as i've gotten older i've come to realize that just ignoring your problems won't actually make them go away. that is why i'm asking all 2 of you who read this blog to please help in solving an enormous problem that alaska's polar bears are facing. polar bear populations have declined significantly in the past decade, mostly due to global warming. this warming is causing the loss of important ice habitat which causes prey species to become more scarce pushing polar bears to either starve or drown while attempting to move to a location with more food. if this wasn't bad enough, they're now facing yet another threat to their habitat: arctic oil drilling. our current political administration is stalling on the process of adding polar bears to the endangered species list that they so desperately need to be on because they are trying to set up permits to allow drilling in the arctic which wouldn't be allowed if the polar bears were added to the list as all of the drilling is in their key habitat. of course i am 100% against drilling in alaska for any reason but the plight of the polar bear makes this even more critical to stop. if any of you would be willing to sign this easy petition (it literally only takes 1 minute) and to forward it to anyone you know, that would bring us one step closer to saving these truly unique and beautiful animals, but please hurry as it needs to be done by thursday, may 15th! besides, how can you say no to that face!!