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World › Canada's polar bears in dire straits: WWF

Some of Canada's polar bear populations risk being wiped out within four decades because of climate change and human activity including hunting, the World Wide… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sun, Apr 20 2008

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07 Jun 07 visit Polar Bear Shake  »  YouTube videoA polar bear at the Yokohama Zoo around closing time.
26 Nov 08 visit National › Polar bear sent to impregnate another at zoo found to be female  »  Japan Today A 4-year-old polar bear named Tsuyoshi sent from a zoo in Sapporo to impregnate a female polar bear at a zoo in the city of…
06 Oct 08 visit Some Green Polar Bears and Long Necked Geese,Some Humpty Backed Camels and  »  Porcelain Monkey A small article in The Japan Times newspaper September 24 page 3 caught my attention.Apparently visitors to Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens here in Nagoya are "shocked by the colour" of the polar bears.The polar bears are no longer white after...
19 Aug 08 visit Picture of the Day › Polar bear  »  Japan Today A polar bear gets a summer treat -- apples encased in a block of ice -- at Osaka's Tennoji Zoo.
12 Sep 08 visit Polar Bears Turn Green  »  Japan Visitor 北極グマMaking the news in the UK were the green polar bears of Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya.The bears' normally white fur has turned green due to the growth of an algae in their pond.When the hot weather in Nagoya ends, the algae will disappear and t...
12 Apr 08 visit World › Final phase of Canada's seal hunt begins  »  Japan Today The final phase of Canada's contentious seal hunt opens this weekend under a cloud of uncertainty as the industry struggles to cope with the recent…

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