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The other choice would be to let polar bears starve and go extinct
Some years ago during a conversation with friends I suggested that polar bears may need feeding stations to help them survive. They resort to raiding garbage dumps in the Canadian north during the summer season anyway, so in principle they are already dependent on humans for survival.
It is heart-wrenching to consider that these magnificent and beautiful creatures may disappear within a few decades. They are not only suffering from the loss of ice due to climate change, but they are also legally hunted by aboriginals and tourists in Canada.
Now scientists are supporting the idea of feeding polar bears to save them from extinction.
A new policy document published by a group of scientists examines options to deal with the extinction of polar bears. One of the options is to feed them. Others are to do nothing.
A new policy document published by a group of scientists examines options to deal with the extinction of polar bears. One of the options is to feed them. Others are to do nothing.
From a strictly practical point of view - if no other considerations move our policy makers - saving these animals would make a lot of sense. In the Canadian north polar bears are a tourist attraction in an area that has not much to offer to the average tourist other than rugged - although beautiful - terrain.
Read more - http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/02/14/north-feeding-polar-bears.html
Photo: Sylvain Cordier
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/12/polar-bear-waves-at-photographer-and.html
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