TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dickie,Gloria
TI  - Eight bears: mythic past and imperiled future 
SN  - 9781324005087
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Bears
KW  - Conservation
KW  - Human-animal relationships
KW  - Animals
KW  - Effect of human beings on
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250); The cloud dwellers (Spectacled bear, Ecuador and Peru) -- Dancing with death (Sloth bear, India) -- Soft power (Panda bear, China) -- Liquid gold (Moon bear and sun bear, Vietnam) -- Out of the wild (American black bear, United States) -- Return of the grizzly (Brown bear, United States) -- The ice walkers (Polar bear, Canada)
N2  - "Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known"--
ER  -