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The Polar Bear Lift in Churchill, Manitoba
The town is called Churchill Manitoba. It's on the edge of Hudson Bay and every fall, right before the bay freezes over, Churchill gets overgrown with polar bears. Bears can call 675 Bear and a squad of bear patrol officers will come chase the animals back onto the tundra in their trucks. Once this so-called polar bear jail fills up, each animal is drugged again and airlifted one at a time to an area north of town.
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