Polar Bear-skin rug anybody?

[DrLeftover]

Every year around 600 bears are legally killed by hunters in Canada and in the decade to 2010 more than 30,000 bear parts were traded as trophies, rugs and ornaments.

Opponents of the trade have now proposed a ban on the international sales of polar bear parts. It will be tabled at the next meeting of the Convention on the trade in endangered species (CITES) taking place in Thailand next March.

The move is being supported by the US and Russian governments. The last time an attempt was made to change the ruling in 2010, it was defeated after the UK and the EU voted against. Mark Jones believes the UK government's position is very influential and wants them to support the ban.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20798136





-also-

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Vice-President James Eetoolook today commended the Government of Nunavut for releasing their recent Western Hudson Bay polar bear population aerial survey results. The study shows that polar bears in that population are abundant and healthy, and not declining in number as predicted by polar bear scientists.

http://www.tunngavik.com/blog/2012/...ar-bears-in-nunavut-are-abundant-and-healthy/

 

[Evil Eye]

No thanks. Doubt they smell very good.

 

[Jazzy]

I would never have something so barbaric in my house!