The study highlights charismatic mega-fauna such as whales, tigers and polar bears as animals more likely to be the focus of successful conservation programs, protective legislation and public funding drives.

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But he told the court many visitors were not happy with the promised snow-covered log cabins, a nativity scene, husky dogs, polar bears and other animals, as well as a bustling Christmas market.

BBC: New Forest Lapland park owners 'could have made ?1m'

At Duluth's Lake Superior Zoo, where a group of barnyard animals drowned in the flood, and a polar bear and two seals temporarily escaped, 200 volunteers dug out exhibits from mudslides and cleaned out debris on Saturday.

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It showed polar bear cubs in a den with their mother, with many people assuming the young animals were born and filmed in the Arctic.

BBC: Sir David Attenborough