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Swim for your lives

August 22, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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drowning, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, polarbears, regulations, wildlife

Today’s AP reports that aerial surveys conducted by the Minerals Management Service on August 16 recorded 9 polar bears swimming far from shore or any pack ice.  As Arctic sea ice disappears, recording incidents of such long-distance swimming is becoming...continued

Andrew Wetzler
Andrew Wetzler
Director, Endangered Species Project
Chicago
I grew up in New York City but spent my summers canoeing and hiking in...
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