Wildlife campaigners are at odds over a new attempt to ban (попытки запретить)the global trade in polar bear parts.
Some activists say the market for rugs(ковры) and ornaments made from the bears is driving them to extinction.
But others argue that the most pressing problem for the species is climate change and the disappearance of polar ice.
The issue(вопрос) will be decided at a UN wildlife conservation meeting in Thailand in March 2013.
The Humane Society International/UK says that polar bears have been brought to a tipping point by climate change but that increased hunting in recent years is pushing the species "beyond the brink". "Start Quote
We can't be arguing for the science when it suits(устраивает) us and then ignore it when it doesn't suit our case”
Dr Colman O'Criodain WWF
"The drivers for the increase in recent years in the trade in polar bear parts are the extremely worrying and rapidly increasing prices(быстро растущие цены) being paid on international markets for polar bear parts," said Mark Jones, executive director of the Humane Society International/UK.
He points to the fact that in the five years up to 2012 there has been a 375% increase in the number of polar bear skins offered at auction, some selling for as much as $12,000 (£7,400). As for me I like animals.I think that polar bears are nice and clever animals.It's a pity that nowadays there are not many polar bears in the world.They became very rarely animals.People should protect them.
-Do you like polar bears? -Why do they become rarely animals? -Are you afraid of them? -Why do people don't protect the animals? -Do you like this article?
I am sure that i have already said it many times. But it is our duty to take care of animals! Why do people continue doing harm to them??? I think people think only about themselves.It is terrible. As for me, people will never be better. It is a fact!:(
I saw polar bears in the zoo. It's very beautiful and majestic animals. I don't understand people who can quietly kill them for money. On the contrary, we should try to keep their population. Especially in the case of melting glaciers.
I agree that people should think about saving these wonderful animals. First of all, people should ban the poaching. It helps bears to exist because there a lot of bears die from people.
be better. It is a fact!:(
