Your Fault: Polar Bear Kills Two in Alaska

Unsurprisingly, Newsweek climate cult writer Robyn White leaves something out. Or, just didn’t bother to do any research

Climate Change Possibly a Factor in Fatal Polar Bear Attack

Climate change may have been a factor in a recent fatal polar bear attack in Alaska.

Summer Myomick, 24, was walking through a snowstorm on Tuesday with her 1-year-old son, Clyde Ongtowasruk, in the western village of Wales when the polar bear attacked. The incident occurred near a school, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.

The polar bear reportedly chased multiple residents before killing the mother and child. During the attack, the animal was shot and killed by a resident.

This was the first fatal bear attack to occur in Alaska since 1990. A necropsy of the bear has not yet taken place, but it appears the attack was unprovoked. There could be several reasons for the bear’s violent action, according to one expert, and climate change is one of them.

It either did or didn’t play a factor. This whole “may have” fearmongering is complete mule fritters

David Meanwell, director of the Bear Conservation nonprofit, continued: “Where attacks take place, they are most commonly made by young and inexperienced bears or by bears that are nearing the end of their life; in other words, by inexperienced bears or desperate bears. In both cases, the usual reason for the attack is predation.

“In short, if this was a young or old bear it could well be that the animal was hungry and the attack predatory,” Meanwell said. “That is unusual at this time of year, so if the bear was healthy, it is indeed possible that climate change may have been a factor.”

Robyn essentially spoke with (probably emailed) Meanwell and one other person, and, then decided to run this scaremongering cult piece, without waiting for the autopsy on the bear to see if it was old, young, diseased, or hungry, the usual causes of the attack. Of course, there’s this one thing

That red arrow points towards Wales, Alaska. The highlighted area is the range of polar bears. The full map comes from Alaska Fish And Game. So, this is in range of polar bears.

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