One is on tracking polar bears, entitled "Climate Lessons from the North." They note that WWF-Canada funded researchers are currently on the ground in James Bay, learning how climate change is affecting polar bears, and how they are adapting to the melting of sea ice. They note this research, which involves fitting polar bears with radio collars is due to their valued donor support.
Polar bears spend most of their time on sea ice hunting for seals - their main source of food. Climate change is causing sea ice in the Arctic to thin and vanish from parts of the polar bears' range for longer periods during the summer. This forces bears ashore for a longer period each summer, where they must fast until sea ice returns. The result is thinner bears, reduced survival of cubs and a decrease in polar bear population.
Polar bears are at the top of the food chain, so threats to them threaten the health of the entire Arctic ecosystem. You can track polar bears yourself by visiting wwfcanada.org, where you can track the movements of the collared polar bears, which beam the location of the animals via satellite to scientists and then to their website - wwf.ca-polarbears - to discover where the bears are today.
Another very interesting article concerns lobster fishermen on our East Coast. They began using voluntary practices for the first time last November, to reduce the chances of endangered North Atlantic right whales becoming entangled in fishing gear.
This is truly great news because only 400 of these animals are left. Right whales were so named because they were the "right'' whale to hunt -slow and remaining afloat after being killed. These monsters can reach 17 metres in length and weigh 70 tons (63,500 kilograms) Another article in the report notes that in 2009, Loblaws Co. Ltd. became WWF-Canada's largest corporate donor with a commitment of $3 million in funding over three years. Most supermarkets are now charging for plastic bags in order to encourage the use of reusable shopping bags.
We all have to do our part to save our planet and its inhabitants.
Honda announced a donation to the Red Cross of more than $300,000Canada’s cardinal capital
