Vietnam to rescue 1,000 bears in bid to end bile trade

188 views · Published 19 July 2017 · 1:06 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · News & Politics

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More than 1,000 bears will be rescued from illegal bile farms across Vietnam, officials and conservationists say, in a move that will effectively end the practice fuelled by a demand for traditional medicine tonics.

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