Polar Bear Conservancy to Relocate Polar Bears
Get your checkbooks ready! Here’s one more…
According to The Polar Bear Conservancy Media Center:
The program is expected to cost $30 million U.S., or approximately $10,000 U.S. per polar bear. The Polar Bear Conservancy has raised the first $15 million from corporate donors and is seeking additional funding through industry and government partnerships.
“This innovative private program will save taxpayers dollars billions of dollars that would otherwise be wasted on unnecessary habitat protection and economically ruinous strategies designed to combat so-called climate change,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.”
The first batch of polar bears will be released on the edge of the Ross Sea near emperor penguin colonies trapped by the recent movement of giant icebergs C16 and B15A. “These penguins would starve to death anyway,” said Polar Bear Conservancy staff biologist Jon Heidenberg. “Now they can provide an initial source of food for the polar bears while they acclimate to their new environment.”
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Wait a minute. Are you sure this one is a joke? It looks pretty legitimate.
Come on! Does, "In partnership with the Polar Bear Conservancy, Iceland's Reykjavik Zoo has been test-feeding samples of various Antarctic species to their polar bears. "They really like the minke and blue whale meat supplied by our government research expeditions," said chief zoo biologist Katrin Jonsdottir" sound legit? No real organization would make such statements!
Well, if this IS legit, someone is going to be pissed and someone is going to be embarrassed.
If you Google this organization, you get nothing. What does that tell you?
Wrong. You get this site.
Of course. But nothing else. No press, no links, nothing.
We vote NOOOOO!
You just KNOW there will be consequences:
"Relocated polar bear population explodes, invades Tierra del Fuego in search of new food...."
Not to worry, just relocate the penguins to the Arctic.
I still think this is a real site you guys are making light of.
That is what makes it a great April Fools joke! It is super realistic and "fools" people.
The most obvious tip-offs that this is not a non-profit organization supported by grants and donations is that (1) they do not mention being a non-profit as required, and (2) they do not ask for donations.
An otherwise convincing prank!
Top 100 April Fool's Hoaxes of All Time.