Critter News

MARCH 23, 2009

Therefore, to me it's a slam dunk as to whether trophy hunters should continue to hunt polar bears. If a species' very survival is threatened, then it is impractical to hunt it for mere entertainment. Tags: indigenous hunting canada polar bear trophy hunting endangered species arctic.

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Critter News

AUGUST 8, 2009

Now that the species is listed in the US as "threatened," hunters can't import the dead body parts (aka hunting "trophies") in from Canada. Supposedly, environmentalists and animal rights activists have "unfairly made the polar bear into 'the panda bear of North America.'" insert crying baby picture here.)

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

They had to cancel a big project that would have showcased polar bears and seals. Lanthier, a veterinarian and walrus researcher who took the helm in Calgary two years ago, says the cancellation of the polar bears exhibit might please some animal-rights extremists, but the reality is a blow to Canada's white bears.

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Critter News

MARCH 13, 2010

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites that opened in the Qatari capital on Saturday will be discussing 42 proposals during the next two weeks. Tags: australia CITES marine life marine animals Japan. From Al Jazeera. Australia and Japan are among the countries refusing to back a total ban.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Surprisingly, they are overlooked in discussions of Arctic species threatened by global warming. We tend to talk about penguins and polar bears, but these guys are important too. Tags: climate global warming walrus arctic. The summer issue had a good article about walruses. Luckily, I found the article online.

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Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. Tags: beluga whale Palin alaska endangered species. And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?)

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

It has entertaining stories, includes animals people care about because they like them (and also addresses that concept), and it describes how the numbers of various species decreased to the point of being classified as "endangered" or worse. It's a great primer on extinction and conservation for the layperson.

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