Polar Bear: Endangered or Threatened?

There are only a few creatures that can thrive in one of the coldest, iciest and some consider the most unfriendly part of the Earth. Polar bears love to roam around Arctic ice sheets, swim deep into the freezing coastal waters and candidly float on sheers of ice. Thanks to their thick coat of insulated fur which shelters a warming dense layer of fat. Thick fur, even grow beneath their paws to safeguard them from the frostiest surfaces and give them a strong grip on the ice where they tread on. They have characteristics that make them innate swimmers, their toes having tiny webs between them to aid them to swim fast and get agile n water.

Amazingly, Polar Bears survive and dominate in this relatively unfeeling and subzero environment making them masters of the Arctic worlds relying on sea lions, dead whales and other mammal carcasses. They are powerful, attractive and very fascinating, imposing the beauty of nature with all its bounty.

However, their number is fast decreasing. That is why there is a conflict between considering them as merely threatened or endangered. The description of “threatened” can be traced back during the time of President George W. Bush administration but further discussions recently have given rise to a need for review whether or not Polar bears are indeed “threatened” or going down to be moved and classified as downright, “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act that will highly affect climate policies and help regulate greenhouse concerns. In the same manner, the Obama administration has adapted the Bush-era rule.

Behind the pros and cons of branding these furry Arctic giants of either being “threatened” or “endangered”, one fact remains. They are not growing much in number and there is not much to feed on although there are snow geese eggs that have been their fancy. Year after year, there is movement in the environment and the climate change will also increase variably affecting these adorable-looking and gigantic marine mammals. We can just wait and see what is going to happen next.

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