US Proposal to Ban Polar Bear Trade Rejected at Climate Conference
- OurStudio
- Mar 7, 2013
- 1 min read
A proposal by the US to ban cross-border trade in polar bears and their parts was defeated on Thursday at an international meeting.
The result marks a victory for Canada's indigenous Inuit people over their bigger neighbour to the south.
Delegates at the Cites meeting in Thailand rejected the proposal to change the bear's status from a species whose trade is regulated, not banned.
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