North American Polar Bear Population 2021

[Polar bear fan]

Called it! I wish they had sent her to Detroit though, Nuka isn't related to her and is a proven breeding male now.

Hopefully Nan’s incredibly valuable genes will finally get passed down to some grandcubs.

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Our zoos our trying... unfortunately any bears originating from the wild cannot be bred. It's wrecking our genetic diversity and our breeding program.

That would really help our population, maybe that'll be an option at some point.

This is absolute bureacratic mumbo jumbo ... AND ... it is counter productive to either in situ and ex situ conservation of this essentially very endangered species!!!

BTW: I am familiar with the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

This is absolute bureacratic mumbo jumbo ... AND ... it is counter productive to either in situ and ex situ conservation of this essentially very endangered species!!!

BTW: I am familiar with the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

This is a moot point nowadays considering this rule has since been repealed.

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

This is a moot point nowadays considering this rule has since been repealed.

Well ... it was for a long time. And quite frankly ... ATM the situation with polar bears and genetics in US/Canadian zoos remains pretty "screwed up" ...

 

[Wisp O' Mist]

Well ... it was for a long time. And quite frankly ... ATM the situation with polar bears and genetics in US/Canadian zoos remains pretty "screwed up" ...

It does puzzle me that there's no US/Canada cooperation when it comes to transferring our captive Polar bears around, but this isn't the thread to wonder why that's the case.