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United Nations says polar bear trading can continue

March 18, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff Yesterday, a U.S.-backed proposal to ban the international trade in polar bear parts, under the aegis of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, was defeated.  The principal opponents of the ban were Canada, Norway, and Greenland, who argued that a ban would pose a serious financial injury ...