Offshore Drilling Ban to be Lifted by Bush

[scaeagles]

Threatened is a long, long way from extinct. Threatened has nothing to do with existing populations, it simply means that there is cause for concern about their well being. Your link does not address existing populations.....which granted, could have declined since the article I cited was published.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Threatened is a long, long way from extinct. Threatened has nothing to do with existing populations, it simply means that there is cause for concern about their well being. Your link does not address existing populations.....which granted, could have declined since the article I cited was published.

Threatened is also a long way from not in danger. I suggest you read some of the links on the page I posted. The petition to list them as a threatened species started in 2007 as well.

The polar bear was petitioned to be listed as a threatened species, defined as a species likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.

This is not a good thing

They're drowning.