Though this species is  vulnerable to extinction and in most cases killing these bears is illegal, farmers kill  spectacled bears to protect their animals.

虽然这个物种很容易灭绝，在大多数情况下杀死这些熊是非法的，但农民杀死眼镜熊以保护他们的动物。

Local livestock farmers would awake to find their cattle  had been attacked in the middle of the night and would blame the spectacled bear, but this  was treated as part of local bear folklore.

当地的畜牧业农民醒来后发现他们的牛在半夜遭到袭击，并会责怪眼镜熊，但这被视为当地熊民间传说的一部分。