Originally Posted By plpeters70 No real surprises here. Sad... <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0734805620080108" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article /environmentNews/idUSN0734805620080108</a>
Originally Posted By DAR Don't get me wrong I hope we do all we can to save the Polar Bear. A few weeks ago I saw a 60 Minutes story on some Mountain Gorillas. And was disturbed by the stories of poachers and rebels slaughtering them. So I'm all in favor of doing what we can to prolong the lives of these animals. But let's not kid ourselves the Polar Bear is a vicious animal that wouldn't hesitate for one second to rip apart you, I or any of these Greenpeace people who want to save it. Timothy Treadwell(aka Grizzly Man) found that out. Please rent that movie if you haven't seen it.
Originally Posted By jonvn Thank goodness. Maybe if we have a few more completely unneeded studies, we can delay until every last one of them is dead.
Originally Posted By debtee <But let's not kid ourselves the Polar Bear is a vicious animal that wouldn't hesitate for one second to rip apart you I or any of these Greenpeace people > So what? There's plenty of animals in this world that will do that, doesn't mean they deserve to die. The bigger picture here is that we have the evidence that shows we are damaging our environment, have been for years and yet we are still debating about how much damage is allowed, before it's an issue that needs addressing.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 "I never said it deserves to die." Then what was the point of your story? Who cares if they are vicious - so are gorillas, tigers and other animals. They still deserve our protection. "and yet we are still debating about how much damage is allowed, before it's an issue that needs addressing" More than likely, the administration is afraid that if they place the Polar Bears on the endangered species list, then they'll have trouble getting at all that oil they want to drill-up the arctic for. And the sad thing is, if we did more to get this nation on clean, re-newable energy, then this wouldn't even be an issue - we wouldn't need that oil.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Then what was the point of your story? Who cares if they are vicious - so are gorillas, tigers and other animals. They still deserve our protection.>> That we should admire them from afar, not up close. I'm all for saving them.
