scientists warned that hungry polar bears are increasingly turning to garbage dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears due to climate change. In a report this week, a team of Canadian and U.S. Svetlana Akulova, the director general of Moscow Zoo said the next step for the rescue mission is the polar bear's recovery from anaesthesia. In addition to being magnificent murderbeasts, Polar bears are also endangered, so if you want to ride one to work I encourage you to. US and international conservation planning efforts, including management of polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and the circumpolar action plan for polar bears, require assessments that evaluate the temporal and spatial pattern over which sea ice loss and other factors may affect polar bear populations. RANGE: Polar bears live in the Northern Hemisphere on Arctic sea ice, with time spent on land in coastal areas as sea ice recedes and returns seasonally.

This will give us enough time to transport her to the destination.' The main muscles were not damaged, just cuts on the upper skin. Her tongue was damaged, but most likely it will heal. Distribution and Population: Polar bears are found. “The female polar bear was thin, slightly dehydrated. Polar bears are usually found in the northern marine areas of Alaska, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Norway’s Svalbard Archepelago, Greenland and Canada (Lynch 1993, p 5). Taxonomy: The scientific name for the polar bear is Ursus maritimus, which means Sea Bear in Latin. Mikhail Alshinetsky was part of the rescue team. They also treated the cuts to her tongue. Residents of the remote settlement of Dikson sounded the alarm when a two-year-old female was seen wandering around the huts in the village on Wednesday (July 20).Ī team from Moscow Zoo flew out to tranquilize the animal and remove the sharp metal from her mouth. STORY: This polar bear has been rescued near an arctic outpost in northern Russia after getting its tongue caught in a can of condensed milk.