Hungry

Homeless

​Hunted

Polar bears are far less protected than you might think. People still kill hundreds of them every year for their skins and as hunting trophies - a total of almost 53,500 between 1963 and 2016. That's more than twice as many as are alive today.

This trade is not only  unnecessary, it also undermines the bears' chances to cope with climate change. Ending it is the most  immediate conservation action we can take for polar bears right now.

​Please join us to make it happen!

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Sold out for their skins

International trade in polar bear skins undermines the future of the great white bear

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Petition

 Although climate change severely threatens their survival, up to 1,000 are killed for their skins and as hunting trophies each year.

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Read our report

Sold out: Polar bears caught between skin trade, climate change and guns. 

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Polar bear hunting

Polar bears are still hunted down for their skins or as trophies. 

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Could there be too many polar bears?

Some Inuit communities insist that there are too many polar bears and climate change is not affecting populations. Scientists disagree.

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Enjoy our polar bear gallery

Celebrate the beauty of polar bears with these breath taking images

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Polar bear facts

All about polar bear life, what they eat, how they raise their young, and more

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Video message from the Arctic

Our polar bear expert Ole Liodden sends a message of hope from the Norwegian arctic.

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