In Churchill, Manitoba, a small, remote town known as ‘the polar bear capital of the world,’ a remarkable story of coexistence and conservation is unfolding. The town’s innovative and humane methods of managing polar bear encounters, including the Polar Bear Alert program and the polar bear holding facility, are making significant strides in balancing human […]
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Petition: Help Support Ethical Polar Bear Management Practices in Canada
In Churchill, Manitoba, a small, remote town known as ‘the polar bear capital of the world,’ a remarkable story of coexistence and conservation is unfolding. The town’s innovative and humane methods of managing polar bear encounters, including the Polar Bear Alert program and the polar bear holding facility, are making significant strides in balancing human […]
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Petition: Help Support Humane Polar Bear Management Practices in Canada
In Churchill, Manitoba, a small, remote town known as ‘the polar bear capital of the world,’ a remarkable story of coexistence and conservation is unfolding. The town’s innovative and humane methods of managing polar bear encounters, including the Polar Bear Alert program and the polar bear holding facility, are making significant strides in balancing human […]
![Bear-ly Surviving… Bear-ly Surviving…](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/p1343127164-4.jpg)
Bear-ly Surviving…
No Arctic ice, no bears. Somewhere above the 80th parallel north, Arctic Ocean. Dana Allen Photo Safari with Journeys Unforgettable Photographic Safaris
![You, Yes, I’m Looking at You You, Yes, I’m Looking at You](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/p882847391-4.jpg)
You, Yes, I’m Looking at You
Young Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) and mother, somewhere on the ice above the Arctic Circle. With Journeys Unforgettable Photographic Safaris. You are the one that can help save the future for this little guy.
![Room for One More… Room for One More…](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/p2601993019-4.jpg)
Room for One More…
This large female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) has had a successful season stocking up on her fat reserves. But seals beware, there is always room for one more… Somewhere on the Barents Sea, above the Arctic Circle.
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Standing Tall…
This Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) gives us an indication of his truly remarkable size by standing upright on a nearby ice floe. Somewhere above the Arctic Circle, Svalbard.
![Whew, It’s Hot… Whew, It’s Hot…](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/p545564567-4-1.jpg)
Whew, It’s Hot…
Finishing off the year with an average temperature above the freezing point, you bet it’s hot. Yet another record month for warm temperatures is keeping the Arctic Sea Ice at an all time low. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice. Somewhere above the Arctic Circle in the Barents Sea.