Tembry,
my point exactly. It is a waste of time when you can't hunt them anyway! But I have thought about this: do they get special funding to enhance habitat for the bears if they get listed? Sounds good huh? What will they do have a boat stationed up therepatrolling the waters looking for bears stranded on ice?but wait, wouldn't bestopping global warming be the only way to enhance their habitat? Plus you can't make other countrys join your cause just because you want them to. So I williterate my statement,thesediscussions are awaste of time (not here in the forums but on Capital Hill). My other take on the situation will be that the bears that are supposedly drifting off to sea sooner or later will get the point and will move inland and find alternate food sources as will the seals and other sea dwelling mammals. Hasn't the ice been melting and receeding all along since the last ice age(now just faster)? So the become better swimmers LOL.Heck, I don't know cross them with a grizzly/brownie and make them more of an inland bear. (just kidding)Here is more info http://www.washtimes.com/sports/20070325-011239-2168r.htm

:the more time I spend here on this planetthe more I realize we are just a bunch of talking monkeys dead set on our own demise.