International Polar Bear Day interview with Yorkshire Wildlife Park's Senior Carnivore Ranger Amy Bowden

Yorkshire Post

International Polar Bear Day interview with Yorkshire Wildlife Park's Senior Carnivore Ranger Amy Bowden as the park celebrates the 10th anniversary of Project Polar.

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00:00 Hello, welcome to Project Polar 2. Today is International Polar Bear Day.

00:06 We celebrate it every year. This is when mum and cubs out in the wild are usually snuggled up inside their dens.

00:12 A couple of years ago we welcomed our own mum and her three cubs.

00:16 We have Flo, Tala, Indy and Yuma.

00:19 Tala has stayed with her mum over here at Project 2.

00:23 It's often seen playing with kayaks and other toys that we have for her.

00:27 Indy and Yuma have moved over to Project 1 with our big boys.

00:31 Our charity, the Wildlife Foundation, supports Polar Bears International,

00:35 whose mission is to protect the wild polar bears.

00:39 This year we are celebrating 10 years being an Arctic Ambassador for Polar Bears International.

00:45 The reduction in sea ice is causing our polar bears to have to swim for further and for longer.

00:50 This is reducing their fat stores and it's making it harder for them

00:54 and they're less likely to survive due to this lack of sea ice.

00:58 If you would like a chance to meet our polar bears and help the polar bears in the wild,

01:02 you can donate to the charity, the Wildlife Foundation.

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