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.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/russia-lifts-ban-polar-bear-hunting
[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