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Bid to Halt Polar Bear Trade Fails
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, polar bears, activists, endangered, animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, wildlife, protection )

Cal
- 99 days ago - theecologist.org
Canada joined by WWF in rebuffing efforts at Cites conference to stop hunting and commercial exploitation
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Canada, Norway and Greenland Reject New Protections for Polar Bears
Animals  (tags: sadness, Polar Bears, protection, habitat, endangered, animals )

Jill
- 100 days ago - cnn.com
The American delegation at the CITES meetingsought a ban on the international trade of polar bear parts. The ban was opposed by Canada, home to the world's largest population of polar bears, as well as Norway and Greenland.
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Bid to Halt Polar Bear Trade Fails | Environment | The Guardian
Animals  (tags: polar bears, sad news, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, humans, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, animals )

Dianne Ly
- 101 days ago - guardian.co.uk
The export of polar bear skins, teeth and paws from Canada will continue unabated after a bitter debate at the world's biggest wildlife summit ended in defeat for a US proposal to outlaw the trade.
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SAVE YUPI THE POLAR BEAR IN MEXICO -PLEASE SIGN!!!
Animals  (tags: Polar Bears, abused, animal cruelty, zoo, animal welfare, investigation, protection, wildlife, help, animal cruelty, animal advocates )

Julie
- 107 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The zoo wants to remodel her enclosure, but no matter what they do, Yupi is not adapted to be there and never will!. Her life will be the same, frustrated, stressed, suffering because of the heat and miserable.
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URGENT! SIGN! FREE ARTURO THE POLAR BEAR FROM THE MENDOZA ZOO IN ARGENTINA! Petition
Animals  (tags: Animal Welfare, Animal Cruelty, Mendoza Zoo, Polar Bears, Polar Bears in Captivity, Polar Bear Arturo Suffers in the Mendoza, TAKE ACTION! )

Michelle
- 107 days ago - gopetition.com
Polar bear "Arturo" lives at the Mendoza Zoo in Argentina. Like Yupi in Mexico, summer heat has taken its toll on his health & welfare. We sign to demand he be placed in a sanctuary where temperatures are appropriate before he dies of the heat! SIGN!
111 comments
Scientists Propose Desperate Measures to Save Struggling Polar Bears
Animals  (tags: polar bears, AnimalWelfare, conservation, endangered, environment, habitat, humans, protection, sadness, suffering )

Giana
- 114 days ago - blog.nwf.org
You know things are getting bad for polar bears when scientists start laying out options to save them that are wayoutside the box.
12 comments
Please Sign!! Secondary Petition to Barbcats Petition Give the ESA the Power to Protect Polar Bears From Greenhouse Gas Emissi
Animals  (tags: esa, polar bears, protection, regulations, greenhouse gases, obama, extinction, animaladvocates, conservation, endangered )

Tamara
- 115 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
On February 19th, the Obama administration officially declared that greenhouse gas regulations are outside the scope of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), stating that activities outside of the bear's natural habitat should not be regulated. In particular
26 comments
President Obama, Please Reverse Your Decision Not To Protect Polar Bear Preservation! And.......ACTION!!
Animals  (tags: environment, polar bears, suffering, protection-needed, extinction, habitat, animalrights, animalwelfare, wildlife )

BarbKnigh
- 117 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
It is very obvious that President Obama values oil more than our beloved, intelligent, endangered polar bears. Please read the information below and explain to President Obama why he should reverse his decision to protect polar bear preservation.........
97 comments
Polar Bear Patrol - WWF Works With Arctic Communities to Protect People and Bears From Conflict
Animals  (tags: polar bears, AnimalWelfare, protection, humans, conservation )

Giana
- 123 days ago - worldwildlife.org
Polar bears and local people are sometimes uneasy neighbors in Chukotka, a region in far northeast Russia. The bears frequent coastal areas near several indigenous Chukchi villages--the same places where walruses come to rest and care for their young.
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ACTION ALERT: Demand Protection for Rare Hybrid Bears! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: polar bears, grizzly bears, unnatural, protection hydrid bears, endangered )

Simone
- 126 days ago - forcechange.com
As animals adapt to the continuing effects of climate change, wildlife legislation must also be adjusted to protect evolving and emergent species. A new bear hybrid spotted in Canada reveals an environmental loophole that urgently needs to be closed.
35 comments
Will Bold Steps Be Needed to Save Beleaguered Polar Bears?
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, endangered, wildlife, polar bears, wildanimals, protection, animals, animaladvocates, investigation )

Cal
- 132 days ago - e360.yale.edu
In a paper released this week, the world's leading polar bear scientists say the time has come to consider drastic measures to save these iconic animals
9 comments
ACTION ALERT: Ban International Trade of Polar Bear Parts! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: polar bears, endangered, widlife, slaughtered, proteciton, conservation )

Simone
- 168 days ago - forcechange.com
A proposed ban on the international trade of polar bear parts will soon be decided at a UN wildlife conservation meeting of the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Thailand. The proposed ban has caused a rift between wildlife
33 comments
Polar Bear Trade Ban Divides Campaigners
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, polar bears, activists, endangered, animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, wildlife, protection )

Cal
- 175 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Wildlife campaigners are at odds over a new attempt to ban the global trade in polar bear parts.
8 comments
Less Than 90 Days to Stop the Trade in Polar Bear Parts Please Take Action!!
Animals  (tags: animals, polar bears, in danger, wildlife, extinction, death )

BarbKnigh
- 185 days ago - care2.com
Take Action: Send a message to U.K. Prime Minister Cameron, calling on him to rally the European Union against the deadly trafficking in polar bears.
54 comments
Polar Bears Could Be Extinct in 25 Years: Experts
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, endangered, wildlife, polar bears, wildanimals, protection, animals, animaladvocates )

Cal
- 190 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
So, why is the polar bear in grave danger? "It mainly faces threats such as habitat loss due to global warming and continuing human incursions into the Arctic, pollution, hunting for sport and subsistence as well as trade in body parts,"
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