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 ...

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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. The ...

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 ...

Conservationists say the bears, believed to have been taken from the wild as cubs, will require lifelong care after years spent in cramped cages Conservationists rescued 27 moon bears from a Laos bear ...

The moon bears during rescue from the bile bear farm. (Free the Bears via SWNS) By Dean Murray The largest ever bear rescue in Southeast Asia has seen 27 moon bears freed from an illegal bear bile ...

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Bear bile farming will be banned in the country starting Jan. 1, South Korea's Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment Getty Images/iStockphoto South Korea began bear bile farming for health ...