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[[Image:Polar_bears.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A mother polar bear and her two cubs]]

[[Image:Polar_bears.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A mother polar bear and her two cubs]]

The polar bear is on the [[Endangered Species List]] in the [[United States]]. There are very few of these bears left in the wild. The current world population is estimated at around 22-27,000.<ref>http://www.naturecanada.ca/climate_change_polar.asp</ref>

The polar bear is on the [[Endangered Species List]] in the [[United States]]. There are very few of these bears left in the wild. The habitat is rapidly depleting in the Arctic Circle due to [[Global Warming]]. This obvious fact has even been confirmed by the Bush administration, though some fringe people might cry at the mention of climate change. The current world population is estimated at around 22-27,000.<ref>http://www.naturecanada.ca/climate_change_polar.asp</ref>

Polar bears have been known to [[interbreed]] with [[grizzly bear]]s in the wild, producing a polar-grizzly hybrid.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12738644/GT1/8199/</ref>

Polar bears have been known to [[interbreed]] with [[grizzly bear]]s in the wild, producing a polar-grizzly hybrid.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12738644/GT1/8199/</ref>