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Calgary Zoo Feeling Economic Pressure

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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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Marine Life Top of CITES Meeting Agenda

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Apart from issues like combating elephant poaching for ivory in Africa and banning trade in polar bear skins, those focusing on sharks and tuna are likely to be among the most contentious. On its agenda is Monaco's proposal to have a complete ban on the international commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.

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Disneynature Earth Q&A

4 The Love Of Animals

Inevitably, it’s a situation where you were there, and for me, it’s the swimming male polar bear. In my case, I suppose it would be filming the elephants caught in a sandstorm in the Okavango Delta. When you see a dying male polar bear and you’ve been with that animal for a long time, it is hard.