ORIGINAL: as moeggs
I don't think listing the polar bear as endangered is such a bad thing. Think about it.....If they are, George "the oil man" Bush can't try to drill destroying habitat like he has done in the west. If the bears go on the list, the land in which they live will be protected too. A good thing for all of us. Team work.
thats just genius, im sure thats really getting to Bush. hes thinking man, now i cant go drill for oil in the arctic where it would be cost inefficient to drill even if there was oil there. quit hating on bush, he has nothing to do with this post, theres a politics forum for a reason. bush isnt a bad pres either but we wont go into that because this is a POLAR BEAR THREAD.
as far as the bears go, wouldnt this be a pointless action. correct me if im wrong, but what good would it do for the United States to put a bear on there endangered list, when most bears live in northern canada (im assuming there are some polar bears in alaska?). does canada have to abide by our endangered list, or can they just keep hunting them like they are right now.
I think they should be able to be hunted, looking at how the population is growing tremendously. usually they put animals on the list because their numbers are going down, not up.