Polar bears in W. Hudson Bay are in good shape, says researcher. So are numbers really falling?

[rangerrebew]

Polar bears in W. Hudson Bay are in good shape, says researcher. So are numbers really falling?
Posted on May 13, 2023 | Comments Offon Polar bears in W. Hudson Bay are in good shape, says researcher. So are numbers really falling?

We’ve got ourselves another round of field data–i.e., facts–not fitting the polar-bears-are-starving-to-death narrative. According to polar bear specialist Andrew Derocher, Western Hudson Bay polar bears his team saw in April while installing collars and ear tags were in good shape this year, as he said they were last year. There was no spring field work in 2021 and 2020 but in 2019, he also said the bears he saw were in good condition.


Andrew Derocher 4 May 2023, reporting on Western Hudson Bay field work
Two years in a row of bears in good condition in spring–with no mention of starving bears–does not fit the picture of a population supposedly declining due to starvation. The most recent population count for WH, which garnered wide-spread media attention just before Christmas last year, claims that a 27% decline in numbers took place between 2017 and the fall of 2021 even though sea ice conditions had been good during those five years as well. It’s a perplexing situation. Makes me really wonder what that survey report actually says, but it still hasn’t been released, five months after the results made news around the world.

https://polarbearscience.com/2023/05/13/polar-bears-in-w-hudson-bay-are-in-good-shape-says-researcher-so-are-numbers-really-falling/

[rangerrebew]

People are concerned about polar bears, but the birds killed by wind turbines, not so much.

[roamer_1]

Polar bears have ALWAYS been alright.

[bigheadfred]

Polar bears have ALWAYS been alright.

It was the same thing with the spotted owls. The envirowhackos said they could only survive in old growth forest. But when researchers actually looked around, the owls were everywhere.

[roamer_1]

It was the same thing with the spotted owls. The envirowhackos said they could only survive in old growth forest. But when researchers actually looked around, the owls were everywhere.

Yeah. It's always bullshit. Every time.

What they did to my beloved Timber Wolves out here is downright criminal.

[Cyber Liberty]

The Polar Bear population has been exploding for years.