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Not only would it deprive future generations of a beautiful creature, but it would leave a hole in the food chain of the regions the polar bear now inhabits. The seal population would grow without their numbers held in check by the normal cycle of hunting by polar bears. They in turn would hunt the oceans of their ranges in ever increasing numbers. This would create a strain on their food source, which could cause a collapse of their food supply, which could cause them to become extinct, or if another species already under strain from other factors is unable to compete for the limited food, they in turn could become extinct. All species, including ourselves are inter-related, as with dominos, when one falls it has effects on all the others near it. Some are easy to see, as with the seals, but some are far reaching and much harder to see or anticipate.

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