{"id":19886,"date":"2026-04-01T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19886"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:15:01","slug":"sloth-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sloth-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Sloth Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sloth Bear Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Karnataka Forest Department officials captured a sloth bear that had been roaming in villages around Shivamogga airport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sloth Bear<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sloth bears are <\/span><b>one of the eight bear species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found across the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>myrmecophagous,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning, they <\/span><b>find bugs and termites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be their most sought after meal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have long, shaggy dark brown or black fur and curved claws, which are the longest out of any of the bear species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sloth bears have <\/span><b>been called &#8220;labiated bears&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because of their long lower lip and palate used for sucking insects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They live in a variety of dry and moist forests and in some tall grasslands, where boulders, scattered shrubs and trees provide shelter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They mainly inhabit the region <\/span><b>of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and presumably Bhutan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These bears are <\/span><b>mostly nocturnal,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> foraging for food at night and resting in secluded locations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Sloth Bear Sanctuaries in India:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary (Karnataka), Jessore Sloth Bear Sanctuary (Gujarat).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Vulnerable<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix I<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule 1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/sloth-bear-captured-near-shivamogga-airport-in-karnataka-by-forest-department\/article70802034.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sloth Bears are one of the eight bear species found across the world. 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