge demands full investigation. I will not allow ice bergs to be flown without carbon offsets and great care for polar bears and seals.
There are some entries picturing exotic animals in the photography portion ... We have several large, framed photographs of African elephants, rhinos, black bear cubs, polar bears and even a mountain goat.
About 2,000 of the 25,000 polar bears in the Arctic live in and around the Chukchi Sea, where the government in February auctioned off oil leases to ConocoPhillips Co., Shell Oil Co. and five other companies for $2.5 billion.
Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism.
If climatic trends continue polar bears may become extirpated from most of their range within 100 years.
Until we take steps to address global warming, we need to do all we can to relieve further threats that are accelerating the bears' downward spiral, including the trophy hunting of polar bears in Canada
Just like polar bears in the Arctic, the environment is on very thin ice
Why is it we care about polar bears in the least effective way and the most costly way, rather than dealing with the issue where we would do a lot of good?
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