If the melting of their marine environment is not enough, polar bears are now facing major oil spills in the seas in which they reside, just north of Alaska.It is the Beaufort and Chukchi seas that will soon become the home of numerous oil rigs and pipelines. This is the sole doing of George Bush, who proposed such before his term in office was completed.
These oil spills are completely immoral and dangerous to the polar bears!!! Oil gets on their fur and being that it coats it thickly, it is difficult to remove. Their beautiful white fur then becomes useless and unmanageable once the fur is matted and clumpy. Eventually the cold freezes up the oil.
Why would the United States allow such a thing? All the American polar bears live in this area, off the Arctic coast of Alaska. Also, global warming is already in effect. Large quantities of oil in these seas would only fasten the process of climate change.
If this area becomes unlivable for them, we will possibly see the elimination of polar bears in the U.S.
"The climate predictions coming out are showing massive changes in sea-ice distribution...We'll certainly lose polar bears in a lot of areas where we currently have them", says University of Alberta biologist Dr. Andrew Derocher.
Dr. Derocher's projection is accurate which is why we must do something. We must urge Obama to revoke Bush's oily plan. I urge you all to help; sign the online petition "Help Save the Polar Bears!"
What would you do if you had no where to go?
I enjoyed reading your blog post. You might be interested to hear about one other animal that would be affected negatively if the oil and gas industry expands into the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. These waters are important to wild Alaskan Salmon and if they are developed the salmon population would be decimated. Please read more about it here: http://wilderness.org/content/clean-energy-grid-future
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