Issue-To Protect Wildlife For Our Children's Future

You know, most people don't think of bears as animals that live in the ocean but the polar bear is actually a marine mammal. So what's happening with global warming is that as the sea ice is melting, the polar bear habitat is just plain disappearing.

But what's so important about the sea ice to polar bears? Polar bears feed almost entirely on seals. The seals come up out of the water into the breathing holes that are formed in the ice and it is there that the polar bears are able to capture the seals. In open water, without ice, a polar bear is not able to capture a seal. So without sea ice, there's no way to feed and then there is no polar bears.

Global warming is melting the polar bears' habitat. The National Wildlife Federation supports listing the species as a threatened species. This way we can help ensure that for the future, our children have polar bears to see.