Major threats on sun bear

Video by Chiew Lin May

“When the buying stops, the killing will stop too!”

Sun bears (Helarctos malayanus) live in the rainforest of South-East Asia. The global population of sun bears has declined by 30 percent in the last 30 years and continues to decline at this rate, with the illegal pet trade and poaching as two of the major threats.

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