South Korea to end bear bile farming and find new homes for the 200 bears stuck in the industry

Bear bile farming will be banned in the country starting Jan. 1, South Korea's Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment ...

South Korea will end breeding of bears and extraction of their bile

South Korea says it will end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry. The Environment Ministry said ...
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Bear farming to be completely banned nationwide starting Jan. 1, 2026

Breeding bears and extracting bear bile will be completely banned nationwide starting on Jan. 1, 2026, more than 40 years after the government first encouraged bear farming in the early 1980s to boost ...

South Korea officially bans bear bile farming, but 200 Asiatic black bears in limbo

As the ban takes effect January 1, disputes over farmer compensation and limited shelter space leave hundreds of captive ...

Bile farming, bear breeding no more, offenders to face jail time

THE country said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticised bear bile farming industry this week, though about ...

Jane Goodall Became Guardian to a Bear Saved from 'Terrible Pain' Before Her Death, Animal Group Reveals

Jane Goodall worked with Animals Asia to cover Robinson the rescue bear's care and spread awareness about the cruelty of bear ...
Yonhap News Agency

(LEAD) Heavily criticized bear bile farming to be fully banned next year

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is set to fully ban its decades-old controversial practice of bear bile farming next ...

Heavily criticized bear bile farming to be fully banned next year

Korea is set to fully ban its decades-old controversial practice of bear bile farming next year, according to officials ...