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

South Korea says it will end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry. The Environment Ministry said ...

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 ...

Xuan and Mo have felt the sun again. On Tuesday, FOUR PAWS rescued the Asiatic black bears from some of the worst conditions the animal welfare organization has seen. According to a FOUR PAWS release ...

South Korea on Thursday formally ended its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry, although about 200 bears are still kept in pens and raised for their gallbladders. The South Korean ...

Animal welfare activists in Vietnam have rescued a female Asiatic black bear that was being kept in a small cage and had previously been abused for "painful" bile extraction. Global non-profit Four ...

Ursodeoxycholic acid, one of the main components in bear bile, has been medically proven to help dissolve gallstones and treat liver disease. But this component can be synthetically produced, without ...

Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME Jane Goodall left behind a legacy as an animal conservationist and a leading ...

A bear who was rescued from a bile farm was caught on camera jumping for joy while taking a dip in a pool in Vietnam for the first time. Tuffy was freed from captivity after spending many years in a ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - An animal welfare group said on Tuesday it will save 130 bears from a bile extraction farm in China, its largest rescue so far, in a bid to end a business that has sparked outrage ...