How a Canadian town is teaching polar bears to fear humans in order to save them

How a Canadian town is teaching polar bears to fear humans in order to save them
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Churchill in northern Manitoba bills itself as the the polar bear capital of the world and its tourism-based economy depends on it. But as climate change forces the polar bears inland in search of food, attacks on humans are increasing. Can this small community continue to co-exist with the world's largest land predator? Suzanne Goldenberg reports from Churchill where its bear alert programme uses guns, helicopters and a polar bear jail to manage the the creatures. This trip was supported by Explore.org, Polar Bears International and Frontiers North

[@reducecotwo]

Paying $1000/day for a tundra buggy ride while taking pictures of a bunch of starving polar bears is not my idea of a good time...

[@pain002]

Imagine how much meat you could buy with 1000$. Or just buy a rifle and lend a good polar bear and her cubs a hand and shoot a walrus

[@H43339]

They are not Starving at all, if you can see they look very healthy.

[@liner011f7]

@@H43339 ..... No, do you realize that some day, they will ALL DIE!! Well, there's a line for the alarmists to campaign on.

[@H43339]

@@liner011f7 some day we will all die, you and me, Polar Bears are doing better than ever. They are being exploited by global warming extremists.

[@painpain4490]

@@H43339 no?

[@loricharpentier1654]

The bears are so majestic...

[@ollieromanow6818]

My home from March 1956 till Sept 1979 so miss the community

[@cabalogia]

The bears really are intelligent. They purposely get thrown in polar bear jail for their three meals a day. Clever👌

[@Alex67fr]

A good video. Thanks Suzanne!

[@hunsadersrockinranch]

How come they don't have an electric perimeter around the town?

[@davidshaffstall8693]

$$$$$$

[@rubybenge9301]

I have seen Videos of polar bears just walking right through electric fences.

[@rmb743]

Thank you for sharing

[@13lochie]

Jesus it'd suck being sent to polar bear jail.

[@tlig]

If you're human, yes..

[@MHarenArt]

Hunters could donate a couple/few moose a year that they hunt, dump them a few miles from Churchill, and let the polar bears understand there is food away from the town. Th bears always pay the price for our intrusion, so we should pay them back.

[@dhruvpandya4136]

@Maciarin Jun The town could collectively pay as the town benefits from polar bear tourism. It is a small cost for greater benefits.

[@otlseal9159]

@@dhruvpandya4136 and the tour guide will know exactly where to find the bears for the tourists to photo 📷 😀 👏

[@thinkbeforeuspeak85]

put a fence.

[@Coco-xw3wp]

They'll climb over it

[@timwhite-stevens1721]

Since the town of Churchill in Canada makes money from tourists who come to see polar bears; they should use some of that money to feed starving polar bears in designated areas.

[@faithredhead6117]

the polar bears have to know how to hunt in the wild there not pets

[@rkz8026]

Polar bears hunt better than humans

[@fussypeg8561]

I saw a polar bear just outside of Churchill. On the other side of the river. Did not think at the time they can swim. It was a great sight, one gets a notion of raw wilderness.

[@kinkaidglade2388]

They should ban humans from occupying those areas.

[@Kensho-gw5cp]

It’s dam arctic and this is arctic life

[@trafficjon400]

@@Kensho-gw5cp Right we have ignorance speaking be for they think a bit?

[@trafficjon400]

@@Kensho-gw5cp Don't think through thy teeth.

[@Jurassicwalter]

I love polar bears

[@RajivShori-c5u]

Amazing polar bear jail

[@anthonyrhodes8042]

Friend-shaped

[@trafficjon400]

6 years ago and today i only saw 1 starving polar bear. more starving be for and not after. 20 years ago starving polar bears but today a bit less. i don't know but your information Flaws.

[@thejoyfulartist4317]

I hope the people living there are armed.

[@TheVanpablo79]

Zero info provided

[@ennakavi2129]

The bears have to work harder and catch seals. or perish

[@snakebite2529]

The climate has always changed and always will

[@ojlbrickwork8092]

Cant they introduced another prey animal

[@northernwitch1521]

Maybe we need to relocate towns. As for climate change, I imagine the truth is somewhere in the middle. We do know and can prove for every action there is a reaction. Earth likes to keep homeostasis just like our bodies. Were I grew up, just before the 1900s most of the woods were cut for farm fields. That started some big fires in Wisconsin, Michigan,and Illinois. The worst was in Peshtigo. When the land was changed further west we had a decade of dust bowls.

[@bishop2347]

Right there racoon coming in my backyard no worrie trow everybodie every one out in the street old sick prégnant child and us milion of dollars To move the whole City far away so that the racoon ma live in peace

[@bishop2347]

Just build à fance

[@mking1982098]

can't just relocate Churchill is an important summer port.

[@liamgiannantonio1807]

polar bear jail

[@AstraPlanetshine]

i hate to say it, but over the long term, this challenge will grow, and one of the two sides will have to give way. and as our history shows, it wont be the people. i don't know what the future of Canada's north is.10, 50, 100 years? it may not all be negative or positive, but it will certainly be different, its a lot of land with a lot of stuff, an it is warming. beware.

