A specialist working group convened by Environment Minister Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir has come to the conclusion that there is no reason why polar bears that step foot on Iceland should not be shot if this is thought necessary. The conclusion is interesting in the light of discussion that the bears are in danger of extinction because of climate change, as melting ice threatens their territory – the ice throes of the north.
After the bear that visited Iceland at the beginning of June was destroyed, Sveinbjarnardottir organized the working group to go over what happened to the bear and to set a plan for what to do if more bears come to Iceland. “It is my opinion that if the place and conditions are suitable, we should try and capture the bears alive. But we should consider each case separately,” she said.
However, the group’s conclusions put a question mark on whether polar bears should be saved in the future.
The group concluded: “Polar bears are on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for animals that are vulnerable to extinction, and have recently been recorded as threatened in North America. Despite this ranking, the IUCN supports the sustainable hunting of all 19 populations of polar bears, including those in Greenland.”
The specialists that the working group consulted were united in their response. As the IUCN’s Polar Bear Specialist Group supports sustainable utilization of all polar bear populations, they make no comment on the fact that the bears that have come to Iceland have been shot.
its ironic that they say its too expensive to capture and transport them back but their own petrol dependent civilization that imports all their consumer junk from all over to their crummy island is what caused it. you cant have your cake and eat it. next time you get an ipod, computer or piece of fruit, think about shooting yourself in the face in the process.
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Very juvenile your comments all over this forum…
I prefer people are responsable for themselfs, but if you want and must this will happen:
you might wonder….people wanting to wander around….oohhh,…look….a Poler Bear…how cute:
Ya…that’s a fluffy thing…it’s sweet, let’s get closer darling brown…..”swoosh”…..”CRACK”
errrr…(Radio news: Newsflash, no hiking is allowed in Iceland for the time beeing, as polar beers are running around..bzzzzt…fatallities are resulting in falling tourism in the country.,…bzzzz….)
Polar bears are carryed from Greenland to Iceland on blocks of ice, when they reach land after a long swim they are tired, irritated and hungry,
they are survivers and hunters, so if you see a
polar bear it probably knows you are there,
i wish we could save them but i dont want to be the one to capture them, you cant outrun or outswim a polarbear, when they have been captured
they cannot be fed, if we feed them they cannot be returned to Greenland because they will be even more dangerous to the people who live there
so the rescue needs to happen very quickly,
they can be up to 700kg and 3m tall,
they are strong fast and smart, not easy to catch
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Whine, Whine, sniff, sniff. But they is so pretty and so few of them left. I happen to like them. I just can’t imagine a world without them. sigh.
It’s not like they are aliens from outer space or anything. Of course if the polluters of the planet stop their polluting the Bears could stay where they are and not invade Iceland looking for refuge. I guess they like it there too. Less pollution. If you have a few of then hanging about it may attract tourists. Some people might pay big money to see one of them in person. Just a thought.
PS those specialist aren’t to special.
How about inviting Sarah Palin to deal with any future white-furred invaders, and telling her you’ll supply a helicopter? Why not? Will she think you are Marc-Antoine Audette? (French-Canadian comedian who impersonated French prime minister Nicolas Sarkozy in a telephone call to the Alaskan Governor)
No, because that’s what they do with foreigners too.
Jokes, aside, Iceland as to get a clear environmental plan, they can’t start to build a dam, then after protect rocks while it’s ok to hunt whales for scientific purposes and then selling the meat to Japan.
I guess environmental policies come with the rest… Those last 15 years Icelanders and government where to busy running behind the money and not worried about consequences…