Bear conservation

Whether indirect, as in human encroachment on their natural habitats due to crop cultivation, deforestation or timber harvest, or directly from their killing for protection of property or for unregulated or sport hunting, or for their use in primitive medicines and aphrodisiacs.

Fish and Wildlife Service, stated that Conservation efforts on bears must be based on accurate biological information and knowledge of the habitat requirements of the species.

This dedicated program is not only working to reduce illegal trade and capture of bears in the Asian area but other impoverished and dangerous parts of the world.

According to an article published December 2007 in the Spanish national daily El País,[4] eight brown bears had been killed, either by poisoned bait or illegal hunting, in the Cantabrian Mountains since 2000.

However, their viability is compromised by the regional authorities' keenness to allow construction of a ski resort at San Glorio, a project which has met strong opposition from many sectors, as well as that of the central government.