[@markperryman1797]

The cause of all earth's problems ?? Take a guess, we will eventually destroy the planet, that's the undeniable truth ......

[@bienangelo9161]

The dislikes are from the hunters

[@LegendaryGoetz]

No offence to your comment. But hunters are typically the ones who respect the animal the most. Hunters don’t just go shooting any animal they see. There are many pro’s compared to cons to hunting...

[@reapvkz1]

@@LegendaryGoetz My bad. But I disagree. I think at least 50-60% of hunters aren't respectful enough. I am not against hunting, I have a predator mind, the least I can do is to show respect to the animal I hunted. And try to use the most I can out of it.

[@ollieromanow6818]

Hi mr spence

[@KVeneris]

Sorry.Those bears do not look starving to me.

[@pain002]

If they look starved, it's already too late...I hope you're joking. If the bears have no fat layers to keep them cool, they are doomed to freeze to death

[@Tommygreycj1990]

Humans have become mother natures worst enemy.

[@Enderdragon1201]

Humans are as much a part of mature as any other creature. We change the environment to suit us, just as life long ago changes to environment to one with a lot of oxygen to suit it, killing off a lot of the previous life in the process. We aren't an enemy of nature, we are simply another part of it, doing what we have evolved to do.

[@jamilsuriel4406]

@@Enderdragon1201 earth is better without human creatures

[@المجلةالعلمية-س4غ]

I thought those wild animals have been extincted since long time

[@ianjulius5185]

wtf why

[@المجلةالعلمية-س4غ]

@@ianjulius5185 that 's because of their expensive fur that used for making coats, bags, shoes and so on!

[@ianjulius5185]

Hussain Thanks Yeah ok but it should be obvious these bears aren’t extinct

[@dparsons1225]

The last stat wasn't true, maybe a lie..

[@bandersnatchful]

Why don't you just diversion feed them away from town, help them out a bit? Jeez, humans created this problem and then punishing Them for it. We are the worst species on the planet.

[@_Viking]

Feeding them is not going to help. You will just make them dependent of humans and that will most likely only get more bears or humans killed.

[@ericmanget4280]

"Best" species. We've dominated the food chain. When was the last time a polar bear took a trip to the moon or questioned the nature of being?

[@DoggoWillink]

What a stupid comment. Yeah without us, the world would be a paradise of animals eating each other and operating on instinct. A great place, with no ethics, culture or knowledge. We should just let all of these predatory creatures, that would kill us if given a chance, take over the world and it would be all good. No thought, no reflection, no civilization. This kind of thinking is totally immoral.

[@dannylogan7461]

It would be the natural world. In my opinion its immoral for humans to live higher than every other creature. We need to be more "one" with nature. Taking only what we need not everything possible.

[@midnari]

We evolved to be like this. That's natural. It's not our fault that the natural order made us a dominant sentient race. To go against that would be unnatural.

[@thebluefus]

The world is going to end in 12 years bahahahaaha

[@Survivor108]

10 more to go bro, let's see how it goes!

[@trafficjon400]

@@Survivor108 8

[@bobbillyofficial9686]

This town needs a wall. Trump step up

[@kdirty30]

plus the only country worried about it is us, the rest of the world is not concerned. Ever see the city of Dubai??? They look really concerned. lmao!

[@moonshadow1795]

Have you ever seen china? most of them are now riding bicycles to cut down on the gasses. LMAO

[@rubybenge9301]

Most of the countries in Europe are making huge strides to towards reducing their carbon pollution. They are doing a much better job than the United States.

[@trafficjon400]

@@moonshadow1795 Because they let polution in mountain surrounded areas will cause it to huver.

[@spiff1003]

The numbers of bears have risen sharply since the 70s, so there's nothing unusual about this behavior. More bears means more encounters, more bear means less access to food and that means even more encounters. No need to bring in the climate change aspect at all times as the last 50 years has been mostly good for the bears. Almost no hunting has made it a healthy specimen.

[@H43339]

I can't believe you got away with saying that, I said basically the same thing and was attacked by climate and animal rights groups, I agree Polar Bears are just fine. And Bears are very adaptable, Polar Bears live just fine in the San Diego Zoo and it can be 100 degrees in the summer.

[@ryxlaverne8180]

i had to watch this for school and i got NO facts thanks "alot" :)

[@tonygasper917]

Polar Bears live in the Arctic and Antarctic

[@rajivshori]

only Artic not Antarctic

[@kdirty30]

All Lies!!!! Has NEVER BEEN PROVEN EVER that it is our fault

[@moonshadow1795]

it's ignorant basters like you who I hate. Greenhouses gasses have been proven. Yet your the kind of person who doesn't care if it doesn't affect you but it will effect people in the near future (I mean like 100-300 yr more or less)

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Stop chaining dogs - tourist trap

[@BabakPA]

Its sad that animals have to fear us in order to be safe..

[@Laudrengen]

Why?