The bear is found on all continents except Antarctica and Australia, and its extinction would pointedly display mankind's neglect of the environment. Hence, international efforts to save the bear are fraught with symbolic meaning.
除了澳洲與南極，熊原本遍及各大洲，它的滅絕，代表的是全人類對整個地球環境的輕忽，國際上推動熊的保護活動，具有一定的代表性意義。