I’m a huge animal lover and yesterday, came across a species I hadn’t known existed. Watching a newsfeed about them, I learned that if nothing is done to protect them, most will never know they existed.
Up until now, officials have carefully guarded not only this animal’s existence but also where it lives. The one I’m talking about is the Spirit Bear. It’s a genetically altered black bear that lives in Canada. Its mutation is completely natural and there are only five hundred of them living—only in Canada.
So why have officials opted to release information about this special bear and its whereabouts—now? Simple, because the bears are endangered by an oil company who wants to lay a huge pipeline right along their habitat. Oil company executives say that the likelihood of a spill is remote and thus should pose no threat to the bears or their inhabitance. But…in the very next breath, the same officials claim that they are equipped to clean up a spill should it happen.
Wait! I thought they said it probably wouldn’t happen.
Officials claim that the bears and their habitat won’t be at risk.
Right….
If that’s true, then why are officials trying to reassure that they can clean up a spill should it happen?
Should it happen…won’t that be too late for the bears—an already endangered species?
Should you want to learn more about these bears and their pending endangerment, go to:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/canadian-spirit-bears-are-brought-out-of-hiding-23204099
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