Canada in middle of pack on polar bear protection: World Wildlife Fund
Canada’s polar bear protection is getting good marks from an international conservation group, but the World Wildlife Fund says the country could better protect important habitat and minimize threats to the iconic predators.
“They largely did a pretty good job of accomplishing what they needed to,” said Brandon Laforest, who helped develop the scorecard.
“They did not do a good job of bringing it up to the next level.”
And one of the country’s leading polar bear experts said Canada needs to do much better than the rating suggests.