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Second Bear Killed On Trans-Canada Highway

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Interestingly, we just went on a tour of the Canadian Rockies where the wildlife corridors and fences were lauded by the tour guide as a way for wildlife to avoid the roads. Apparently, there's room for improvement. From the Calgary Herald. The efforts were to no avail. The bear was struck last week and found dead two days later.

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Lucy the Elephant's Case to be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court?

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The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather U.S. wildlife sanctuary. Excerpted from CTV News.

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The Inuit Point of View on Polar Bears

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The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In In the past, Inuit always considered the WWF Canada as our friend," {Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.'s s director of wildlife, Gabriel Nirlinguyak} said, recalling that the two had cooperated on bowhead whale management issues. But not with polar bears."

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Orphaned Baby Bear Possible Endangered by Early Release into Wild

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Animal right groups are very angry and fear the baby might die by itself. Canadian authorities want to release an orphaned baby bear into the wild at 6 months when mother bears usually push their children out at 18 months. I can't blame the activists. This decision makes little sense to me.

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