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Give the bear you love to someone you love with a special gift from Animals Asia (6th February 2008)
What better way to show that special person how much you care than by choosing to befriend a Moon Bear for them. It’s a Valentine’s gift with a difference that makes a difference too!  More...

Scientists use paw prints to track polar bear numbers (29th October 2007)
A Canadian researcher is using new technology to try to "fingerprint" polar bears in an effort to discover how hunting and climate change are affecting their population.  More...

New Sharon wildlife rehabilitators give Second Chance to the orphaned (29th October 2007)
A feisty, three-pound, four-month old bobcat kitten, orphaned when its mother was killed by a car in Hermon two weeks ago, is getting a second chance at life in a wildlife rehabilitation facility in New Sharon.  More...

Grizzly Bears Face High Mortality Rates (29th October 2007)
Grizzly bears in the region in and around Yellowstone National Park have suffered unusually high mortality rates so far this year, likely because of a dearth of natural food sources, a researcher said.  More...

Katmai Bear Hunt Debate Rages on (12th October 2007)
Katmai National Preserve, Alaska - The hunt for bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve opened Monday.  More...

Romanian bear sanctuary (12th October 2007)
WSPA is in the early stages of constructing a sanctuary designed to house bears like the one pictured here. We urgently need your help to complete the sanctuary.  More...

Hunt or no hunt, bears are killed (12th October 2007)
Those who oppose bear hunting might believe a recent court ruling that blocked a December hunt means New Jersey's bruins have nothing to fear.  More...

Starving bear cubs left to die (4th October 2007)
In Russia, wealthy hunters pay more than US$2,000 to rouse brown bears from hibernation and kill them.  More...

China Makes Endangered Animal More Difficult to Obtain (3rd October 2007)
For decades China has given or loaned highly endangered pandas to foreign countries as goodwill gestures, but now the Chinese quietly have ended the tradition.  More...

Three rare bears dead in Italy, thought poisoned (3rd October 2007)
Police in Italy were investigating on Tuesday whether someone deliberately poisoned three rare bears found dead in a national park, a crime the park head called "an act of barbarity."  More...