On the contrary : Polar Bear Populations increasing and increasingly Attacking !

“A group of polar bears have attacked a small town in Russia’s Far East. Witnesses insist one person was eaten alive – and have pictures of her picked-over remains. Meanwhile, more attacks are reported to have taken place.” RT – see more info below

April 2011:  Russia Sets Polar Bear Quota

Russia has now approved quotas allowing indigenous tribes in the remote Chukotka region to hunt polar bears for the first time since 1957.

Chukotka Governor signed a decree approving a polar bear quota of 29 animals per year, including 19 females. This limit was set in June by a US-Russian commission, which allows indigenous people in Chukotka and Alaska to take up to 58 polar bears per year from their shared polar bear population. The animals are a source of food and their skins are used for clothing, blankets and other products.