A sloth bear that had been smuggled and forced to dance on the streets of India has been rescued. The animal was seized from alleged smugglers in West Bengal, India, who had been using the bear for ...

In his 30 years of rescuing bears from the dancing trade, Alan Knight OBE has seen some harrowing cases. Alan and the IAR team have also seen cases where the infected tooth has caused mouth cancer, ...

A charity is calling for support to help care for rescued sloth bears, once forced to perform as dancing bears in India. International Animal Rescue (IAR), based in Uckfield, Sussex, has launched its ...

You hear it crashing through the trees. There’s no way to escape it. The sloth bear is the most dangerous bear in the world. And it’s going to tear your face off. Sloth bears are found throughout the ...