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Article: Global warming affecting polar bears
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- January 18, 2006
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Ottawa/New York, Jan 18 -- Canadian polar bears are getting thinner and hungrier, even as environmentalists fear the magnificent beast of the north may become extinct in this century. The reason: global warming.
In search of food, the animals roam through the garbage dumps and gardens of the northern Canadian town of Churchill. Signs along the streets warn people about the bears. Polar bears have prowled into living rooms of homes devouring packages of dog food and other items, and there's a 24-hour polar bear emergency telephone line to summon help.
The Polar Bear Police sedate the intruder with a narcotic-filled dart, then take it to one of the 24 cells of Churchill's polar bear jail, ...