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Polar bears may require feeding by humans because of ailing ecosystem, researchers say
2013-02-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: Please feed the bears. That may be the new advice to heed after a dozen polar bear experts wrote a policy paper about the imminent problems facing the species due to rapid ecosystem changes in the Arctic. In every nature park, there are signs up saying dont feed the wildlife, said University of Albertas biologist Andrew Derocher, an expert on management of large Arctic mammals. Were not there yet, but we have to start looking at policy decisions and begin discussing options. Were...
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Polar bears 'may need to be fed by humans'
2013-02-07 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The day may soon come when some of the 19 polar bear populations in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway, and Russia will have to be fed by humans in order to keep them alive during an extended ice-free season or prevent them from roaming into northern communities. Some bears may have to be placed in temporary holding compounds until it is cold enough for them to go back onto the sea ice. In worst-case scenarios, polar bears from southern regions may have to be relocated to more northerly climes that...