Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC South-East Asia The number of bears in farms supplying the widespread and expanding bile extraction industry […]
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Chinese Website Removes Rhino Horn, Bear Bile Adverts
We are pleased to update the story about the eChinacities.com website: The rhino horn and bear bile advertisements have been removed! eChinacities.com has informed us […]
Chinese Website Displays Adverts for Rhino Horn, Bear Bile [UPDATED]
Update 06/07/2013: eChinacities.com has removed the advertisements. In the eChinacities.com classified section of its website, the following advertisement is posted: “Over 10 kilograms of rhinoceros […]
A Successful ‘Vietnam Bear Day’
Vietnamese NGO Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) recently spearheaded the country’s first “Bear Day”, which united the media, celebrities, conservation volunteers, and members of the public […]
Two Pennsylvania Couples Charged with Trafficking Bear Gallbladders
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has reportedly charged Hung Quoc Pham, Van Thi Do, Bruce Dinh Le, and Tuyet “Amy” Le with illegally buying bear gallbladders […]
China: 5 Bears Killed, 6 Suspects Arrested
Five Asiatic black bears — also known as moon bears — were found massacred on Changbai Mountain in China’s Jilin Province. The tragedy was brought […]
Indonesia: Bodies of 14 Sumatran Tigers Confiscated, Suspect Arrested
A police raid on the house of a suspected wildlife trafficker near Jakarta yielded the bodies of 14 Sumatran tigers, three leopards, one clouded leopard, […]
South Korea: 2 Bears Killed After Escaping from ‘Farm’
Two female bears were shot dead after escaping from their cages at a suspected bear bile farm in Yongin, south of Seoul. Following a search […]
Illegal Bear Bile Trade ‘Nothing New’ in North America
Although Asian bear species are the most geographically convenient targets for bear bile used in traditional Chinese medicine, the illegal trade is alive and well […]
India: 6 Bears Killed for Gallbladders, 5 Suspects Arrested
Forest officials have arrested five suspects in connection with the killing of six bears in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Four of the bears were […]