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The Life and Status of the Polar Bear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

C. R. Harrington
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Polar bears are on the IUCN list of endangered species. In 1961, when there were signs of serious depletions, the Canadian Wildlife Service started a five-year research project on the polar bear's biology and ecology, and the author is engaged on this work. He points out that polar bears are a most valuable resource, especially to the Canadian Eskimos, and if their numbers are allowed to dwindle to the point at which they have to be given complete protection they will have little more than aesthetic value, which in the case of an Arctic species is limited. These extracts from a comprehensive paper on the polar bear's life history and status are reproduced from “Canadian Audubon” by kind permission of the author and editor.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , December 1965 , pp. 169 - 176
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1965

References

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