Hunter Kills the World's Rarest Bear

DNA tests of a bear, shot in the Northwest Territories of Canada, showed last week it was a hybrid of polar bear and a grizzly - perhaps the first ever seen in the wild.
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derp The guy killed a hybrid. A hybrid species is not how animals evolve. Most hybrids are sterile. That's why mules (hybrid of a horse and donkey) can't reproduce. It most likely could have never been able to have offspring. Nature frowns upon hybrid animals so a species genetics can stay pure. Polar bears evolved from brown bears anyways to adapt to a harsher environment further north. As the climate changes hopefully the polar bears can adapt. The only problem is, our environment seems to be changing to rapidly. 12/2/2009
kid WHY D; 11/21/2009
Malissa It was an accident because the bear looked like a polar bear his guide told him to shoot the bear. I do believe it because animals always crossbreed so it would make sense. The bear was a crossbreed between a polar bear and a Grizzly bear.He didn't know it was a rare bear.nobody can judge the man because he accidently shot a rare bear. I hunt too and sometimes you make mistakes. it was nobody's fault.We have endangered species because of the economy. People don't hunt all rare species because they want to endanger that animal.why do people think such harsh stuff about hunters? I hunt my family relies on the meat.i try to protect animals best i can but still understand things that a lot of people don't understand. :) 11/2/2009
bunny ooh and gud call brad
tottaly agree
wot kind of lowlife cud say dat they
proud of wot they dd
OMG SO SO SO SO SO SAD
PS wott were u thinkin JP
9/7/2009
bunny ps i lyk sososo agree wid
richard
i mean duhh!
9/7/2009
bunny OMFG killin, pochin, and puttin bears in zoos iz lyk so so so sad
:'(
and huntin them 4 their bile and gall is even worse
(look it up if u dnt kno)!
9/7/2009
richard that's the perfect reason why abortion should be legalised! so we avoid getting this world poulated by idiots like this guy!
and hey all of you guys who think they are pretty tough behind your guns...step into the ring for some free-fighting or kick boxing in the K1! than you impress me and you'll get your respect! respect is something you shoul earn and not get...behind a gun... bunch of wimps!
8/14/2009
JP ALL THESE BLEEDING HEARTS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS HYBRID BEAR BEING HUNTED KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HUNTING. FIRST, YOU HAVE TO GET A PERMIT TO HUNT FOR POLAR BEAR AND IF THERE IF THE BEARS ARE STARVING OR THERE ARE TOO MANY---THEN YOU CAN HARVEST ONE. THE GUIDE AND MARTELL THOUGHT THAT THE BEAR WAS A POLAR BEAR. THE HYBRID WAS A PRODUCT OF MIS-MATING. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE CRITICIZING OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HUNTING. THE MEAT WAS LIKELY DONATED TO FEED PEOPLE,THIS IS USUALLY WHAT IS DONE--GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 7/20/2009
Brad I think that it is pretty sad that evolution was starting to take place, and bring what could've evolved into a new species of bear. Do you have any idea how rare of thing this is, the beginning of a new species starts with a hybrid like Lucy(not quite human, and not quite ape, the beginning of man). Then we as human come along and end in one felt swoop the beginning of the new species. It is extremely sad to me that we will not see where this would've take the species. Like they say the chances of it happening again could take millennium. What really bothers me beyond this is that the hunter is happy he got the only one in existence that we know of. What an imbecile. You would think that he could see past his ego long enough to realize he wiped out what could've some type of new species possibly. If this bear would've gone on to mate, and so on we could've discovered a new bear in a generation. I find this so frustrating when the polar bear is struggling to survive, this could've been natures way of evolving a new bear that could survive the climate changes, and this #$%^& is proud that he can say he got the only one. Wow, how self centered can you get; right? 7/6/2009
r. larson If the polar bear was truly endangered, there would be no permits given (or sold) for them. (Al Gore is a common liar) The natives need the income from the hunters. For those of you that think it is cruel to shoot an animal, tough...go to Africa, Iraq, etc, etc and there you can see humans killing humans...and they do it without license and in unsportsmanlike fashion, then, most likely just walk away. 6/30/2009
D hunting is all about wits, and those of you tree huggers; who think hunting is all about just shooting sh*t. You are misinformed. You hunt to outsmart the animal. You think the big ones grow big by being stupid? i think that some of our society could really learn alot, if it went back to the way it used, where the cunning exceeded and the idiotic vegitarians starved to death. 5/11/2009
Seriously PO'd Where can I get my hunting license to shoot animals like Jim Martell? He represents the most despicable, vile excuse for a human being I've ever heard of. There is no excuse in our world today for hunting for sport - NONE. 3/8/2009
RGFLA I'm not a tree hugger or anything like that but I just don't get it. In todays day and age with so many other things to do with your money, you still have a desire to go out and kill one of the most beautiful animals left in the world? All for sport, just to say you killed a polar bear?. Makes you feel proud huh? I can understand hunting for food like deer or elk, I hunt and eat both, but I just don't get this. You sir are what gives rich white people a bad rap. 12/7/2008
f so crule 5/6/2008
Kool Kat This is y we have so many indangered species! 5/6/2008
robert how do it look 2/20/2008
bearlover another argument for forced human sterilization. stupid is as stupid does............ 2/13/2008
nathan you guys are stupid get more infermation make me spend time reading stuff

10/19/2006
m What a poor excuse for a human-being. I hate hunters. They're just trying to cover up for their lacking manhood below the waist. 5/29/2006
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