In this article, it says polar bears may be eliminated from 75% of their current range be the year 2050 primarily due to the destruction of habitat (i.e melting of the polar ice caps). Without ice, polar bear cannot hunt for their primary food source... seals.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070907/ap_on_go_ot/polar_bears_12
In this next article, Black Bears are coming down from the mountains and into people's yards and homes in search for food. Areas stricken by draught and descimated by wildfires are unable to support the bears normal diet.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070915/sc_afp/environmentuswildlifebears
As good stewards of this fragile planet, should we raising food to serve to endangered animals so that they can survive in the face of habitat destruction and climate change?
2007-09-15 20:02:47 · 14 answers · asked by Angela T 2 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
I agree with wendy ,we should take care and protect their habitats
Bears are dangerous powerfull animals
and not everybody will feed them the correct food ,
and they could end up eating what is bad for them.
when they loose all fear of man ,somebody is gonna get hurt
and in the end the bear comes of the worst
because when it harms a human it will get shot.
So dont feed the bears, but protect the nature that feeds them.
2007-09-15 22:20:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
No, we should not feed them despite the fact that we are the cause for them not having enough food in the first place. Our feeding them would not solve the problem. Not only would the bears become acclaimated to humans if they knew where the food was coming from...we would be keeping the population large when there would not be anyplace for them to live. We need to protect thier natural habitats, and keep them from being destoryed..this is the only way for animals endangered or otherwise to be able to thrive and survive.
2007-09-19 10:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, don't feed the Bears.
2016-12-12 16:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by Pelly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Instead we should preserve their habitat. Feeding them will kill them. Black bears are still plentiful (I've seen many on backpacking adventures) and are not endangered. While I hate to see any die, it is better for them to starve than for them to begin to rely on us for food. Bears are very smart. If they don't need to look for their own food, they will stop. Years of fire suppression has harmed our forests. Fire is a natural part of an ecosystem and needs to happen to maintain forest health. Not mega fires, but smaller fires. Currently, because of all the fire suppression, there is way too much fuel in the forest to burn and we end up with these gigantic super fires. All of nature is cyclical. A small die off of bears due to drought and fire is okay. A die off due to habitat loss for logging or development is a problem, because it won't come back the way a burnt forest or a temporary drought. The answer is NOT to feed bears, but to be better stewards of where they live. Feeding them = death to the bears.
2007-09-17 10:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe that the immense rise in human population on earth has undermined the right of so many animals and plants to live. The success to feed this rising population, we call as progress of the human-beings. Why only bears, as a reasponsible human being we have to see that every life on this earth must not suffer at the cost of human progress.
2007-09-16 00:46:01 · answer #5 · answered by chhotu 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, we should stop destroying their habit and do more to stop the enviroment from being destroyed. Feeding the bears won't do a thing for them in the long run.
2007-09-15 20:10:41 · answer #6 · answered by WENDY S 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
yes i think u are right, and i hear ther are to man deer in MN so some should be transported for them, i know that sounds awful but the bears need to eat and i use to work in a meat locker never hunted though
2007-09-15 20:09:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
protecting their habitat is a long term solution. By then they would be extinct. feed them and one day they may become as friendly as the neighbourhood dog
2007-09-16 00:27:39 · answer #8 · answered by anastasia 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes we should club more baby seals to death, only this time feed them to the bears rather than just harvesting the pelts.
2007-09-15 21:05:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
yes we could ,of course but should be done at proper time in a particular situation making sure that no harm is done to him and us too .
2007-09-15 20:25:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