Polar Bears’ Plight: How to Help
by Ron Claiborn, ABC news reporter
November 20, 2011
November 20, 2011
Today I read an article and watched a video about polar bears. Both were about how the polar bear environment is changing due to global warming. This is a big problem for polar bears. To be specific, the polar bears in the new this week live close to Manitoba, Canada. The polar bears that live there have been wondering into town in recent years looking for food. This is unsafe for both the polar bears and humans. Polar bears are very large wild animals that can harm humans and can be a very dangerous animal. Animals rescue workers capture these polar bears. They take them to something like a jail but for bears to see if they are healthy for one or two weeks. Then the rescuers release them back into their natural habitats in the wilderness about forty miles from Manitoba. The polar bears are marked with a green paint dot so scientists will be able to tell if the same polar bear returns to Manitoba. Polar bears hunt for their food on ice. They are hungry because they haven’t eaten since the ice melted in July. New ice has not yet formed for them to hunt. Each year their hunting season has been getting shorter and they must adapt to their changing environment. But not its getting harder and they aren’t getting enough to eat. This is because of global warming. Scientists predict that there will be no ice in this area by 2080 and they are making plans to move the polar bear community further north so they can survive.
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