Hug This Animal: Polar Bear Officially Protected by the ESA

Better late than never. Even though the January deadline passed with no decision on declaring the polar bear threatened under the Endangered Species Act, it’s now official.
This declaration means good things for the polar bear, but it’s sad the bears are under threat from global warming. Polar bears have been declared a threatened species due to decreasing sea ice caused by climate change. And some people still think global warming isn’t real . . . .
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Polar bear now listed as threatened species
US lists polar bear as threatened
Hug This Animal: Polar Bear
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