BULLISH ON BEARS

News@nature makes a dire polar bear prediction:

The most realistic expectation is that numbers will decline by around 30% over the coming 45 years...

Polar Bear Biologist Dr. Mitchell Taylor doesn't agree:

Climate change is having an effect on the west Hudson population of polar bears, but really, there is no need to panic. Of the 13 populations of polar bears in Canada, 11 are stable or increasing in number. They are not going extinct, or even appear to be affected at present.

It is noteworthy that the neighbouring population of southern Hudson Bay does not appear to have declined, and another southern population (Davis Strait) may actually be over-abundant.

Why panic tomorrow when you can panic today?