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Over the past decade the sun bears population has been cut by 50%. This is due to a few things. 75% of the sun bears habitat has been destroyed by logging and conversion to agriculture. In addition to levelling the forest, logging roads create convenient access for poachers. As natural food sources disappear, sun bears are driven by hunger to forage for food on farms and plantations, where they are shot or trapped by angry farmers. The demand for bear products is the greatest threat to sun bears. Traditional Asian medicine prescribes bear fat, gall, meat, paws, spinal cord, blood, and bones. Bear entrees are popular in restaurants, and sun bear paws are favoured in Taiwan for soup.

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