What is the status of polar bears?

Answer 1

The IUCN Red List has the Polar Bear listed as "vulnerable" with the population decreasing. While the US Fish and Wildlife Services, Endangered Species List has the Polar Bear listed as "threatened". Also The International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears was signed to protect the Polar Bears from ruthless hunting tactics and the interruption, and disturbance of breeding dens. Of the 19 subpopulations of the Polar Bear, five are now declining, five are stable, two are increasing, but the remaining seven, are without sufficient data to come to any conclusion as to the population trend. Without this vital information, making any long term decision for the future of the Polar Bear is difficult at best and playing with fire in the worst conditions. For more details, please see sites listed below.

Answer 2

The Polar Bear is officialy listed with a status of "threatened" by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Endangered Species List. It is also on the IUCN Red List with a status of "vulnerable" with the population trend listing "drecreasing". These are the lists, and status terms used on an international basis. For more information or details see sites listed below.

Answer 3

Currently listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, the polar bear has a population of over 25000.The main threat to the bear is supposed melting of pack ice, which seems to have returned to historic levels recently.

Answer 4

At this point, no, the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) does not have endangered status. They are currently listed by the IUCN as "vulnerable" (a status they have maintained, for the most part, since 1982) but do show a downward decline in population.

Answer 5

Polar bears are in danger of being endangered. This is because their food sources are being over fished and other sources of food are moving away, due to melting glaciers.

Answer 6

With global warming now the polar bears chance for survival is not so high. All the ice caps are melting which is making there home smaler. HELP STOP GLOBAL WARMING AND DO YOUR PART

Answer 7

The polar bear is listed as vulnerable.

Answer 8

Polar bears are listed as vulnerable.

Answer 9

endangered