‘Doomsday predictions of polar bear’s demise tend to draw an Inuit guffaw…Heart-rending pictures of polar bears clinging to tiny islands of ice elicit nothing but derision’
'An estimated 77% of the world trade in polar bear parts in recent years came from about 500 bears a year killed in Canada, 300 of which typically enter the international market, according to a review by the Humane Society of the United States and Canadian officials. ... Not all conservation groups are pushing for such a move. The World Wildlife Fund, has said the international trade is "not currently a significant threat" to the species'
