Save the Himalayan Blue Bear!
Did you know there are 8 different species of bear across the world?
The Tibetan bear or Tibetan blue bear is a subspecies of the brown bear found in the eastern Tibetan Plateau.
It is also known as the Himalayan blue bear, Himalayan snow bear, Tibetan brown bear, or the horse bear. In Tibetan, it is known as Dom gyamuk.
The Blue bear is actually a subspecies of the brown bear.
The Tibetan blue bear is one of the rarest bear subspecies in the world.
It is also known as the Tibetan brown bear, Horse bear, Himalayan blue bear, Himalayan snow bear, yak dhom (yak bear), and iha dhom (mountain bear).
The blue bear is notable for having been suggested as one possible inspiration for the yeti.
A 1960 expedition to search for evidence of the yeti, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, returned with two scraps of fur that had been identified by locals as 'yeti fur' that were later scientifically identified as being portions of the pelt of a blue bear.