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Subscribe to RSSA move to increase protection for polar bears by banning international trade in polar bear parts has been thrown out by delegates to a UN conference in Bangkok. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.
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Moscow police nab Greenpeace polar bear protesters
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A Greenpeace activist, dressed as a polar bear, sits inside a police car after being detained outside Gazprom's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 5, 2012. Russian and international environmentalists are protesting against Gazprom's plans to pioneer oil drilling in the Arctic.
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The Associated Press reports — Put your paws in the air.
Moscow police have arrested 10 environmental activists, including four dressed in polar bear costumes, who were protesting outside the main office of Gazprom, the Russian oil and natural gas giant.
The protest Wednesday by members of Greenpeace called upon Gazprom to halt its offshore drilling in the Arctic. The protesters blocked a driveway into the Gazprom headquarters, laying down fake snow, which those dressed as bears rolled in. Continue reading.
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Danish zoo raises polar bear cub by hand
Month-old orphaned polar bear Siku is being hand-raised at a Danish zoo – but not for long. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
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Polar bear cub Siku is seen at Skandinavisk Dyrepark in Djursland, Denmark.
AP reports:
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish zoo says a month-old polar bear cub is being raised by humans after his mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him.
Scandinavian Wildlife Park manager Frank Vigh-Larsen says Siku is doing "really fine." The cub now weighs 7 pounds (3.2 kilograms grams) — against 3 pounds (1.8 kilograms) at birth.
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