Scientists say ...

Beware of articles that begin "Scientists say ...".

And shame on the Toronto Star for its headline: Starving polar bears turn to cannibalism

Polar bears have long been known to eat their young, and the reasons have nothing to do with "climate change" or even hunger! The adults sometimes eat one another as well. Pardon me for blowing the image of the cuddly, sweet polar bear - so perfect a fund raiser, so delightfully commercially ad-worthy. The anecdotal "evidence" of the single witness - a retired government employee! - quoted in the Star would never stand up in polar bear court.

The Star is no more astute than this website (Plane Stupid) that features a video making a direct connection between air travel and the deaths of polar bears (thanks to reader Margaret for the link). It says the government claims to be worried about CO2 yet is building more airports (not substantiated) and goes on to say that polar bears are dying (again - not substantiated).

It also prominently asks for donations to help pay for "actions" which seem to consist of making videos that inspire donations.

Wunner how many polar bears were harmed in the making of that Plane Stupid video.

The World Wildlife Fund admits that polar bears are not currently in any danger at all - except from hunters! And, like many other animals, they may soon be endangered by human intervention. Note: climate change is used as the excuse for transporting a number of species of animals to new locations, but urban sprawl and chemicals and GMO crops are the most likely culprits). See also: Deer in downtown Toronto and wild turkey and wolf in downtown Ottawa (scroll to second item: "Serendipitous Sightings").

Since the WWF is another fund raising organization and baby polar bears are on a par with baby seals for such purposes, the sly suggestion that global warming may begin to affect the bears sometime in the next century - IF the climate change science is correct - seems more geared to generating immediate donations than anything else.

Some scientists say that there is more ice than ever in the Arctic, so much so that there are warnings about a coming ice age. Didn't David Suzuki hold with that theory back in the 70's? Now he's singing a different tune. Ever wonder who writes his lyrics? Suzuki, too, heads up a foundation which no doubt has benefited considerably from his having jumped on the Al Gore band wagon.

Related: Air Travel Kills Wolves!