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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 21:42 |
 (From cbc.ca)- Hunters in Nunavut's Baffin Bay region will be able to kill up to 105 polar bears this season, after the territory's environment minister agreed to leave the quota unchanged, despite concerns from officials about overhunting. CBC News has learned that outgoing Environment Minister Olayuk Akesuk accepted a recommendation from the Nunavut Wildli… |
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Thursday, 25 September 2008 21:52 |
(From sixers.nationalreview.com)- Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism because longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural food, a new study by American and Canadian scientists has found. The study reviewed three examples of polar bears preying on each other from January to April 2004 north of Alaska a… |
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Monday, 01 September 2008 06:55 |
 (From nationaljournal.com)- On Aug. 4, just weeks before John McCain tapped her as his running mate, Palin led her state in suing the Interior Department for overprotecting the bears by designating them as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. "She's like an Alaskan ostrich, burying her head in the tundra to avoid scientists' warnings," said Daniel We… |
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Saturday, 30 August 2008 13:20 |
 (From thisislondon.co.uk)- Struggling against the waves, this polar bear faces almost certain death after becoming lost at sea in the Arctic. It is one of a group of nine to have plunged into the ocean after the ice float they lived on melted. The bears were spotted miles from their normal hunting ground by U.S. government oil survey scientists flying over A… |
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Friday, 22 August 2008 07:00 |
 (From ap.google.com) Alaska- Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska's northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming conditions are forcing bears to make riskier, long-distance swims to stable sea ice or land. Many were swimming north and ranged from 15 to 65 miles off shore. Conservation gro… |
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