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United States focuses on polar bears' plight

Government proposes steps to save conservation icon.

The United States has admitted what conservationists have been saying for years — that the polar bear is in danger of losing its battle with habitat loss. A new government proposal suggests that the species be listed as 'threatened' as a result of melting Arctic ice.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on December 28, 2006 04:15 PM |

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How nice to think that the USA has recognised the plight of the polar bear. However I do not think that even they have the power to prevent the world from global warming. Perhaps if they also recognised that they were the worlds biggest polluters and set about changing their status as that, we might then see the decline in the worlds wildlife slow down.

Posted by: William T. E .Bain | January 3, 2007 09:35 AM

Perhaps if they also recognised that they were the worlds biggest polluters and set about changing their status as that, we might then see the decline in the worlds wildlife slow down.

Posted by: radyo | May 15, 2007 11:39 PM

Perhaps if they also recognised that they were the worlds biggest polluters and set about changing their status as that, we might then see the decline in the worlds wildlife slow down.


Posted by: muhabbet | July 11, 2007 11:12 PM

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