Legislator claims one in 10 darted polar bears die – 60 times the number reported by scientists

ShareThis Legislator claims one in 10 darted polar bears die – 60 times the number reported by scientists 23 Mar 2013 On March 1, in response to the state losing its appeal of the threatened-species designation for polar bears, Rep. Eric Feige (D) said the federal government itself was responsible for the deaths of many [...]

Pressure Grows on Obama Administration to Protect Polar Bears

ShareThis Pressure Grows on Obama Administration to Protect Polar Bears (Natural Resources Defense Council) 28 Jun 2012 The United States is in a position to help lead the world in doing just that at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). There’s every reason to expect the United States [...]

Climate change threatens to disrupt the denning habits of polar bears

ShareThis Climate change threatens to disrupt the denning habits of polar bears 23 Jun 2012 (Hudson Bay) Now that climate change is rapidly warming this part of the world, this centuries-old tradition may be in peril. Forest fires, which were once rare in this part of the world because it has been too cold and [...]

New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears

ShareThis New Movie Boosts Campaign to Save Polar Bears 14 May 2012 A new 3D IMAX movie about the Arctic is opening in the U.S. and, soon, around the world. The movie, directed by Greg MacGillivray, is part of an international campaign to save the polar bears and their home. Polar bears are in trouble. [...]

Obama Administration Again Proposes Polar Bear Extinction Plan

ShareThis Obama Administration Again Proposes Polar Bear Extinction Plan –New Rule Echoes Bush Plan Ignoring Polar Bears’ Plight (Center for Biological Diversity) 17 Apr 2012 The Obama administration announced today that it is reissuing a Bush-era regulation that sharply limits protections for polar bears under the Endangered Species Act. Both the current proposal and the [...]

U.S. suggests no emissions limits to protect polar bears

ShareThis U.S. suggests no emissions limits to protect polar bears [I Really Hated Bush but Obama is Actually Worse.] 17 Apr 2012 Polar bears are skating on thin ice in Alaska these days: Warming temperatures have resulted in dramatic shrinkage of sea ice, leaving the bears with fewer ice floes on which to rest and [...]

Polar bear populations remain on thin ice, U of A researchers say

ShareThis Polar bear populations remain on thin ice, U of A researchers say –Global warming forcing bears to spend more time on land where there is virtually no food 09 Apr 2012 Two of Canada’s top polar bear scientists warn that recent attempts to justify an increase in the harvest [by terrorists] of the iconic [...]

Polar Bears in Alaska Observed with Patchy Hair Loss and other Skin Lesions

ShareThis Polar Bears in Alaska Observed with Patchy Hair Loss and other Skin Lesions 06 Apr 2012 In the past two weeks, 9 polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea region near Barrow were observed with alopecia, or loss of fur, and other skin lesions. The animals were otherwise healthy in appearance and behavior. The [...]

Polar bears have symptoms of mystery disease: U.S. agency

ShareThis Polar bears have symptoms of mystery disease: U.S. agency 06 Apr 2012 Symptoms of a mysterious disease that has killed scores of seals off Alaska and infected walruses are now showing up in polar bears, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday. Nine polar bears from the Beaufort Sea region near Barrow were [...]

Some Hudson Bay polar bears nearing starvation due to climate change: experts

ShareThis Some Hudson Bay polar bears nearing starvation due to climate change: experts 10 Jan 2012 Experts say the slow formation of winter ice on Hudson Bay this year has pushed some of Canada’s polar bears to the brink of starvation and forced them to scrounge for food near old garbage dumps. The bears weren’t [...]