Nunavut's claim polar bears are fine ignores science, environmentalists say

"But the group that co-ordinates scientists who study polar bears around the world says the government of Nunavut is wrong to reverse its position on the listing of polar bears under Canada's Species at Risk Act.

Shewchuk's comments include "mis-statements which warranted direct rebuttal and clarification," said Andrew Derocher of the Polar Bear Study Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

"N_Fiddledog" said
Then there's that other idiot who usually gets mentioned with Derocher every time the press needs an "OMG, the poor, drowning polar bears" quote.

What's his name? The guy who was writing cannibalism in polar bear populations papers in the 80s, then comes out with a quote last year where he's shocked, shocked that polar bears have started eating each other. "Never seen before".