Friday, May 13, 2011

Report: Threat to bears from illegal bile trade unabated

Report: Threat to bears from illegal bile trade unabated
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Poaching and illegal trade of bears, whose bile is used in traditional medicine and folk remedies, remains robust across Asia, putting wild bear populations under unrelenting pressure, according to a report by a wildlife trade monitoring network. Products made from bile extracted from bears’ gall bladders were found on ...

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