Others

People tend to kill the sun bears for other reasons other than for commercial reasons. The Sun bears are killed out of fear of them as they are known as rather dangerous animals, and hence people tend to kill them to prevent themselves from getting killed or injured by the sun bears.

Source: Care2

Source: Care2

Another reason people will kill or trap the sun bears would be to prevent damage to their crops. The sun bears will rummage the nearby villagers’ crops to obtain food especially after their habitat has been destroyed causing them to have a lack of food. Forest fires and droughts also causes the sun bear to have a lack of fruits which is their main diet. Hence they will go to the plantation of nearby villages to obtain fruits, which will most likely results in them getting killed if spotted.