In that time period, with uncontrolled hunting, the numbers were less than 10,000.
The polar bear population in 2000 was around 17,000 to 19,000. The population was estimated to be somewhere around 20,000 to 23,000 or more in 2009.
About 30-35000 polar bear roamed in 1990
About 38000 existed in 1960
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The cast of The Last Polar Bears - 2000 includes: Nigel Hawthorne as Narrator
There is not a big population of polar bears.
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Best evidence shows that fifty years ago, the worldwide population was between 7800-10,000 polar bears. After most nations curtailed hunting for the polar bears, the population began to increase. Today, the best estimates are 23000 to 25000 bears.
They kill Polar bears due to their own ignorance. The Polar bear population was listed as "threatened" by the US Department of the Interior in 2008.
None, Polar Bears live in the Arctic, which is the other side of the world to Antarctica.
Polars Can not live in the North Pole Because there is no water and they need it and there is no children to eat. All polar bears will migrate north when polar bears sense global warming has occured.
Yes. There are more polar bears in Alaska because it has not been very effected by global warming and many polar bears in other places have starved and died populations have decreased by 50%
With a population approaching 25000 worldwide, the polar bear is considered threatened, not endangered.
YES! And Canada is home to about 15,000 of the world's 25,000 polar bears, with their population increasing in the eastern Arctic.
They are considered threatened, but have a population of around 25,000.
polar bears are related to bears.