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As It Happens | Feb 11, 2013 | 7:22

Polar Bear hunt ban not necessary: Taylor

Mitch Taylor says the Polar Bear hunt ban would hurt Inuit communities that rely on the hunt and that the animal may not be in as much danger as people think. We reached him at Lakehead University, in Thunder Bay.

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