According to Animals Asia, the organization rescued the bear from a bear bile farm in October after receiving a call from the Vietnamese authorities about a bear bile farmer looking to surrender ...

World Animal Protection rescued the Asiatic black bear from an illegal bile farm in Vietnam, where he was found "in a narrow, steel cage," which made it hard for him to move around freely Nicholas ...

“Sloth bear poaching typically occurs in November and December, when female bears give birth to cubs. After the bears emerge ...

Some researchers have expressed concerns that ending the commercial farming of bears, while demand for bear bile persists, could lead to increased hunting pressure on wild bear populations. In this ...

primarily to house Asiatic black bears rescued from bear-bile farming. Although Vietnam outlawed bear-bile extraction in 2005, many farms continue to operate illegally. The bile is used as a ...

Chinh the moon bear is now focused on relaxation and rehabilitation at FOUR PAWS' sanctuary in Vietnam A bear is again ...

In Vietnam, where bear bile farming hit a peak of almost 4,500 captive animals 15 years ago, many of the moon bears we rescue have spent decades trapped in tiny metal cages, surviving on scraps of ...

The picnic is part of a “big bear celebration” for the entirety of March in an effort to raise funds for ‘Free the Bears’, an ...

most likely to try and establish a bear bile farm," Hunt said. Bear bile farming involves extracting bile from the gallbladders of living bears for use in traditional Chinese medicine. The ...

Held in bear bile farms they are used for their body parts in traditional Asian medicines, sold in restaurants as delicacies and kept as trophy pets. All of this makes them the most valuable ...

North Korean military guard stationed at the Chinese border are hunting bears to harvest the bile for sale, North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity reported. The Samji regiment, responsible for ...