Canadian Polar Bear Population Thriving Despite Climate Change, Court Documents Claim

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Canadian Polar Bear Population Thriving Despite Climate Change, Court Documents Claim
Polar bear Knut swims in his enclosure at the Tiergarten zoo in Berlin on Oct. 19, 2010. Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
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Contrary to the popular narrative that the polar bear population is falling as a result of shrinking Arctic sea ice, Inuit groups claim the species is thriving, according to federal affidavits submitted in court.

“Inuit have not noticed a significant decline in the health of the polar bears,” the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board’s director of wildlife management wrote in court papers, reported Blacklock’s Reporter.
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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