Moon bears are world’s most exploited bear

℅ our friends at Animals Asia, http://www.animalsasia.org The moon bear is the world's most poached and smuggled bear – according to a new report from Interpol. The report on the worldwide trade of bears and their parts estimates the trade is worth $2 billion. While the document outlines the plight of eight species across four …

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Combating age-old beliefs can help save bears in Asia

By Daniel T Cross on May 6, 2019, Sustainability Times~ Asiatic black bears, popularly known as “moon bears,” are facing a variety of threats throughout their range, which stretches from the Himalayas all the way to mainland Southeast Asia. The medium-size bears have lost much of their habitats to farmers and loggers. Poachers, too, have been taking a …

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