Bear bile has been taken from wild bears in numerous Asian countries for use in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that opportunistic individuals in ...

Dawn the moon bear is thriving at Animals Asia's Tam Dao sanctuary in Vietnam after her rescue from a bear bile farm Dawn the moon bear shortly after her rescue in Feb. 2023 (left) and Dawn a year ...

SEOUL, South Korea(AP) — South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about 200 bears are still kept in pens and raised for ...

Bear bile, extracted from the gallbladders of Asiatic black bears and sun bears, has been used in traditional medicine for centuries across parts of Asia. Despite the availability of synthetic and ...

Several bears lie on top of each other, as still as teddy bears, as they gaze out past rusty iron bars. Others pace restlessly. The ground below their metal cages is littered with feces, Krispy Kreme ...

A bear who was rescued from a bile farm was caught on camera jumping for joy while taking a dip in a pool in Vietnam for the first time. Tuffy was freed from captivity after spending many years in a ...