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Brown bear
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East Siberian brown bear
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Gobi bear
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Peninsula brown bear
Sitka brown bear
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Syrian brown bear
Tibetan blue bear
Ussuri or Amur brown bear
Extinct brown bears
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Alaskan brown bear
American black bear
Andean (spectacled) bear
Asiatic black bear
Atlas bear (extinct)
Baluchistan bear
Bear baiting
Bear distribution
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Bear spray
Bear Watch India: Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Darjeeling
Bear Watch UK
Bear Watch UK: Belfast
Bear Watch UK: Whipsnade Zoo
Bear Watch UK: Wild Place Project
Bear Watch UK: Woburn Safari Park, Bedfordshire
Bears in the wild
Borneo sun bear
Brown bear
California black bear
California grizzly bear (extinct)
Captive American black bears directory
Captive bears
Captive bears: Louisville Zoo, Kentucky, USA
Captive brown bear directory
Captive brown bears: Greater Vancouver Zoo, Canada
Captive polar bear directory
Captive polar bear welfare
Captive polar bears
Captive polar bears: Chelyabinsk Zoo, Russia
Captive polar bears: Aalborg Zoo, Denmark
Captive polar bears: ABQ BioPark Zoo, New Mexico, USA
Captive polar bears: Adventure World, Shirhama, Wakayama, Japan
Captive polar bears: Agee
Captive polar bears: Aisaqvak
Captive polar bears: Akiak
Captive polar bears: Alaska Zoo, Anchorage, USA
Captive polar bears: Aleut
Captive polar bears: Almaty Zoo, Kazakhstan
Captive polar bears: Almaz (Алмаз)
Captive polar bears: Amnéville Zoo, France
Captive polar bears: Anana (born 2000) (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Aquário de São Paulo, Brazil
Captive polar bears: Aquarium du Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Captive polar bears: AquaZoo Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Captive polar bears: Arktos
Captive polar bears: Asahiyama Zoo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Captive Polar Bears: Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Captive polar bears: Aurora (born 2000)
Captive polar bears: Aurora (born 2006)
Captive polar bears: Aurora (born 2009)
Captive polar bears: Aurora (born 2012) (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Baffin
Captive polar bears: Bangkok Safari World, Thailand
Captive polar bears: bear template
Captive polar bears: Beijing Zoo, China
Captive polar bears: Belij
Captive polar bears: Bering
Captive polar bears: Beyond Bears, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Captive polar bears: Blanche
Captive polar bears: Bol’sherechenskiy Zoo, Omsk, Russia
Captive polar bears: Borealis
Captive Polar Bears: Boris (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Bremerhaven Zoo, Germany
Captive polar bears: Brno Zoo, Czechia
Captive polar bears: Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Captive polar bears: Budapest Zoo, Hungary
Captive polar bears: Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Captive polar bears: Calgary Zoo, Alberta, Canada
Captive polar bears: Chengdu Haichang Polar Ocean Park, China
Captive polar bears: Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Zhuhai, China
Captive polar bears: Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
Captive polar bears: Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat, Ontario, Canada
Captive polar bears: Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, Powell, Ohio, USA
Captive polar bears: Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, Minnesota, USA
Captive polar bears: Copenhagen Zoo
Captive polar bears: Cora
Captive polar bears: Cranbeary
Captive polar bears: Crystal
Captive polar bears: Dalian Forest Zoo, China
Captive polar bears: De Cerza Zoo, Hernival-les-Vaux, France
Captive polar bears: Deceased bears
Captive polar bears: Denisenko Khokhlov Polar Bear Circus Show, Russia
Captive polar bears: Detroit Zoo, Michigan, USA
Captive polar bears: Dierenrijk Zoo, Nuenen, Netherlands
Captive polar bears: Eddy (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Ewa
Captive polar bears: Felix (born 1994) (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Felix (born 2001)
Captive polar bears: Finja
Captive polar bears: Flocke
Captive polar bears: Ganuk
Captive polar bears: Grace
Captive polar bears: Gregor
Captive polar bears: Guadalajara Zoo, Mexico
Captive polar bears: Hagenbeck Zoo, Hamburg, Germany
Captive polar bears: Hamamatsu Zoo, Japan
Captive polar bears: Hangzhou Polar Ocean Park, China
Captive polar bears: Harbin Polarland, Harbin, China
Captive polar bears: Hellabrunn Zoo, Munchen, Germany
Captive polar bears: Henry
Captive polar bears: Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Captive polar bears: Hertha
Captive polar bears: Higashiyama Zoo, Nagoya, Japan
Captive polar bears: Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Scotland, UK
Captive polar bears: Hope (born 2014)
Captive polar bears: Hope (born 2015)
Captive polar bears: Hudson (born 2003)
Captive polar bears: Hudson (born 2006)
Captive polar bears: Hudson (born 2011)
Captive polar bears: Humphrey
Captive polar bears: Imaq (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Imaq & Inuq
Captive polar bears: Inukshuk
Captive polar bears: Inuvik
Captive polar bears: Ivan
Captive polar bears: Jimmy’s Farm, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Captive polar bears: Juno
Captive polar bears: Kansas City Zoo, Missouri, USA
Captive polar bears: Kaska
Captive polar bears: Khaarchaana (Хаарчаана)
Captive polar bears: Kharkov Zoo, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Captive polar bears: Kinuk
Captive polar bears: Kōbe Ōji Zoo, Japan
Captive polar bears: Kolymana (Колымана)
Captive polar bears: Kulu
Captive polar bears: Kumamoto Zoo, Japan
Captive polar bears: La Flèche Zoo, Sarthe, France
Captive polar bears: Le Monde Sauvage, d’Aywaille, Belgium
