01-04-2007
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Member Since: Feb 2004
Location: Midwest US
Posts: 11,409
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Re: Polar Bears and the denial of Global Warming
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Originally Posted by Imperator
Polar bear Pop estimates
1950s- 5000
195 – 1970- 8,000-10,000
1984- 25,000
2005- 20,000-25,000
Sources- New York Tmes,Covebear.com, International Bear assoc., International Wildlife, IUCN and the Polar Bear Study grp.
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That's amazing. How can the Bears be endangered? They're more of them than ever and ready to be hunted.
Quote:
Nunavut fears fallout from polar bear proposal
December 28, 2006
A U.S. proposal to list polar bears as a threatened species could hurt Nunavut's sport hunting industry, a territorial government official says. However, the Nunavut government is concerned the listing would hurt the territory's lucrative polar bear hunt, said Steve Pinksen, director of policy, planning and legislation for Nunavut's Environment Department.
"We are disappointed," Pinksen told CBC News on Wednesday. "It has a potential for impacts directly upon our economy, particularly in the smaller communities, and that's always a concern, so we certainly are a little bothered by the situation." American hunters spend thousands of dollars for the chance to hunt a polar bear and take the trophy home.
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