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 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:45 am Post subject: Record High Number Of Polar Bears At Churchill |
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Hey you lying zealots, are you getting this?
October 25 2008
Churchill area: fall aerial survey found a record high number of polar
bears
Polar Bear Alley
Manitoba Conservation does an annual aerial survey from the Churchill
area to the Manitoba/Ontario border, roughly the inland range of the
polar bears of western Hudson Bay. In late July (the 22nd I believe),
they flew the range and counted around 34 bears. Most were still out on
the bay feasting on seals. In fact, there were still two little bits of
ice floe in southwestern Hudson Bay on August 22nd...! This means that
many of the bears stayed out on the ice until mid-August, almost a month
later than usual (or at least, earlier than usual for the last decade,
but simply similar to the 'glory days' of the early eighties).
So, almost all of the bears visiting Churchill are in really good shape
(around ten to twelve in buggyland right now). This seems to have
translated through the larger population with 266 polar bears being
counted on the fall aerial survey in September.
This is the largest number of bears recorded in the history of this
survey. Isn>t that crazy?!? Life is good for the bears!
Of course, this also leads to the cut in quota for Nunavut>s Inuit.
Arviat, an economically challenged traditional Inuit town just north of
Churchill (and when I say just north, I mean 250 miles) has had their
quota wiped out. From 23 polar bears harvested last year, political
pressure (not research) has led the government of Nunavut to cut it to
three bears. All three bear 'tags' have now been used in self-defence
kills (partially because we relocate bears north from Churchill... but
that>s another story). So, no commercial hunt, no income, no community
pride for Arviat... hmmm...
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2008/10/churchill-area-fall-aerial-survey-found.html
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Bonzo
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