In 2019, a live sun bear was discovered in an apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It came to authorities’ attention after neighbors heard it whimpering and holding its paws out of the window.

In 2019, a live sun bear was discovered in an apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It came to authorities’ attention after neighbors heard it whimpering and holding its paws out of the window.

Sun bears are the smallest bear species, measuring 4 to 5 feet long on their hind legs and weighing 60 to 150 pounds. This is only about half the size of an American black bear. Appearance: ...

The owner claimed to have mistaken the bear “for a dog” and was fined $6,000 by a court. Another woman was prosecuted for keeping a sun bear in her house in Singapore in 1993.

The world’s smallest bear is finally having its moment in the sun – thanks to a viral video that sparked a conspiracy theory on social media.

In 2019, a live sun bear was discovered in an apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It came to authorities’ attention after neighbors heard it whimpering and holding its paws out of the window.