| Polar Bear Holding Facility | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Prison |
| Location | Churchill, Manitoba |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 58°45′13.25″N 94°4′25.76″W / 58.7536806°N 94.0738222°W |
The polar bear jail (officially known as the Polar Bear Holding Facility) is a special building in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada where polar bears that are considered troublesome or dangerous are isolated until they can be relocated.[1]
Before the facility was established, polar bears which were considered dangerous were shot. The jail was established in 1982.[2] According to another source, it was created in 1983, after a person on the street was mauled by a bear.[3] The facility is the subject of the poem "Churchill Bear Jail" by Salish Chief Victor A. Charlo.[4]
- ^ "Churchill Pictures: The Polar Bear "Jail"". www.bears.org. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ James A., Wilkerson; Moore, Ernest E.; Zafren, Ken (2010). Medicine for Mountaineering: And Other Wilderness Activities. The Mountaineers Books. p. 323. ISBN 9781594853937. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Into the Wilds of the Canadian Arctic: On the Polar Bear Trail". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Harrison, Brady (2009). All Our Stories Are Here: Critical Perspectives on Montana Literature. U of Nebraska Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0803222779. Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2018.