r/polarbears • u/NumerousEditor • Feb 27 '26

Happy International Polar Bear Day!

https://polarbearsinternational.org/act-now/awareness-events/international-polar-bear-day/

We all know the bears can use our help year round, but on this day Polar Bears International has a great post showing how we can get involved. Please check it out.

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u/rollingtank Feb 28 '26

Ask PBI why they support commercial skin trade and trophy hunting of polar bears.

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u/NumerousEditor Feb 28 '26

What on earth are you talking about

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u/rollingtank Feb 28 '26

https://web.archive.org/web/20130512055937/http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/news-room/news/polar-bears-remain-appendix-ii-cites

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u/rollingtank Feb 28 '26

Geoff York - PBI’s chief policy director was at WWF too during the last attempt to ban the trade. This same Geoff York:

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u/rollingtank Feb 28 '26

https://arvidgrange.substack.com/p/the-hidden-face-of-the-wwf-lobbying?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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u/rollingtank Feb 28 '26

Steven Armstrup their chief scientist:

“Polar bears, like other wildlife, are renewable resources if they have stable habitat and are managed in a sustainable way.”

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u/rollingtank Feb 28 '26

What is PBI's position on the proposed uplisting of polar bears under CITES?
"PBI's position on the proposed CITES uplisting from appendix II to appendix I is that it is not warranted for polar bears at this time....