South Korea said it will formally end its dwindling yet much-criticized bear bile farming industry this week, though about ...

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

If Gov. Phil Scott signs bill S.301 into law, a provision of the larger agricultural bill will prohibit the sale of bear gallbladders used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and bear paws used to ...

Harvesting the gallbladders of black bears is an ancient Asian medical practice that causes concern and debate in the United States and in Maryland, experts say. “It?s pretty widespread,” said Julie ...

Drugs and guns are generally thought of as the modern-day smuggler's commodities of choice. But three Maryland residents admitted yesterday to trafficking in something far more exotic: black bear ...

“Buying and selling of bear gallbladder and certain other bear parts is unlawful in Washington state,” added Scott Halloran ...

HELENA — The owners of the New Hunan restaurant in Helena pleaded guilty Monday to 13 wildlife charges involving black bears, including having a five-gallon bucket with 12 bear paws in it at the ...