Posted on Dec 24, 2022
Polar bears in a key region of Canada are in sharp decline, a new survey shows
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Young bears need energy to grow and cannot survive long periods without enough food and female bears struggle because they expend so much energy nursing and rearing offspring.
"It certainly raises issues about the ongoing viability," Derocher said. "That is the reproductive engine of the population."
The capacity for polar bears in the Western Hudson Bay to reproduce will diminish, Atkinson said, "because you simply have fewer young bears that survive and become adults."
..."Young bears need energy to grow and cannot survive long periods without enough food and female bears struggle because they expend so much energy nursing and rearing offspring.
"It certainly raises issues about the ongoing viability," Derocher said. "That is the reproductive engine of the population."
The capacity for polar bears in the Western Hudson Bay to reproduce will diminish, Atkinson said, "because you simply have fewer young bears that survive and become adults."
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