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In Arunachal Pradesh, saving the Asiatic black bear from wildlife trade needs a nuanced approach


In Arunachal Pradesh, saving the Asiatic black bear from wildlife trade needs a nuanced approach
Conservation traditions that are ingrained in the local tribal lifestyles need to be recognised and integrated into mainstream policies.
An Asiatic black bear in Assam State Zoo.
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Sumit Das via Mongabay India
When Terde Yomcha brought Luba home, she was so tiny that she could fit in his hands. Luba is an Asiatic black bear cub – a species threatened by illegal wildlife trade and marked as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Terde bought her for Rs 1,000 from a local hunter in his village of Lipu Yomcha in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh in February last year. ....

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Where Now Grizzly Bear? | Hakai Magazine


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A bear emerges from dense vegetation and pauses on the shore. It’s early spring, and the young grizzly has only recently roused from hibernation, ravenous and driven. He lifts his head and gazes out across the falling tide to the opposite shore, where forested slopes are close enough to make out individual trees. The bear stands and sniffs the air.
Grizzlies can see about as well as we can, but it’s their olfactory powers at least 2,000 times more acute than ours that most likely set them in motion. We’ll never grasp how they perceive the world, let alone what they’re thinking. For some reason, this bear falls back on all fours, ambles away from prime habitat, and wades into the sea. ....

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