Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Here's an article in the Nunatsiaq News that talks about polar bear conservation from the Inuit point of view. The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In s director of wildlife, Gabriel Nirlinguyak} said, recalling that the two had cooperated on bowhead whale management issues. "But

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2014

In simplest terms it is where the landfast ice meets the open ocean, and it is a magnet for wildlife, especially in the 24 hour light of the Arctic spring. The tracks of two young Polar Bear skirt a crack in the sea ice in Admiralty Inlet. The Floe Edge is a magical place. A scant 24 hours to take it in.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2009

Inevitably, it’s a situation where you were there, and for me, it’s the swimming male polar bear. When you see a dying male polar bear and you’ve been with that animal for a long time, it is hard. That made the wildlife viewing all the more special really, so that’s probably my favorite place.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 14, 2012

We have loved seeing places that few people ever get to see, and learning about the interesting wildlife that lives there. We loved seeing penguins, whales, polar bears, and wolves. We loved it when the penguins jumped out of the water, and right onto a camera man! Some of it is quiet funny as well.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

Of course, the critics could be wrong, but if so, the responsibility for setting them right rests with one man: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. Indeed, the fate of the polar bear, whose Arctic habitat is literally melting away, may depend on them. These principles are no less relevant today than they were 10 years ago.

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