Polar bears drowning?

The Wall Street Journal, an excellent paper if you avoid the editorial page, has an article about the latest possible sign of global warming - polar bear drownings. Till Sept. 2004, no cases were documented. Then four dead bears were found. With the polar ice cap retreating, bears are having to swim longer distances in open water. More bears are also found stuck ashore due to lack of ice.

Here's the article:

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113452435089621905-vnekw47PQGtDyf3iv5XEN71_o5I_20061214.html

Big Cat Blogging

They were more active today than I've seen in a while. The snow must help.










Alas, I missed a great shot by half a second or so. One of the cubs took a running start, leapt at the fence right in front of me, and bounced off. He might have been aiming for a blob of snow on a branch sticking through the fence, but I'm not sure. I wasn't doing anything to attract their notice.

I also got to see the wolves being fed some frozen mice.