Mother Bear Angry At Her Cub

The Russian bear is a common National personification for Russia (as well as the Soviet Union). The brown bear is also Germany's and Finland's national animal.
In the United States, the black bear is the state animal of Louisiana, New Mexico, and West Virginia; the grizzly bear is the state animal of both Montana and California.
In the UK, the bear and staff has long featured on the heraldic arms of Warwickshire county.
Bears appear in the canting arms of Bern and Berlin.