Talk:Tame bear

Why?
This should be merged with any articles on bears. It's too slight to stand alone. Camdenetti (talk) 07:59, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Also bears aren't always used for dancing, aren't some kept as pets? Yes and terms like 'Gypsy' are offensive.

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV
I've removed an old neutrality tag from this page that appears to have no active discussion per the instructions at Template:POV:
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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 21:12, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Citation(s) needed!
Oh so many statements without any proper backup in such a short article. Weasely stuff like 'there exists evidence'... I can't believe it. If you know of the existence of said evidence, would you please present it?

If one were to excise all unsourced statements, the article would basically be bereft of any substance. Oh, wait: It already is, since it's a collection of dubious, unsourced, weasely superficiality. In the state it's in, it basically shouldn't even exist. 94.219.69.18 (talk) 23:45, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Why are dancing bear acts conflated with the more general subject of keeping tame bears (for example, as pets)?
It really doesn't make any sense. The article speaks as if dancing bear acts are the only reason anyone anywhere has ever kept a tame bear.2600:1015:B12F:825:D63D:7EFF:FEE4:39A6 (talk) 09:13, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

In fact, we have articles about specific tame bears for other purposes, for example Wojtek (bear)2600:1015:B12F:825:D63D:7EFF:FEE4:39A6 (talk) 09:19, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Commonly used species
Aside from sloth bears, what other species are often used for dancing?184.186.4.209 (talk) 01:28, 16 May 2019 (UTC)