Interview from 2012, Seoul: a casual discussion of some of the nuances and complexity of the bear farming problem South Korea faced and still grapples with despite a phase out being in motion. Listen As of 2017, the Korean gov't, in partnership with the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) sterilized nearly 100,000 …
Continue reading 2012 interview, status of bear bile farming today, and an activist’s disappointment
℅ our friends at Animals Asia, http://www.animalsasia.org The moon bear is the world's most poached and smuggled bear – according to a new report from Interpol. The report on the worldwide trade of bears and their parts estimates the trade is worth $2 billion. While the document outlines the plight of eight species across four …
The Asiatic black bear is one of the most endangered mammals in South Korea owing to population declines resulting from human exploitation and habitat fragmentation. To restore the black bear population in South Korea, 27 bear cubs from North Korea and Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai) were imported and released into Jirisan National Park, a …
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