The War over the Polar Bear

[CDNBear]

The hunters noticed that it had patches of brown fur, and the skin surrounding the eyes was black it also had a distincly dish shaped face which is a feature of grizzlies- they seized the remains and did genetic testing which confirmed that it was a cross breed. I lost the link but you can google "polar bear grizzly cross" and it will come up.

Lester

If you don't mind me giving you a hand Lester...

DNA Proves Hunter’s bear is first known wild Polar Bear-Grizzly Bear hybrid
Idaho hunter Jim Martell was polar bear hunting on Banks Island, in Canada’s Northwest Territories in mid-April when he got his game. Wildlife officials seized the prize after the hunt, however, when they noticed that its white fur was mottled with brown patches and its eyes were set inside thin circles of black skin, like a grizzly bear’s. A humped back, dished face and long claws also were features of a grizzly bear. Subsequent DNA analysis confirmed that the bear was a cross between the two breeds, the first ever discovered in the wild. The Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources Department returned the bear to Martell. Officials said that though interaction between the two species is not typical, grizzlies have been showing up in the region in small numbers in recent years. The drive to breed and the inability to find another grizzly bear may have led the grizzly to mate with the polar bear, biologists speculate. Though there is no established name for this cross, locals have been calling it a “pizzly” and a “grolar” bear.

Kingsoutdoorworld .com archives link

juans not so good with facts.

 

[Lester]

Bear: it is amazing how nature adapts, I wonder how many other species came into existance this way.

 

[CDNBear]

Bear: it is amazing how nature adapts, I wonder how many other species came into existance this way.

I'm not sure, but I think this may explain me. :lol:

 

[karrie]

Were they charged with poaching?

Because the last I knew, there's no license for hunting 'pizzly' bears.

 

[CDNBear]

Were they charged with poaching?

Because the last I knew, there's no license for hunting 'pizzly' bears.

From what I read way back when I first came upon this article. The Bear ostencibly appears to the layman as a Polar Bear with some minor appearance anomolies.

It wasn't until the Northwest Territories Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources conducted DNA test that it was determined to be a hybrid.

I don't think there are provisions in hunting laws to address genetic abnormalities.

 

[gerryh]

I'm not sure, but I think this may explain me. :lol:

I'm not gonna touch this one.

 

[CDNBear]

I'm not gonna touch this one.

Wuss.