NY Times Russias Polar Bears

This article written by Steven Lee Myers is about the method of now being able to hunt polar bears legally to prevent from human contact, in which there has been more of due to Russia's change in climate. Even with the rapid decrease in the Polar Bear population, this legal hunting law of allowing legal hunting of Polar Bears hopes to reduce the amount of poaching in Russia; however, the bears have been spotted on shore, where they have no choice but to look for food due to the shrinking of sea ice of which they live on and are subject to be killed because of the danger they are to humans. The local point of view is captured by through the eyes of Russians who live in the town, where they say this would only restore a tradition forced under ground after the Soviet ban went into effect. Most of the villagers feel this way, but some believe that the Polar Bear population will be extinct in 50 years, because of this legal hunting.