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Sloth bear

May 3, 2022
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In news–Two full-grown sloth bears were rescued by forest officials in Jharkhand from Nomadic community members, popularly known as ‘madaris (earn a living by performing street acts with animals),’ following the intervention of politician-cum-animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi.

About Sloth bear-

  • The sloth bear is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. 
  • It feeds on fruits, ants and termites. 
  • It has also been called “labiated bear” because of its long lower lip and palate used for sucking up insects. 
  • It has a long, shaggy fur, a mane around the face, and long, sickle-shaped claws. 
  • It shares features of insectivorous mammals and evolved during the Pleistocene from the ancestral brown bear.
  • Sloth bears breed during spring and early summer and give birth near the beginning of winter.
  • Indian sloth bear(big) and Sri Lankan(small) sloth bear are the two subspecies of Sloth bears.
  • When their territories are encroached upon by humans, they sometimes attack them. 
  • Historically, humans have drastically reduced these bears’ habitat and diminished their population by hunting them for food and products such as their bacula and claws. 
  • Sloth bears have been tamed and used as performing animals and as pets.

  • It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of habitat loss and degradation.
  • In India, they are protected under Schedule-1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. 
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Source: the Indian express
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