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12-28-2006 11:48 AM
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gingembre says:
Will true conservation and ethics ever override the drive for financial gain, even among the cultures once noted for their respect for nature?

Which "sport hunter" will get the "thrill" of killing the last beleaguered polar bear?

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12-28-2006 12:11 PM
gingembre
Interested parties, such as the Nunavut government, have three months to send their comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
I'm an interested party, willing and ready to send my comments to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, are you?

I realize that no one wants to offend the Inuit or the sports hunters, but if no one speaks up for the polar bears before it is too late we will all just end up sadly shaking our heads, lamenting the deaths of these great creatures and wishing that "someone" had intervened on their behalf to save them.

I am sick to death of people putting economic profit ahead of ethics and sustainability. It is past time to help the Inuit people find other s...
12-28-2006 2:41 PM
Socratoad
Yes I certainly am willing and able to voice my concerns with whatever branches of both the Canadian and American governments to help prevent this shortsighted mindless slaughter
12-29-2006 9:01 PM
enbar
In other words, small Nunavut communities are dependent upon rich white tourists for their income, and if the white folks are forbidden from killing polar bears for fun, the Nunavut communities are going to be reduced to ... something even more degrading than hiring out their hunting expertise to bored tourists?

Man, what a depressing story.
12-30-2006 5:01 AM
taksmaster
They should start cloning polar bears.
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