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Russia lifts ban on polar bear hunting [1]

Russia has lifted the ban on polar bear hunting for the first time since the erstwhile Soviet Union banned the practice in 1957, a move which has drawn flak from wildlife campaigners, a media report said.

Publication Date: 
21/03/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Polar Ice Sheet [3], Wildlife [4], Russia [5], Arctic [6]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/polar-ice-sheet
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/russia
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/arctic