Conflict between humans, polar bears on the rise: report

New research shows rising cases of polar bear and human conflict taking place in Churchill, Canada, and the Arctic.

and published in the journal ‘Oryx,’ says the increase in conflict is a direct result of climate change and increasing human populations in polar bear habitats.

“We realized it was probably time to write an article where we pointed out that this is not simply a phenomenon in Churchill or places in Ontario, for example, but it occurs across the whole range of polar bears,” he said in an interview with CTV Morning Live on Tuesday. “The dump has a tremendous source of smells of human garbage so that attracts bears, that brings them close to town,” Obbard said.

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