Polar Bears in Manitoba Listed as Threatened Species
02.08.08
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Filed Under: Pets+Critters • Wildlife+Biota
Tags: animals, arctic, Bears, biota, Canada, endangered, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, Manitoba, polar bears, wildlife
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Polar bears in Manitoba now have special protection under the province’s Endangered Species Act, a move designed to restrict how close people can come to female bears and their cubs along the Hudson Bay coast.
The hunting of polar bears was already banned in Manitoba, but Conservation Minister Stan Struthers said the new designation listing the bears as threatened means tour operators will be limited to how close they can encroach on polar bear dens along the coast from Ontario to Nunavut.
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