Did you know that one of the world’s most beloved childhood toys—the teddy bear—has its roots in a remarkable story of respect for wildlife? It all started in 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi. After an unsuccessful hunt, his guides captured a bear and tied it to a tree for him to shoot. But Roosevelt, known for his love of nature and fair chase ethics, refused, feeling it was unsportsmanlike to shoot a defenseless animal. News of his act of compassion q