Polar Bear = Endangered Species?
February 4th, 2008
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to make a decision soon on whether the polar bear should be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal was initiated over a year ago due to concerns that melting ice is threatening polar bear habitat and their ability to hunt for food.
Filed under Endangered Species, Hot Topics |”A species can be listed under the Endangered Species Act under one of two categories, endangered or threatened. An endangered species is likely to go extinct within all or a significant portion of its range in the foreseeable future. The polar bear was petitioned to be listed as a threatened species, defined as a species likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future,” according to F&WS - Alaska
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