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Wildlife biologist Tom Smith will discuss how climate change in the Arctic is affecting the way polar
bears raise their cubs during an “Evening with the Experts” lecture.
Showdogs is a full service salon. We do
baths, all over hair cuts, tooth brushing ,
nail trims, soft claws, flea treatments, mud
baths, and ear cleaning. We also have
health care and grooming products to
keep your pet clean in between visits.
Show Dogs
Grooming Salon & Boutique
926 N. Lombard
Portland, OR 97217
503-283-1177
Ihesday-Saturday 9am-7pm
M onday 10am-4pm
Yo dawg is gonna look like a show dawg
and your kitty will be pretty.
Climate Change and Polar Bears
Expert to share
research on
Arctic warming
Every Arctic autumn, pregnant
polar bears excavate a tunnel in the
snow to serve as their over-winter
maternity ward. When spring ar­
rives, they emerge with cubs and a
huge appetite.
This remarkable process— called
denning— allows vulnerable infant
bears to be bom into one of the
harshest environments on earth. But
as climate change transforms the
Arctic, mother bears are being forced
to adjust where and when they den.
Will their maternal strategies adapt
fast enough?
Polar bear researcher Tom Smith
will examine the ways climate change
is altering the rhythm of polar bear
parenthood as the Oregon Zoo kicks
off its “Evening with the Experts”
series Thursday, April 25, at 7 p.m.
in the W orld Forestry C enter’s
Cheatham Hall.
Smith, an associate professor at
Brigham Young University and re­
search wildlife biologist with Polar
Bears International, is an authority
on den-emergence ecology.
His 20-plus years of researching
North American bears have revealed
that when ice-free periods last longer
than normal, polar bears den later.
The delay also causes the hungry
mothers to emerge earlier, which
prematurely exposes cubs to the
brutal Arctic winter.
Smith is also investigating how
clim ate change influences where
polar bears stake out their m ater­
nity wards. Three decades ago,
the m ajority of polar bears denned
on top of the frozen sea, close to
their prey. Now, the thin and un­
stable ice is sending m ost preg­
nant bears in search o f safer dens
on land. W hen the m other and
cubs emerge, they must make the
arduous return trip to the sea be­
fore they can hunt the seals they
need to survive.
“Evening with the Experts,” is
suitable for all ages. Admission is
$ 10. For more information and a link
to register, visit bit.ly/ZooLecture.