Where are captured polar bears kept?
In 1980 a polar bear holding facility, called D20, was constructed in Churchill. Natural Resource officers only capture bears when the are deemed a threat to people. The polar bears are held in D20 and are not fed. The bears are naturally fasting during the summer months. The holding facility has a capacity for 23 polar bears. The bears are held until the ice freezes and then released. If there are too many bears in the holding facility, a few bears are tranquillized and flown a short distance Northwest rather than waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze.
