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"...it is just silly to predict the demise of polar bears in 25 years based on media-assisted hysteria."
- Dr. Mitchell Taylor, Polar Bear Biologist, 2006
Polar Bear Scare (Video) (5min)
Polar Bear Politics (Video) (3min)
Polar Bear Kills Seal Pup (Video) (2min)
Polar Bear Attacks Seal (Video) (1min)
FACT: Polar Bears eat Baby Seals
Ancient 110,000-130,000 Year Old Polar Bear Jawbone Found (BBC)
Australian TV Exposes 'Stranded Polar Bear' Global Warming Hoax (NewsBusters)
Are Polar Bears Dying? (The Heartland Institute)
Bjorn Lomborg: Save polar bears by not shooting them (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
'GMA': It's All about Saving the Global Warming Mascot - The Polar Bears (Business and Media Institute)
Global warming won’t hurt polar bears, GN says (Nunatsaiq News)
Polar Bear die-off unlikely: GN official (Nunatsaiq News)
| QUOTE (Nunatsaiq News) |
| Fears
that two-thirds of the world's polar bears will die off in the next 50
years are overblown, says Mitchell Taylor, the Government of Nunavut's
director of wildlife research. [...] While he agrees that seals are
essential food for bears as they fatten up during the spring and summer
months - seal blubber makes up half of the bears' energy intake - he
also suspects bears will be able to supplement their diet with other
foods, such as walrus. During the summer months polar bears may also
forage on berries, sedges and other plants, as well as bird eggs, to
supplement their diet. And Taylor also points out female polar bears go
nine months without eating at all during pregnancy. Besides, Taylor
says he and numerous Inuit hunters have seen bears catch seal without
the presence of sea ice. Bears sometimes find a place on shore to
pounce on seals swimming by. Or they may catch seals caught in tidal
pools, or sneak up on their prey at night. Taylor even suggests polar
bears may float still on the water to fool seals into thinking they are
hunks of sea ice. |
| QUOTE (The Heartland Institute) |
| Since
the 1970s, while much of the world was warming, polar bear numbers
increased dramatically, from roughly 5,000 to 25,000 bears, a higher
polar bear population than has existed at any time in the twentieth
century. |
| QUOTE (World Wildlife Fund) |
| There are believed to be at least 22,000 polar bears worldwide [...] The general status of polar bears is currently stable... |
Canada - Polar Bears Not Going Extinct ( Dr. Mitchell Taylor, Polar Bear Biologist, Department of the Environment)
| QUOTE (Dr. Mitchell Taylor) |
| Of
the 13 populations of polar bears in Canada, 11 are stable or
increasing in number. They are not going extinct, or even appear to be
affected at present. |
| QUOTE (Greenland Home Rule) |
| The
polar bears in Greenland are already widely protected. The polar bear
is not at risk and the quotas will be lower than the average catches
(between 1993 and 2003). The quotas will be based on international
agreements, scientific advice and traditional knowledge. The quotas for
the trophy hunt will be within these quotas, so that there is
absolutely no threat to the survival of the polar bear. |
USA - Chukchi/Bering Seas Stock (PDF) ( U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
| QUOTE (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) |
| Polar
bears in the Chukchi/Bering seas stock are not classified as “depleted”
under the MMPA or listed as “threatened” or “;endangered” under the
Endangered Species Act. |
USA - Southern Beaufort Sea Stock (PDF) ( U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
| QUOTE (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) |
| The
Southern Beaufort Sea Stock is not classified as "depleted" under the
MMPA or listed as "threatened" or "endangered" under terms of the
Endangered Species Act. This stock is assumed to be within optimum
sustainable population levels. |
Polar Bear Facts:
"...it is just silly to predict the demise of polar bears in 25 years based on media-assisted hysteria." - Dr. Mitchell Taylor, Polar Bear Biologist, 2006
- Polar Bears normally range on land and only occasionally on ice. (Source)
- Polar Bears home ranges can be 50,000-350,000 sq. km. (Source)
- Polar Bears are capable of traveling 80 km a day. (Source)
- Polar Bears are capable of swiming 74-100 km a day. (Source)
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Polar Bears eat: ringed or bearded seals, reindeer, small rodents,
seabirds, ducks, fish, eggs, vegetation (including kelp), berries, and
human garbage, occasionally young walruses and beluga whales. (Source)
- Of the 13 populations of Polar Bears in Canada, 11 are stable or increasing in number. (Source)
- The Polar Bear Population has increased from 10,000-25,000 since 1968. (Source)
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