South Korea to stop breeding bears to extract their bile - but hundreds are still trapped in pens

South Korea officials have confirmed that the controversial bear bile farming industry will come to an end as part of an ...
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South Korea will end breeding of bears and extraction of their bile

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

FILE - In this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2014, a bear looks out from a cage at a bear farm in Dangjin, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) FILE - In this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2014, a bear looks ...

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

South Korea is one of the few countries that allow farming to extract bile from bears, mostly Asiatic black bears known as ...