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Andrew Derocher

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Professor of Biological Sciences @UAlberta. I've studied polar bears for 40 years. Author of Polar Bears: A Complete Guide to Their Biology and Behavior.

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Conrad Black in his National Post article says "Decades have gone by in which the polar bears were supposed to become extinct...". Nonsense. Conservation concerns about the future of polar bears arose in 1993: not extinction. "become extinct" decades ago was never an issue.

<a href="/ConradMBlack/">Conrad Black</a> in his <a href="/nationalpost/">National Post</a> article says "Decades have gone by in which the polar bears were supposed to become extinct...". Nonsense. Conservation concerns about the future of polar bears arose in 1993: not extinction.  "become extinct" decades ago was never an issue.