Thank you everyone.
I read in the Globe and Mail newspaper today that the United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species and it will try to protect the bears.
The classification will have ramifications in Canada by blocking the import into the U.S. of bear skins and other body parts from animals killed by U.S. trophy hunters.
It will also put pressure on Canada to offer similar protection. Canada currently gives the polar bears its lowest level of protection .