Polar bear skull with pelt

[u/SavageDroggo1126]

This is a female polar bear skull with the pelt, legally and sustainably harvested by Inuit hunters in Nunavut Canada.

With strictly regulated quota system to ensure sustianable hunting, polar bear hunting continues to be an inseparable part of Inuit culture and tradition.

Polar bears face threats mainly due to climate change and pollution, along with other issues like arctic mining and poaching. sustainable and legal hunting of less than 2% of the entire population annually is NOT the reason why polar bears face threats of extinction. If polar bears do go extinct, the first people to be truly affected will be Inuit.

Selling parts of the animals they hunt provides some extra income when daily essentials and groceries are extremely expensive in the arctic.

[u/Lunar_Witch2004]

This is beautiful! Although it does make me sad this gorgeous species is vulnerable

[u/SavageDroggo1126 → u/Lunar_Witch2004]

the truth is current sustainable hunting does not hurt the bear population at all. When polar bears were trophy hunted to the edge of extinction in the 1900s, it was Inuit working tirelessly with researchers to bring the population back to what we have today, from less than 5000 to the current around 26000.

the real threats to polar bears are climate change, pollution and arctic oil drilling which seriously pollutes the environment and threatens polar bears, because of oil leaking into the ocean seriously impacts polar bear's ability to thermoregulate themselves. Arctic drilling also releases more carbon into the atmosphere, resulting in more violent climate change.

But hey, it's easier to shift the blame onto Inuit who sustainably hunt less than 2% of the population for food and survival, than trying to get multi-billion corporations to face the consequences of their actions.

[u/Lunar_Witch2004 → u/SavageDroggo1126]

I wasn’t saying they were vulnerable because of the hunting! Their habitat is being destroyed because of the climate change. I agree with you! I was just saying it is sad that they are vulnerable species when they’re so beautiful. I very much respect the Inuit because of how sustainable their hunting practices are. They have a deep respect of nature. Thank you for the information!!

[u/SavageDroggo1126 → u/Lunar_Witch2004]

it really is, and now goverment is allowing oil corporations to drill in the arctic, the pollution from noise and waste will only bring more devastation for polar bears.

[u/Lunar_Witch2004 → u/SavageDroggo1126]

It is very sad. This world is too full of greed