Loose polar bears They are classified as marine mammals. They have a thick layer of body fat and a waterproof coating that insulates them from air and cold water. They are very good swimmers. The polar bears To survive they need large amounts of fat, they mainly feed on ringed and bearded seals.
Loose polar bears They are the largest predators that roam the earth. It is estimated that there are about 26,000 copies, mainly in Canada, but also in the United States, Russia, Spitsbergen and a few thousand in Greenland.. Most of the Greenland polar bears They remain in the north and on the sparsely populated east coast, but in recent years have increasingly appeared in western and southern Greenland.
Cases of polar bears in or near human habitations have been reported almost daily this summer.. According to the website of the Greenland radioThis is mainly due to an unusually high number of icebergs that have moved south along the coast Greenland to take polar bears.
It was reported last week presence of a polar bear roaming the fjords around Nuukon the southwest coast and on the east coast, two bears had to be killed that appeared in the small town of Ittoqqortoormiit. They were both males, one was a young cub and the other slightly older. They were both thin and hungry.. One of them was shot in a street in the center of the city, and the other near the football field where the children were playing.
‘Problem bears’ are easy prey for polar bears despite strict hunting regulations
In Greenland There are strict rules for this hunting polar bearsboth in terms of the hunting season and the number of animals that can be killed. The increasing invasion of bears in and around human settlements in recent years has led local authorities to require less stringent legislation allowing preventive hunting. outside quotas and hunting seasons, so that the polar bears which repeatedly appeared near populated areas could be shot before directly threatening residents.
He Greenland parliament he complied and adopted it new regulations for the protection and hunting of polar bears in the spring of 2023. According to them, it is no longer necessary to obtain an exemption from the Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture to carry out the so-called problematic polar bears. Loose polar bears problematic They are the ones who return to human settlements again and again, despite repeated attempts to drive them away, even by transporting them far away.
It is certain that this polar bears Problem bears must be shot by a professional polar bear hunter with a valid hunting license. It is further emphasized that it is always permissible to kill a person polar bone in self-defense and when the life of oneself or others is clearly in danger.
Try to protect both people and bears
Polar bears are not classified as an endangered species, but as a vulnerable species. However, environmental and animal protection organizations believe that the population is likely to decline sharply in the coming decades, which is why the World Wildlife Fund is specifically monitoring these areas. polar bears in Greenland.
Its function is to monitor the movements of the polar bears near human settlements and try to protect both bears and people by chasing away the bears before a confrontation occurs. Normally it is monitored polar bears starts when school starts in mid-August, but due to frequent visits from polar bears problematic, the first shifts of this summer were already made last week.
What can you do about a problematic polar bear?
Loose polar bears Vagrants are also having an impact on tourism this year, because camping in the south is not that attractive Greenland as before due to the increased risk of encountering a polar bone while walking. The government has not issued official guidelines for outdoor activities, but it has this year Radio Groenlandesa is running a campaign on its website under the title Safe summer. You will find instructions here if you plan to go hiking in the south of Greenland.