Comments on: Polar Bears Threatened by Global Warming?

By: Terry Clausen

Terry Clausen — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:35:42 +0000

The company I work for, Crowley Marine Services, conducts operations in Prudoe Bay. A couple of weeks ago, talking to a fellow employee who was assigned that area last October told me that a large number of starving polar bears approached installations in the area in search of food. They were summarily slaughtered. Their claws and teeth were remove for suveniers and for sale. Their mangy hides, presumeable a result of a poor diet, were not used.
Is this the best humanity has to offer the starving polar bear? Then shame on the humans.
Terry

By: Terry Clausen

Terry Clausen — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:35:00 +0000

By: S H

S H — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:05:09 +0000

Your presentation of data concerning polar bears is a bit selective. Like any other species, polar bear populations shift as they adapt to changing conditions. The fact that overall average planet temperatures have increased slightly over the last century does not necessarily imply that they have done so uniformly or in ways that are necessarily harmful. That is true in the Arctic where average temperatures have increased in some areas and fallen in others. If one looks objectively at ALL polar bear groups, one sees that populations have actually INCREASED in those areas that have warmed the most and decreased in those areas that have cooled off. For us to be taken seriously, NWF must present the whole picture. It is the rare change indeed in nature that has only negative effects. Most people are smart enough to figure that out–tell the whole story and let the chips fall where they may.

By: S H

S H — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:05:00 +0000