Alaska – Eskimo hunters on an island in the Bering Sea were offered not only cash but firearms, ammunition, marijuana, cigarettes and snow machines for walrus ivory tusks and polar bear hides ...

located north of the pristine and world-class fishing waters of Bristol Bay. Their destination was Round Island, a massive summer haul out for Pacific walrus who use the rocky beaches as resting ...

In his video, you can see the mother bear approach the sleeping walrus, cub following at her heels. Warily, she inspects each one before finally approaching and pawing at one of the walruses.

With three other major summer haulouts in Bristol Bay and still others elsewhere, the reduction in Round Island walrus can't be used as a barometer for the overall population of Pacific walrus ...