Polar Bears
- According to a Canadian government survey, Polar bears in the country’s Western Hudson Bay, an inland sea connected to the Arctic Ocean, are dying at a fast rate.
- Western Hudson Bay has witnessed a drop of around 50% in the population of polar bears since the 1980s.
- The Arctic sea ice is crucial to polar bears’ survival as they use it not only to hunt seals — their primary food — but also for travelling, mating and resting.
- Western Hudson Bay region includes Churchill, the town that is known as the ‘Polar Bear Capital of the ....
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