MANY malayan sun bears died throughout the year just for their precious body parts----paws, meat, fur ......
Adult sun bears have almost no predators except humans,
The recent decline in the sun bear population can be largely attributed to the hunting of "nuisance bears" that destroy crops and widespreadpoaching driven by the market for their fur and for their bile, which is used in Chinese medicine.
Sometimes, sun bears are captured or bred to be domestic pets—a role for which they are considered desirable, due to their relatively inoffensive nature and small size in comparison with other bears.
The IUCN reclassified the sun bear from "data deficient" to "vulnerable" status in 2007.