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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
I know that was a long time ago  but I'm pretty sure that the polar bear populations are actually declining. |
Pretty sure ?
Just maybe all the Global warming propaganda has influenced everyone.
From the National Post
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Yet despite the Canadian government 's $150-million commitment last week to fund 44 International Polar Year research projects, a key question is not up for detailed scientific assessment: If the polar bear is the 650-kilogram canary in the climate change coal mine, why are its numbers INCREASING?
The latest government survey of polar bears roaming the vast Arctic expanses of northern Quebec, Labrador and southern Baffin Island show the population of polar bears has jumped to 2,100 animals from around 800 in the mid-1980s.
As recently as three years ago, a less official count placed the number at 1,400.
The Inuit have always insisted the bears' demise was greatly exaggerated by scientists doing projections based on fly-over counts, but their input was usually dismissed as the ramblings of self-interested hunters.
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http://www.nationalpost.com/news/sto...#ixzz1CGhEs77R
Poor Polar Bears !