So let me get this straight.

Scientists believe there are more polar bears in the world today than there were several decades ago. Yet we’re all supposed to be in a state of panic that the animals are going the way of the Dodo bird because of man-made global warming.

It’s a bit of a stretch.

Over the past few decades, wildlife experts have been trying to track polar bear populations around the globe, including in Canada, Alaska and Russia.

It’s a difficult task. Because of cost and rough terrain, they haven’t been able to accurately keep track of polar bear numbers.

So they use rough estimates. They think there are around 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears worldwide.

That’s up markedly from the estimated 6,000 to 12,000 polar bears that existed in the late 1960s.

The main reason for the population rebound is limits governments have placed on hunting polar bears. They were being over harvested.

Today, the biggest threat to polar bears is the warming trend in the Arctic, experts say. And of course, this is due to man-made global warming, the climate change crowd insists.

Seriously. The polar bear population has increased by as much as four times in the past 40 years and we’re all supposed to believe that there’s some kind of crisis?

Yes, the Arctic is warming. It’s a threat to some polar bears. They may migrate. They may adapt.

Do we know for sure what’s causing the Arctic to warm?

No. Man-made global warming is an untested theory. Does the climate change naturally over long periods of time? Yes.

So we really have no idea whatsoever if driving our cars poses a threat to polar bears.

The U.S. listed polar bears as a “threatened species” this week and many want Canada to follow suit — even though the bear population could be as much as 400% higher than in the 1960s.

If the polar bear population is so threatened, why aren’t these wildlife groups calling for an outright ban on hunting polar bears?

Because it’s a hell of a lot easier — and more politically fashionable — to blame it on the tailpipe.  Source

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