Polar Bears won a couple of reprieves this week. On Tuesday, May 13, the Senate defeated an amendment to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and America’s coastlines to drilling by a vote of 42-56. Then on Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally agreed to list the polar bear as “threatened” under the Endangered [...]
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When my friend, David Booth, saw the pictures from yesterday’s blog about swimming with polar bears, he created a cartoon for the Polar Bear Habitat & Heritage Village. It’s below and it’s pretty cool in my humble opinion. You might remember that David and I created a polar bear cartoon blog. If you haven’t had a [...]
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Yes, if you want to, you can swim with polar bears. In a little town in northern Ontario, Canada, The Polar Bear Conservation and Education Habitat & Heritage Village has an outdoor pool where you can join polar bears for a swim. It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. There is a glass wall between swimmers [...]
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Olaf, the father of Klondike and Snow, the 1st polar bear cubs raised by hand, died on May 3 at the Denver Zoo. Olaf was 22 years old and had been at the Denver Zoo since he 1987 at the age of 1-1/2 years old. Zoo keepers had noticed over the past several weeks that Olaf [...]
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I had to share this animation with you. The polar bears are great and the attention to detail is unbelievable. You’ll know what I mean if you look at the reason the one bear is bopping his head up and down (hint — look at the picture on the screen he’s holding.) For more great cartoons, [...]
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If you’ve never heard about Klondike and Snow, you’ve really missed something. They were the first 2 polar bear cubs ever raised by hand. The cubs were born on November 6, 1994 and rejected by their mother. They were taken to the Zoo’s hospital and the staff raised them until they were old enough to [...]
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One of the most barbaric treatments of bears are people killing them just for their gallbladders, which are used in traditional Asian medicines to treat a variety of illnesses. Although accepted alternatives exist in traditional medicines, demand for bear parts is soaring. As Asian bear populations have fallen, poachers are turning to bears in the U.S. [...]
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At 4 months old, Flocke, or Snowflake, Germany’s newest polar bear cub made her first public appearance and it was captured on video. Below is the video taken by Reuters. Enjoy! Bear hugs, Frankie P.S. To get this blog emailed to you, simply type in your email address and press ’subscribe’ in the box on the right side [...]
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Germany’s latest polar bear cub, Flocke, made her first public appearance on April 8th. She played in her outdoor enclosure and appeared to relish it. Her fans were there to greet her. Below are a couple of photos and the link to see even more: Photos by EPA/DANIEL KARMANN. To see all 16 photos, click More [...]
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China has released 28 tortured moon bears to the Animals Asia Foundation’s sanctuary in Chengdu. Below I’ve posted the full email I received of the undate so that you can get the full story. First a couple of pictures of a moon bears from Animals Asia’s China Bear Rescue site: Dear Frankie, Just a quick email to [...]
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