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Bears

Bear farming

Bear farming

Thousands of bears are suffering this unnecessary cruelty
A bear being danced

Dancing bears

Dancing bears endure a life of suffering, dragged from village to village
Dogs attack during a bear baiting event, Pakistan

Bear baiting

Dogs are encouraged to savage a clawless bear in this violent blood sport
A rescued, rehabilitated brown bear Romanian first bear sanctuary

Bear sanctuaries

For some rescued bears a better life lies ahead
A bear cub in readied for life in the wild

Bear cub rehabilitation

Some orphaned young bears can be rehabilitated and released into the wild
A bear seeks food in human rubbish

Human–bear conflict

When human food sources are near bear habitats, conflict often follows

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A rescued, rehabilitated brown bear in Romania's first bear sanctuary