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{{main|Global warming controversy}}

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Activists from the  [[Center for Biological Diversity]] claim that "... the primary threat to polar bears is global warming",<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/28/news/bear.php Melting arctic ice pushes polar bear population closer to the edge: Activists see animal as a global symbol], ''International Herald-Tribune''</ref> although scientists assert that the polar bear population is stable<ref>The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group reclassified the polar bear as a vulnerable species on the IUCN's Red List of Endangered Species at their most recent meeting (Seattle, 2005). They reported that of the 19 subpopulations of polar bears, five are declining, five are stable, two are increasing, and seven have insufficient data on which to base a decision. [http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/bear-facts/ Bear Facts] </ref> or increasing.<ref>"There aren't just a few more bears. There are a hell of a lot more bears," said Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist who has spent 20 years studying the animals. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/09/wpolar09.xml Polar bears 'thriving as the Arctic warms up'] </ref>

Activists from the  [[Center for Biological Diversity]] claim that "... the primary threat to polar bears is global warming",<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/28/news/bear.php Melting arctic ice pushes polar bear population closer to the edge: Activists see animal as a global symbol], ''International Herald-Tribune''</ref> although scientists assert that the polar bear population is stable<ref>The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group ... reported that of the 19 subpopulations of polar bears, five are declining, five are stable, two are increasing, and seven have insufficient data on which to base a decision. [http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/bear-facts/ Bear Facts] </ref> or increasing.<ref>"There aren't just a few more bears. There are a hell of a lot more bears," said Mitch Taylor, a polar bear biologist who has spent 20 years studying the animals. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/09/wpolar09.xml Polar bears 'thriving as the Arctic warms up'] </ref>

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