HOW DID THE TEDDY BEAR GET ITS NAME?

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Everybody loves teddy bears. But do you know how it actually got its name? The original stuffed animal was created after President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a black bear cub that he encounted during a hunting trip in 1902.

The cub was tied up and this bothered the President greatly because he said “the animal did not have a chance to defend itself.”

The teddy bear became a tribute to this president