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File picture shows two Polar Bears in Manitoba, Canada. Canada ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:48:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - File picture shows two Polar Bears in Manitoba, Canada. Canada and Greenland agreed on a series of measures aimed at protecting shared populations of polar bears which roam between the Nunavut territory and the huge arctic island, officials said.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

L to R: His All Holiness Bartholomew The Archbishop of Constantinople, ...

(AP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:53:37 GMT

(AP) - L to R: His All Holiness Bartholomew The Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and The Ecumenical Patriarch; The Coca-Cola Polar Bear and His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America at The World of Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. October 29, 2009. Photo courtesy of The Coca-Cola Company/Michael Pugh.

Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, licks frozen fishes ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:33:06 GMT

(Reuters) - Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, licks frozen fishes given to her as a birthday treat at her enclosure in the Buenos Aires Zoo October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA ANIMALS)

Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, eats frozen fishes ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:33:04 GMT

(Reuters) - Josefa, a 37-year-old female polar bear, eats frozen fishes given to her as a birthday treat at her enclosure in the Buenos Aires Zoo October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA ANIMALS)

Hudson, a two-year-old Polar Bear devours a pumpkin at the Chicago ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:44 GMT

(AP) - Hudson, a two-year-old Polar Bear devours a pumpkin at the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. With Halloween nearing, several of the animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears, brown bears, and gorillas were given pumpkins to enjoy and play with as part of the zoo-wide behavioral enrichment program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Axhi, a fourteen-year-old Grizzly bear devours a pumpkin at ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:54:04 GMT

(AP) - Axhi, a fourteen-year-old Grizzly bear devours a pumpkin at the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. With the Halloween season nearing, several of the animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears, brown bears and gorillas were given pumpkins to enjoy and play with as part of the zoo-wide behavioral enrichment program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Axhi, a fourteen-year-old Grizzly bear devours a pumpkin at ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:53:36 GMT

Whirl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Amur Tiger chases a pumpkin ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:52:16 GMT

(AP) - Whirl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Amur Tiger chases a pumpkin at Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. With the Halloween season upon us, several of the animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears, brown bears, and the gorillas, were given pumpkins to enjoy and play with as part of the zoowide behavioral enrichment program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Whirl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Amur Tiger chases a pumpkin ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:51:51 GMT

(AP) - Whirl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Amur Tiger chases a pumpkin at Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. With the Halloween season nearing, several of the animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears, brown bears, and the gorillas, were given pumpkins to enjoy and play with as part of the zoowide behavioral enrichment program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Nadaya, an eight year-old Western Lowland Gorilla enjoys a pumpkin ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:51:00 GMT

(AP) - Nadaya, an eight year-old Western Lowland Gorilla enjoys a pumpkin at Chicago Zoological Scociety's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. With the Halloween season upon us, several of the animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears, brown bears, and the gorillas, were given pumpkins to enjoy and play with as part of the zoowide behavioral enrichment program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Whirl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Amur Tiger carries a pumpkin ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:50:18 GMT

(AP) - Whirl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Amur Tiger carries a pumpkin at Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. With the Halloween season upon us, several of the animals, including lions, tigers, polar bears, brown bears, and the gorillas, were given pumpkins to enjoy and play with as part of the zoowide behavioral enrichment program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Whirl, a two-and-a-half-year-old Amur Tiger carries a pumpkin ...

(AP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:49:32 GMT

Hudson a-two-year-old polar bear, eats a pumpkin at the Brookfield ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:24:49 GMT

(Reuters) - Hudson a-two-year-old polar bear, eats a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois October 28, 2009. Zookeepers fed pumpkins to the zoo's lions, tigers, bears and gorillas, in honor of the upcoming October 31 Halloween holiday. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES ANIMALS)

The United States on Thursday announced plans to designate more ...

(AFP/DDP/File) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:26:23 GMT

(AFP/DDP/File) - The United States on Thursday announced plans to designate more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska as critical habitat for polar bears, a key step towards increasing protection for the threatened species.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Latz)

FILE - This undated file photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

(AP) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:28:14 GMT

(AP) - FILE - This undated file photo from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska Image Library shows a polar bear. The Obama administration is setting aside 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as 'critical habitat' for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FILE)

Mercedes the polar bear makes her debut public appearance at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:26:02 GMT

(Reuters) - Mercedes the polar bear makes her debut public appearance at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland October 22, 2009. Mercedes, the only polar bear in a UK zoo, was taken to the Wildlife Park on Monday. The polar bear had been at the zoo for 25 years, after being rescued from Canada where she scheduled to be shot after wandering into a local town on numerous occasions. The zoo has been moving animals that are better suited to colder climates to the wildlife park. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne (BRITAIN ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT)

Mercedes the polar bear makes her debut public appearance at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:10:43 GMT

Mercedes the polar bear makes her debut public appearance at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:47:23 GMT

Mercedes the polar bear makes her debut public appearance at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:43:47 GMT

Flock frolicks : Polar bear cub Flocke plays in her enclosure ...

(AFP/DDP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:43:04 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Flock frolicks : Polar bear cub Flocke plays in her enclosure at the zoo in Nuremberg, southern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Timm Schamberger)

Flocke at play : Polar bear cub Flocke plays in her enclosure ...

(AFP/DDP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:38:07 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Flocke at play : Polar bear cub Flocke plays in her enclosure at the zoo in Nuremberg, southern Germany. (AFP/DDP/Timm Schamberger)

A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. The United ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:06:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. The United States and Britain insisted Monday they had not given up on securing a deal to tackle climate change at a crunch summit in December after a meeting of major polluting countries in London.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. The world ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:47:02 GMT

(AFP/File) - A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. The world faces "catastrophe" if action is not agreed at the UN climate summit in December, according to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. Canada aims ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:42:18 GMT

(AFP/File) - A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. Canada aims to reestablish itself as an environmental defender at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen by calling on all major emitters to cut carbon emissions, but distrust lingers as its own emissions soar.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)