Polar bear trade ban REJECTED at global meeting | Proposal to project polar bears rejected Polar bear trade ban REJECTED at global meeting | Proposal to project polar bears rejected Polar bear trade ban REJECTED at global meeting | Proposal to project polar bears rejected

An international meeting of conservationists rejected a U.S. proposal to ban the global trade of polar bear parts Thursday, following an impassioned appeal by Canadian Inuits to preserve polar bear hunting in their communities.

There are between 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears living in the wild in Canada, the United States, Russia, Denmark and Norway, according to the most recent analysis, which was conducted in the early 1990s. Scientists project that as Arctic summer sea ice shrinks, many polar bear populations could decline 66 percent by mid-century.Polar bear trade ban REJECTED at global meeting | Proposal to project polar bears rejected Polar bear trade ban REJECTED at global meeting | Proposal to ...

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