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Environmental Parameters as Indicators of Bear Welfare

Zoo Biology, Volume 44, Issue 5, Page 480-494, September/October 2025.
More than half of the bear exhibits in Thai zoos do not provide the environmental resources needed for good welfare potential. Accredited zoos provided better exhibits than government and private zoos. ABSTRACT Bears are commonly displayed in zoos worldwide.
Anna Fourage, Chris R. Shepherd, K. A. I. Nekaris, Vincent Nijman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of Seasonal Diets through Seasonal Diet Surveys in Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus): A Case Study at Idaho Falls Zoo

, 2023
Wild sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) display seasonal diet preferences for insects and fruit during the dry and monsoon season respectively. To potentially utilize as a method for reducing abnormal behaviors and improving animal welfare, the purpose of ...
Clever, Noah
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Navigating human-sloth bear encounters and attacks in Nepal’s unprotected forests

Environmental Challenges
Human-sloth bear conflict is a recurring issue in multi-use forest landscapes outside protected areas (PAs). In Nepal’s southern region, sloth bears are a major contributor to human-wildlife conflict, yet comprehensive information to inform conflict ...
Manoj Pokharel, Chandramani Aryal, Bidhan Adhikary, Jeevan Rai   +3 more
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Biochemical Reference Intervals for Semi-captive Sloth Bears (Melursus ursinus ursinus) in India

International Journal of Livestock Research, 2018
Chandra Siddappa, Sooraj Nair, Reena Gupta, Karikalan Mathesh, Ilayaraja Selvaraj, Arun Shanmugam, Anil Sharma   +6 more
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Spatial and temporal patterns of mammalian roadkill across subtropical protected areas in Nepal

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2025.
Abstract Wildlife–vehicle collisions are a major source of anthropogenic wildlife mortality, making it essential to understand their spatial and temporal patterns for effective mitigation. In this study, we conducted a multisite, multiyear analysis of wildlife roadkill incidents recorded across six subtropical protected areas in Nepal over a five‐year ...
Dayaram Pandey, Pemba Sherpa, Dipesh Kumar Sharma, Pratistha Shrestha, Gopal Khanal   +4 more
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Tropical dry woodland loss in India since 1880 and its relation to current megafauna distributions

Ecological Applications, Volume 35, Issue 5, July 2025.
Abstract Tropical dry woodlands provide ecosystem services to hundreds of millions of people and support high biodiversity. Despite their importance, many dry woodlands are under high and rising human pressure, including in India, where they provide essential habitat for iconic megafauna.
Tamanna Kalam, Matthias Baumann, Florian Pötzschner, C. Sudhakar Reddy, Arash Ghoddousi, Parth Sarathi Roy, Tobias Kuemmerle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial distribution of large carnivore attacks on humans collected between 1950 and 2019.

, 2023
We collected a total of 5,440 attack cases worldwide: 1,337 involved sloth bears Melursus ursinus, 1,047 tigers Panthera tigris, 765 Asiatic black bears Ursus thibetanus, 664 brown bears Ursus arctos, 414 wolves Canis lupus, 403 American black bears ...
Alireza Mohammadi (6848498), Igor Nikolaev (5872085), Almira Hoogesteijn (14526403), Vincenzo Penteriani (254379), Craig Packer (213533), Shyamala Ratnayeke (5058896), Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski (154643), Chandan Surabhi Das (14526397), Rafael Hoogesteijn (5007635), Thomas Sharp (14526415), Nishith Dharaiya (14526400), Octavio Monroy-Vilchis (606325), Maria del Mar Delgado (9269361), Giulia Bombieri (8613945), Fernando Tortato (5475410), Ivan Seryodkin (4223557), Hadas Kushnir (213554), Kamran Almasieh (14526391), Omar Ohrens (14526412), Ashok Subedi (14526421), Paolo Pedrini (826813), Ravi Kumar Sharma (5777945), Ashish Kumar Jangid (14526409), Mohammad Reza Ashrafzadeh (5819327), Hüseyin Ambarlı (14526394), Joseph M. Mukeka (13766617), Tom Smith (379000), Koji Yamazaki (4573750), Mohammad Kaboli (268062), Anastasia Kirilyuk (14526406), Himanshu Shekhar Palei (14526418), Babu Ram Lamichhane (4093201), Dennis Ikanda (213548)   +32 more
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Sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) fail to solve a novel problem even after social information and relevant experience are provided

, 2019
The ability to solve novel problems is crucial for the survival and fitness of individuals living in dynamic environments. Studies of problem-solving date back to the beginning of the past century, but our knowledge is nonetheless still limited to very ...
Cacchione, T., Holland, Ruben, Amici, F. ; https://orcid.org/, Cacchione, Trix, Amici, Federica, Holland, R.   +5 more
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Climate, land, and bears: Exploring habitat suitability of Asian bears under environmental changes

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
We aimed to assess the impacts of climate and land-use alterations on the Asian habitats of four bear species black bear, brown bear, sloth bear, and sun bear using ensemble framework.
Amar Paul Singh, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Vineet Kumar, Amira Sharief, Hemant Singh, Shahid Ahmad Dar, Saurav Bhattacharjee, Bheem Dutt Joshi, Mukesh Thakur   +8 more
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Differential vulnerability of key threatened mammals to climate and land cover changes in the Central Himalayas

Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2025.
Abstract Anthropogenic climate change affects biological diversity by altering their suitable habitat ranges. The Himalayan region is one of the world's most sensitive biodiversity hotspots to global climate change. The Chitwan Annapurna Landscape (CHAL) in the central Himalayas serves as a vital north–south linkage among the protected areas in central
Arjun Thapa, Suraj Baral, Rabin Bahadur K. C., Rajan Prasad Paudel, Gokarn Jung Thapa, Hari Basnet, Rima G. C., Kapil Khanal, Maheshwar Dhakal, Shanta Raj Jnawali, Kanchan Thapa, Laxman Khanal   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source