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    $\begingroup$ Yours should be at the top $\endgroup$
    – Aarthew III
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 14:53
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    $\begingroup$ The issue with domestication of bears is that, unlike wolves/dogs or horses, they are not pack/herd animals, so there's no way for the humans to tap in to that existing social organization. $\endgroup$
    – jamesqf
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 16:07
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    $\begingroup$ @jamesqf: I don't see an necessary connection between herd/pack animals and their 'domesticate-ability'. Do you have a source for this? Chicken/cats were domesticated, although they are not herd animals. Ferrets also were domesticated, and used for hunting. Pigs/cows are herd animals too, but aren't as easily trained as a horse or dog for example. Bears however, have been shown to be trained well on occasion. $\endgroup$
    – fgysin
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 18:51
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    $\begingroup$ @fgysin: Ever try to train a cat? Or a chicken? I mean reliably, the way a dog or horse is trained, not occasional "do tricks in the circus" by a professional trainer. There's also major differences between the sort of evolved partnership there is between humans and dogs/horses, domestication in the sense of keeping for food, and occasional training of what are essentially wild animals like lions, tigers, & bears. $\endgroup$
    – jamesqf
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 20:48
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    $\begingroup$ @jamesqf This is a fictional world so the OP could always just decree that the bears in his world are pack/herd animals. If that is the biggest concern then it should be easy to work into a story a sighting of a herd of bears. $\endgroup$
    – Erik
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 22:07