STOP THE SEAL SLAUGHTER! Seals are a natural part of the polar bears diet and when they don't get enough to eat, they resort to cannabilism. Overfishing, seal slaughter and walrus slaughter by humans makes it increasingly difficult for polar bears to find food.
Retired Environment Canada biologist Ian Stirling, who has studied bears all over the arctic, said evidence suggests the cubs are being killed for food, not just so the male can mate with the sow.
Infanticide occurs among all species of bears but can become accentuated among polar bears when they run low on fat reserves normally obtained from seals, and become hungry enough to resort to cannibalism, according to Polar Bears International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the worldwide conservation of polar bears and their Arctic habitat.
Tell Canada to STOP THE SEAL SLAUGHTER NOW- it is threatening the endangered polar bear.
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
Prime Minister of Canada
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Phone Number (613) 992-4211
Fax Number (613) 941-6900
E-Mail pm@pm.gc.ca
