The Los Angeles Times reports on a small Canadian town besieged by polar bear viewing tourists - and because the bear was officially designated as endangered - will most likely see a tourist upswing."Tourists come to Churchill, a town about six blocks long, to see the bears; there are about 900 polar bears in the area. They go out on the tundra in buggies, peer at the animals through windows of the specially designed vehicles and get super-close to the bears -- without setting foot in their habitat."But some tour operators are hopeful that the endangered tag will bring better protection to the bears as well as more recognition of the affects of global warming on melting ice.
Read the full story: Now endangered, polar bears a bigger draw to Churchill, Canada
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