Canadian panel: Polar bear seen in trouble, not endangered - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Polar bear seen in trouble, not endangered
Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:02pm EDT

By Randall Palmer

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The polar bear, a symbol of Canada's
far north as well as the effects of climate change on the
sensitive Arctic environment, is in trouble, but it is not
endangered or threatened with extinction, a Canadian
advisory panel said on Friday.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in
Canada gave the polar bear its weakest classification,
that of "special concern", but the Canadian government
would nonetheless have to develop a management plan
to protect the animals if it agrees with the new label.

"Based on the best available information at hand, there
was insufficient reason to think that the polar bear was
at imminent risk of extinction," Jeffrey Hutchings,
chairman of the independent committee said after the
panel met in the Northwest Territories.

"That's not to say that it's not in trouble. A special-
concern species is a species at risk in Canada and
requires legislative action should the government
decide to include this species on the legal list."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN2522665020080425

[Systematic Chaos]

1. First the seals, then this?

Someone in the Great White North is sharp as a pound of wet liver. :grr:

[pscot]

2. Canadian panel:Homo sapiens seen in trouble, but not endangered

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The homo sapiens, the symbol of hominid domination of the environment, as well as chief cause of global climate change, is in trouble, but it is not endangered or threatened with extinction, a Canadian advisory panel said on Friday.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in
Canada gave homo sapiens its weakest classification,
that of "special concern", but the Canadian government
would nonetheless have to develop a management plan
to protect the animals if it agrees with the new label.

"Based on the best available information at hand, there
was insufficient reason to think that homo sapiens was
at imminent risk of extinction," Jeffrey Hutchings,
chairman of the independent committee said after the
panel met in the Northwest Territories.

"That's not to say that it's not in trouble. A special-
concern species is a species at risk in Canada and
requires legislative action should the government
decide to include this species on the legal list."

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN252...