Concern grows for smallest bear.

Check out this story about Sun bears on BBC News.

Habitat loss and commercial hunting have been blamed for a decline in the number of sun bears - the world's smallest species of bear.

That is the statement at the top of the story. It's a very sad one.

As for habitat loss, personally I don't see any way to stop it because of human encroachment into their territory due to the ever-expanding population of homo sapiens.

As long as the world keeps on breeding at the rate it is now, there won't be any territory left for anything other than human beings.

Habitat loss and commercial hunting aren't the only things sun bears have to worry about. We also have poaching to add to the list.

Poaching should carry far stiffer penalties. Maybe that would help to discourage some of it since not only sun bears suffer because of poachers.

Information on Sun bears on:

Wikipedia

Bears.org