Ending the Harmful Practice of Bear Dancing

Ending the Harmful Practice of Bear Dancing

In addition to bear bile farming and bear baiting, bear dancing is another equally harmful practice in some regions in Asia. Bear dancing is a practice in which wild bears are captured, rendered defenseless and forced to perform for crowds against their will. What seems like a harmless show to outside observers is actually an…

Romanian Bears And The Deadly Battle For Survival

Romanian Bears And The Deadly Battle For Survival

Despite a national ban on hunting Romanian Bears, there is a negative attitude to bears and some locals have chosen deadly methods of bear culling. When walking home one evening, Csaba Demeter, a forest guard from Carpathian Mountains was taken unawares by a brown bear that attacked him from behind. The animal pinned him to the…