‘A Great Situation:’ Canadian Town Lives with Polar Bears — VOA Learning English
Теми: наука й природа
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Churchill, Manitoba is a small, rural Canadian town that lives with neighboring predators and loves it. That is because the predators — a polar bear population — attract the visitors who saved the town’s economy after a military base there closed. Tourists wanting to see the bears bring millions of dollars into the local economy.
However, the bears are entering the town more often in search of food. Researchers say the sea ice where the bears normally hunt is shrinking.
Geoff York is with Polar Bears International, a nonprofit environmental group based in Manitoba. York said: “You're seeing more bears because there are more bears on the land for longer periods of time to be seen” and they are…
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