World Bear Day

World Bear Day:
🐻Today, 23 March, we celebrate World Bear Day, a day dedicated to improve, protect and save the lives of bears across the globe notwithstanding the species or habitat.
🐻Anyone who is passionate about the cause can participate by celebrating in this event!

How do we celebrate?
According to World Bear Day Info, “You can do it in different ways: donating funds, buying the souvenirs, transferring the payment for bears’ meal. Some sanctuaries offer you to become a sponsor of a bear. It means that you take responsibility for the welfare of a wonderful, concrete wonderful creature. Rescue centers also invite the volunteers.”

Types of Bears
There are 8 kinds of bear species which include:
1️⃣Brown Bear
2️⃣Sloth Bears
3️⃣Giant Pandas
4️⃣Polar Bears,
5️⃣American Black Bears
6️⃣Spectacled  Bears
7️⃣Sun Bear
8️⃣Asian Black Bear

Brown Bears (also known as Grizzly Bears) are a large species found mostly in North America and Eurasia. With a stable population of approximately 200,000, brown bears fall under the category of “least concerned” in terms of extinction.

Sloth Bears are aggressive and exist in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. They fall under the category of “vulnerable” in terms of extinction with a population of 6,000-10,000 left.

Did You know?
The Teddy Bear was named after the 26th president of the #UnitedStatesTheodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, as he refused to shoot a bear during one of his hunting trips in Mississippi as he thought it to be ‘unsportsmanlike’.

Be it the adorable Baloo the bear from Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book or the cute Paddington Bear in Michael Bond’s book, these bears are the most lovable fictional characters!

They represent the true character of a bear which is warm hearted and strong.
Let’s celebrate World Bears Day and spread the word to help save their lives.