As the Arctic warms, many polar bears have been found with bleeding ulcerative lesions on feet & loss of epidermal & dermal layers unlikely to heal without prolonged rest.
Pain was so severe that gentle palpation elicited responses even under sedation.
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As the Arctic warms, many polar bears have been found with bleeding ulcerative lesions on feet & loss of epidermal & dermal layers unlikely to heal without prolonged rest.
Pain was so severe that gentle palpation elicited responses even under sedation.
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Govt scheme to reduce exposure has failed.
Read the report: wildjustice.org.uk/general/coll...
Govt scheme to reduce exposure has failed.
Read the report: wildjustice.org.uk/general/coll...
(Photo @pjrfoto.bsky.social)
(Photo @pjrfoto.bsky.social)