Andean bears are sometimes called spectacled bears because of their markings. The species is suffering heavily and faces extinction from forest fragmentation for human activities and “nuisance” killings when these gentle bears wander from fragmented forests into human settlements and crop fields looking for food and mates. Andean bears are found only in isolated pockets of South America, and they are vanishing from earth. My birthday wish is to raise enough money to help my friend Andres Lagunas conduct workshops in Ecuador’s Andean mountains for the month of February (my birth month) to help rural villagers understand the role Andean bears play in the web of life so the villagers stop killing the bears. I’m trying to raise $285 to send to Andres, who works with the Andean Bear Foundation in Ecuador.

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