It is sad to know that polar bear has killed its cub for food. Believe it or not?
Please see the news attached below and pictures taken by Reuters.
The moment cannibal polar bear eats baby cub
By Sara Nelson Last updated at 10:31 AM on 08th December 2009
By Sara Nelson Last updated at 10:31 AM on 08th December 2009
A group of tourists were left horrified when they came across the grisly sight of a polar bear eating a cub in northern Canada.
The large male adult bear had separated the baby from its mother and killed it in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area, in northern Manitoba, close to Hudson Bay.
Witnesses were left shaken and tearful after the incident.
Grisly: The large male polar bear was spotted eating a cub in northern Canada last month
According to scientists, eight cases of mature male polar bears eating cubs have been reported this year in Churchill. Four cases were reported to Manitoba Conservation and four to Environment Canada.
Tour guide John Gunter said: ‘A big male polar bear separated a young cub from its mother and had its way with the cub.
‘But the whole time, while that mother polar bear watched and witnessed, and actually after the big bears left, she still tried to take care of it.’
One theory for the cannibalism is that climate change is melting the bears’ Arctic hunting grounds, forcing them to survive on land for longer and hence leading the starving animals to turn on their own for food.
Theory: Some scientists believe global warming is melting the bears' Arctic hunting grounds, forcing them to survive on land longer and turn to other food
Retired Environment Canada biologist Ian Stirling says evidence suggests cubs are being killed for food, not just so the male can mate with the mother.
He told CBC news that the nearby Hudson Bay sea ice, which the bears use to get at the seals they need to fatten up for winter, is not appearing until weeks later than it used to.
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The large male adult bear had separated the baby from its mother and killed it in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area, in northern Manitoba, close to Hudson Bay.
Witnesses were left shaken and tearful after the incident.
Grisly: The large male polar bear was spotted eating a cub in northern Canada last month
According to scientists, eight cases of mature male polar bears eating cubs have been reported this year in Churchill. Four cases were reported to Manitoba Conservation and four to Environment Canada.
Tour guide John Gunter said: ‘A big male polar bear separated a young cub from its mother and had its way with the cub.
‘But the whole time, while that mother polar bear watched and witnessed, and actually after the big bears left, she still tried to take care of it.’
One theory for the cannibalism is that climate change is melting the bears’ Arctic hunting grounds, forcing them to survive on land for longer and hence leading the starving animals to turn on their own for food.
Theory: Some scientists believe global warming is melting the bears' Arctic hunting grounds, forcing them to survive on land longer and turn to other food
Retired Environment Canada biologist Ian Stirling says evidence suggests cubs are being killed for food, not just so the male can mate with the mother.
He told CBC news that the nearby Hudson Bay sea ice, which the bears use to get at the seals they need to fatten up for winter, is not appearing until weeks later than it used to.
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But this theory is disputed by Inuit leaders in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, who claim it is wrong to connect the bears' behaviour with starvation.
Kivalliqu Inuit Association president Jose Kusugak said: ‘It makes the south – southern people – look so ignorant.
Kivalliqu Inuit Association president Jose Kusugak said: ‘It makes the south – southern people – look so ignorant.
Dispute: Local Inuit leaders say it is wrong to connect the bears' behaviour with starvation, claiming incidences of cannibalism are normal occurrences
‘A male polar bear eating a cub becomes a big story and they try to marry it with climate change and so on, it becomes absurd when it’s a normal, normal occurrence.’
Although infanticide can occur in all species of bear, it can be accentuated among polar bears when they run low on fat reserves and become hungry enough to resort to cannibalism, according to conservation group Polar Bears International.
The group says the average break-up of the sea ice in western Hudson Bay is about three weeks earlier than it was 30 years ago.
Stirling added: ‘During the summer and autumn, polar bears lose up to 30 per cent of their body mass because they burn up to one kilogram of stored body fat every day while they are waiting for the ice to freeze.
‘We have observed that the body condition of the western Hudson Bay polar bears has been declining for almost 30 years. By mid-to-late November, if they can’t get on the sea ice to feed on seals, males may seek out alternate food sources.’
Survival: Polar bears burn up to one kilogram of stored body fat every day while they are waiting for the ice to freeze
‘A male polar bear eating a cub becomes a big story and they try to marry it with climate change and so on, it becomes absurd when it’s a normal, normal occurrence.’
Although infanticide can occur in all species of bear, it can be accentuated among polar bears when they run low on fat reserves and become hungry enough to resort to cannibalism, according to conservation group Polar Bears International.
The group says the average break-up of the sea ice in western Hudson Bay is about three weeks earlier than it was 30 years ago.
Stirling added: ‘During the summer and autumn, polar bears lose up to 30 per cent of their body mass because they burn up to one kilogram of stored body fat every day while they are waiting for the ice to freeze.
‘We have observed that the body condition of the western Hudson Bay polar bears has been declining for almost 30 years. By mid-to-late November, if they can’t get on the sea ice to feed on seals, males may seek out alternate food sources.’
Survival: Polar bears burn up to one kilogram of stored body fat every day while they are waiting for the ice to freeze
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