Re: U.S. polar bear decision condemned in North

On May 15, 4:42 pm, "sdgreen" <sd.gr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > [Another example of AGW politics at odds with science.
> > > > Canada does not consider polar bears threatened, however they are
a
> > > > threat
> > > > to people.
> > > > Populations are not in decline, and they survived past ice-free
> > > > periods
> > > > just fine]
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> > > How are polar bears threatening people? I can't recall the last time
> > > someone was attacked and/or eaten by a polar bear. Has that ever
> > > happened?
> > > As for the Americans, **** them, they can declare anything they
want...
> > > has
> > > nothing to do with Canadians except there will be a bit less trash
> > > wandering
> > > around up north.
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> > You've just shown how pathetically ignorant you are on the topic of
> > polar bears. Feel free to go to Churchill, Manitoba, and approach any
> > polar bear you like and see what happens. Especially in the spring or
> > fall when they tend to migrate thru town. ****ing moron.
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> > Of 14 polar bear populations in Canada, 12 are thriving and the other
> > two are getting by just fine. The population is 500% greater today
> > than in the 1970's, you know, when they were predicting catastrophic
> > global cooling due to manmade pollution.
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> > Isn't it the way it is. American activists wanting to interfere in and
> > area where they have little or no real knowledge. Acting aggressively
> > on nothing more than misconceptions and guesswork.
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> > So I'll ask again.. how many people have been attacked and killed by
polar
> > bears? It's exceptionally rare to the point the only story of a polar
bear
> > attack on the internet is based on bogus facts. Sure, they are
potentially
> > dangerous carnivores, I just find the OP's comment that they are "a
threat
> > to people" simply assinine. It's the same sort of logic behind the
> > irrational fear of sharks, when maybe four people are killed by them
every
> > year. Four people out of six point five billion isn't much of a
threat.
> > Zero humans killed by polar bears out of the 6.5 billion on this
planet is
> > one of the silliest "threats" to humanity I've ever heard of.- Hide
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> Go to Churchill and go pet one and see what happens. There are few
> attacks because the human population is small and they all know to
> stay the hell away from the bears or to carry a gun.
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> So very true. Obviously some folks have not experienced the wilderness.

I'd like to see them even pet a baby seal and see what happens.