Petition: Demand Increased Protection for Vulnerable Arctic Polar Bears!

Polar bears will be wiped out by the end of the century unless more is done to slow down the warming of the planet. We are in desperate need of aggressive climate change mitigation. As ice melts and the planet warms, these incredible animals become increasingly at risk of extinction. These poor animals don’t understand that their habitat is disappearing. They don’t know why this is happening, or what to do about it.

Churchill, Manitoba is a small town in Canada where hundreds of polar bears pass by each year, starting in September and lasting through November, on their migration path. The people there have done great work to make sure the bears and humans coexist in relative safety and diminish risks by removing food sources that may attract bears, implementing a bear spotting hotline, and more. However, experts say that ice is breaking up earlier in the season, meaning bears are forced to return to land weeks earlier than normal and have a smaller window for hunting. In recent years, polar bears have lost nearly a total of 12 days of ice on either end of the season.

Source: CANADA Explore | Explorez/Youtube

This annual migration has become an ideal destination for thousands of tourists each year who want to witness these bears up close. Conservation officers even transport some Polar Bears to a holding facility known by locals as the “polar bear jail”—until they can be released onto the sea ice, according to a news source. We can prevent human and bear interactions, thus protecting everyone. But the people at the forefront of this effort need funding. Sign the petition if you think the Canadian government should be helping to fund these efforts!

To continue speaking up, sign these other petitions as well:

• Petition: Free World’s Loneliest Orca
• Tell Aquariums to Phase Out the Use of Real Animals for Robotic Ones

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