The Inuits living in Kaktovik, Alaska hold an annual whale hunt. The controversial killing of bowhead whales is their native tradition, and it’s attracting polar bears. According to National Geographic, Steven Amstrup, chief scientist at Polar Bear International, said he’s not surprised. Polar bears “are not dumb animals,” Amstrup said. “They know the time of year [...]
Polar Bear Hunting in Alaska
Scientifically Proven: Bear Spray Better than a Gun?
Back in 2008, Thomas S. Smith, Brigham Young University Bear Biologist and Associate Professor of Wildlife Science, released his first study that showed the bear spray was more affective in deterring a bear attack than a gun. Well, Dr. Smith is back at it, and has released another study that is more proof that a high [...]
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Eskimos Guilty of Selling Walrus Tusks and Polar Bear Pelts for Money, Marijuana and More
A ring of criminal Eskimo hunters in Anchorage, Alaska, took not only cash for illegally sold walrus ivory tusks and polar bear hides but also firearms, ammunition, marijuana, cigarets, and snow machines (we're thinking they mean snowmobiles). Upon further investigation, officials discovered that the group was the illegal source of about 230 pounds of tusks, [...]
Alaskan Polar Bears Have to Do Marathon Swims to Survive
Here's another scary sign of climate change.A report being presented today has documented the swimming patterns of polar bears in Alaska. What they've found is that polar bears are making increasingly long distance swims, and more of them each year. The longest swim, according to Discovery, was almost 13 days and 426 miles. These long [...]
Officials Opt To Send Polar Bear Cub to Alaska Zoo Instead of Reuniting It with Her Mother
We told you about the polar bear mom and cub that woke up from their hibernation and an oil field popped up around them in mid-April. Well, we didn't know that the cub had a twin, and when the cub was rescued, neither did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Officials. They shipped the cub off [...]
Is Russia the Best Hunting Country? Vladimir Putin Thinks So…
Vladimir Putin might not like hunting polar bears, but he thinks there's plenty of other hunting opportunities that make the world's largest country also the one with the best hunting. Putin's not a big hunter, but he recently talked to our friends at Outdoor Life about Mother Russia's great hunting opportunities: Manchurian wapitis in the [...]
Russia Bans Polar Bear Hunting
Even though the United States agreed to a quota of 29 of polar bears, Russia shot down any chance of a season this year. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is a polar bear conservationist, and was instrumental in shutting down the season. Despite their status as endangered, the U.S. and Russia had an agreement in [...]
Polar Bear Mom and Cub Wake Up to an Oil Rig Built Around Their Den
Well, there goes the neighborhood… A polar bear went into a den, and three months later she walked out with her cub to find an oil field had popped up around her. The bear made her den in a snow drift in October. Over the winter, ENI Petroleum set up shop on Spy Island. On [...]
