About 800 polar bears are killed by subsistence hunters each year, the U.S. says.

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Each year around 600 polar bears are killed there, mainly by native hunters.

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Around 400 bears a year are killed for this purpose.

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In October, another migrant, a Californian named Timothy Treadwell, and his companion were killed and eaten by brown bears, animals for which Treadwell claimed to have a special affinity.

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And the coastal state of Vargas still bears the scars of the 1999 mudslides that killed some 30, 000 people.

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Authorities, who did not have access to tranquilizer guns, killed two wolves, six black bears, two grizzly bears, nine male lions, eight female lions, three mountain lions and 18 Bengal tigers.

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Authorities, who did not have access to tranquilizer guns, killed two wolves, six black bears, two grizzly bears, nine male lions, eight female lions, one baboon, three mountain lions and 18 Bengal tigers.

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The sources warned that it is not clear how serious or consistent the Libyan leader may have been about trying to have the crown prince killed, but if the evidence bears out, it could have a major impact on the U.S.-Libyan relationship.

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Two bears escaped, and the remaining three were later killed by police.

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Supporters of the proposal said that while climate change was the biggest threat to the bears, the fact that around 300 a year were being killed for a lucrative trade in their skins and parts was undoubtedly damaging to the species.

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