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

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 their gallbladders.

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 ...

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

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

SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is set to fully ban its decades-old controversial practice of bear bile farming next year, according to officials Wednesday, although about 200 bears are still ...

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

An Asiatic black bear named Cam, who was being held illegally for bear bile farming in the Hai Phong province of Vietnam, is officially free! Last month, Cam was rescued from the neglectful conditions ...

Though the bile is used in medicinal treatment for conditions like epilepsy and liver disease, criticism of the method has risen in recent years Starting on Jan. 1, bear bile farming will be banned in ...

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