tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post5018971403889771742..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Hordes Of Polar BearsSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-5958231600439517612007-03-06T20:04:00.000-05:002007-03-06T20:04:00.000-05:00You should, and save me the trouble of looking ;)You should, and save me the trouble of looking ;)Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-88567258651875537662007-03-06T20:01:00.000-05:002007-03-06T20:01:00.000-05:00I thought about writing on this today. Basically,...I thought about writing on this today. Basically, the head wildlife dude for the Nunavit government (Mitch Taylor) has produced an alternative set of polar bear numbers from the federal government people. Nunavit gets all sorts of cash from guiding hunters onto the tundra for polar bear pelts, and the number of bears that the locals can hunt depends on population numbers.<BR/><BR/>Mitch Taylor seems to be proposing an inflated set of numbers to get his constituents more pelts. If you read through the minutes of the Nunavit legislature (or whatever its called), they thank him for his efforts in fighting off U.S. efforts to have the bears declared threatened/endangered by producing these numbers.<BR/><BR/>What is interesting is the status of the document these numbers are supposed to be in. It may exist only in a provisional form. Some Inuit leaders are wondering about why they didn't get all the pelts they wanted (tags, I think they're called), and Taylor seems to be telling them the document is still undergoing scientific review. <BR/><BR/>If you're willing to scour through the local newspapers and gov. docs., you can trace some of the backstory. I might write about it or not.bigcitylibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-42132317995078768282007-03-06T19:10:00.000-05:002007-03-06T19:10:00.000-05:00Too many bears!! Where is mayor Quimby and his be...Too many bears!! Where is mayor Quimby and his bear patrol when you need them?<BR/><BR/>Don Martin and the National Post are grasping at straws. They have lost the "climate change existance" argument but like the tobacco companies when it was proven that smoking causes cancer, they are throwing out any fact that will support their quickly fading argument. I suspect it will be another decade before the likes of Mr. Martin and the National Post editorial board finally accept they lost.ottlibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695135535019042279noreply@blogger.com