Most endangered bears
• Also called spectacled (prill) bears.
• Andean bears roam (rändama) a variety of
types of habitats from Argentina to Panama.
• Poaching, agricultural development, and
increasing mining (kaevanamine) and oil
exploration have threatened the long-term
survival of South America's last remaining bear
species.
6. POLAR BEAR
• Listed as vulnerable (nõrk), the world's largest
land carnivore is one of six bear species
threatened with extinction.
• The polar bear poulation is imperiled
(ohustama) by climate change-induced
melting of Arctic sea ice, which the bears
depend on for hunting marine mammals.
• Pollution, tourism, and oil development are
7. BROWN BEAR
• The brown bear, the most widely distributed bear species in
the world, was named a species of "least concern"—meaning
the bears are not threatened with extinction.
• The grizzly, a subspecies of the brown bear, has successfully
rebounded in parts of the United States, thanks to U.S.
annaabi.ee 