Captive polar bears: Leningradsky Zoopark, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Captive polar bears: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Captive polar bears: Little One (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Liya (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Lulu
Captive polar bears: Luna
Captive polar bears: Lynn
Captive polar bears: Lyutyik (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Malygin
Captive polar bears: Marissa (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Martha
Captive polar bears: Marty (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Maruru
Captive polar bears: Memphis Zoo, Tennessee, USA
Captive polar bears: Milak
Captive polar bears: Milana
Captive polar bears: Mishka
Captive polar bears: Mulhouse Zoo, France
Captive polar bears: Mykolaiv Zoo, Ukraine
Captive polar Bears: Nanjing Underwater World, China
Captive polar bears: Nanook
Captive polar bears: Nanuq (born 2015)
Captive polar bears: Nelson
Captive polar bears: Nikita (born 2000)
Captive polar bears: Noel (born 2003)
Captive polar bears: Nora (born 2013) (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Nora (born 2015)
Captive polar bears: Noria
Captive polar bears: North Carolina Zoo, USA
Captive polar bears: Nuniq
Captive polar bears: Nyiregyhaza (Sóstó) Zoo, Hungary
Captive polar bears: Ocean Aquarium of Penglai, China
Captive polar bears: Oregon Zoo, USA
Captive polar bears: Orsa Rovdjurspark PERMANENTLY CLOSED
Captive polar bears: Ouwehands Zoo, Netherlands
Captive polar bears: Pairi Daiza, Brugelette, Belgium
Captive polar bears: Parc Zoo du Reynou, Le Vigen, France
Captive polar bears: Peak Wildlife Park, Winkhill, Staffordshire, England, UK
Captive polar bears: Peregrino
Captive polar bears: Pirika
Captive polar bears: Pittsburgh Zoo, Pennsylvania, USA
Captive polar bears: Pizza
Captive polar bears: Port Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, WA, USA
Captive polar bears: Prague Zoo, Czechia
Captive polar bears: Qanik (born 2010)
Captive polar bears: Qannik (born 2011)
Captive polar bears: Qingdao Haichang Polar Ocean World, China
Captive polar bears: Qingdao Zoo, China
Captive polar bears: Qujiang Polar Ocean Park, Xi’an
Captive polar bears: Ranua Wildlife Park, Finland
Captive polar bears: Ranzo
Captive polar bears: Rasputin
Captive polar bears: Rocky
Captive polar bears: Romeo (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Rotterdam Zoo, Netherlands
Captive polar bears: Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri, USA
Captive polar bears: Sakari
Captive polar bears: San Diego Zoo, California, USA
Captive polar bears: Sapporo Maruyama Zoo, Japan
Captive polar bears: Satsuki (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Scandinavian Wildlife Park, Kolind, Denmark
Captive polar bears: Sea World, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Captive polar bears: Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, New York, USA
Captive polar bears: Serij
Captive polar bears: Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, China
Captive polar bears: Shenzhen Xiaomeisha Sea World, China
Captive polar bears: Shouka
Captive polar bears: Siku (born 2009)
Captive polar bears: Siku (born 2016)
Captive polar bears: Silesian Zoo, Chorzów, Poland
Captive polar bears: Snow Lilly (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Star
Captive polar bears: Storm
Captive polar bears: Sun Asia Polar World, Dalian, China
Captive polar bears: Sura
Captive polar bears: Taiga (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Taïko
Captive polar bears: Talini
Captive Polar Bears: Tallinn Zoo, Estonia
Captive polar bears: Tennoji Zoo, Osaka Japan
Captive polar bears: Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean Park, China
Captive polar bears: Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
Captive polar bears: Tierpark Berlin, Germany
Captive polar bears: Tiger Beach (Laohutan) Ocean Park, Dalian
Captive polar bears: Tim (deceased)
Captive polar bears: Tokushima Zoo, Japan
Captive polar bears: Toledo Zoo & Aquarium, Ohio, USA
Captive Polar Bears: Toronto Zoo, Ontario, Canada
Captive polar bears: Uslada (Услада) (deceased)
Captive Polar Bears: Utah’s Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Captive polar bears: Venus
Captive polar bears: Warsaw Zoological Gardens, Poland
Captive polar bears: Wilbär
Captive polar bears: Wildlands Adventure Zoo, Emmen, Netherlands
Captive polar bears: Willow
Captive polar bears: Wuhan Haichang Polar Ocean Park, China
Captive polar bears: Wuppertal Zoo, Germany
Captive polar bears: Xiangjiang Safari Park, China
Captive polar bears: Yang Yang
Captive polar bears: Yekaterinburg Zoo, Russia
Captive polar bears: Yellé
Captive polar bears: York
Captive polar bears: Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster, England, UK
Captive polar bears: Zhengzhou Haichang Ocean Park, China
Captive polar bears: Zoo Sauvage de Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Canada
Captive polar bears: ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Captive polar bears: Zoosafari Fasano, Italy
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Himalayan black bear
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Japanese black bear
Kamchatka (Far Eastern) brown bear
Kenai black bear
Kermode bear or spirit bear
Kodiak bear
Louisiana black bear
Malayan sun bear
Marsican (Appenine) brown bear
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American black bear
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Eastern black bear
Florida black bear
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Kenai black bear
Kermode bear or spirit bear
Louisiana black bear
Mexican black bear
Newfoundland black bear
New Mexico black bear
Olympic black bear
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Asiatic black bear
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Gobi bear
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Peninsula brown bear
Sitka brown bear
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Tibetan blue bear
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Extinct brown bears
Atlas bear (extinct)
California grizzly bear (extinct)
Mexican grizzly bear (extinct)
Giant panda
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