Also, as warming temperatures
limit seal hunting opportunities on the ice, adult male polar bears will likely fare the best, securing the best sites from smaller bears (females, subadults).
Not exact matches
The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic
Seals allows
limited hunting of crabeater
seals, leopard
seals and Weddell
seals.
As Arctic sea ice melts earlier and freezes later each year, polar bears have a
limited amount of time to
hunt their historically preferred prey — ringed
seal pups — and must spend more time on land.