polar bear population

Polar bear population in frozen sea north of Alaska falls 40% in 10 years

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“The world once again had a chance to take action to safeguard polar bear populations and failed”

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Only 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears remain in the wild, living in Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and the United States. Leading polar bear scientists believe that two-thirds of the world’s polar bear populations will be lost by the year 2050. More than 400 polar bears are needlessly exploited, hunted and killed annually to supply the … Read more