December 12, 2011
A moon bear in a cage at a bear bile farm in the southern province of Binh Duong in a handout photo taken November 29, 2011. The Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation has transported 14 moon bears voluntarily handed over by the owner of a bear farm in the southern province of Binh Duong to [...]
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June 17, 2011
A wildlife trade management agency has asked the Drug Administration of Vietnam to withdraw the license of a massage gel which contains bile extracted from endangered bears, a news website reported Tuesday. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)’s management agency in Vietnam said the Gau Misa [...]
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June 5, 2011
The members of  Ho Chi Minh City’s Great Bear Club have poured into the park for a summer of exercise and fun Members of the Sao Bac Dau (Great Bear) Club stand ready for review at Tao Dan Park on Sunday Last week, summer officially began for Vietnam’s school children. On Sunday, it seemed [...]
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May 2, 2011
Rescued Moon bears at a forest sanctuary at Hon Me Wildlife Rescue Project in the southern province of Kien Giang AÂ diverse group of Ho Chi Minh City residents on April 26 gathered to drink beer for bears. The event, Beer for Bears, was held at Pacharan Restaurant and Bar in District 1. Guests paid VND300,000 [...]
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December 7, 2010
Bile bear extracted from the gall bladder of a bear at a farm in northern Vietnam. A recent survey conducted by a non-governmental organization found that a majority of traditional medicine practitioners in Vietnam oppose bear bile farming and prefer herbal alternatives. Many of the practitioners cited fears that the ursine bile can prove toxic [...]
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November 27, 2010
Bile bear extracted from the gall bladder of a bear at a farm in northern Vietnam All the dramatic exposés and denouncements about the production and consumption of bear bile have done nothing to shake the popular belief that it is a medicinal panacea, a survey has found. Conservationists have called for Vietnam to strengthen [...]
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January 19, 2010
An animal welfare group in Vietnam has rescued 19 bears that were living in cramped containers on an illegal bile farm, the group says. Hong Kong-based Animals Asia Foundation said on Monday the bears were being driven to the group’s Moon Bear Rescue Center near Hanoi after being discovered in 12-meter cargo containers in Binh [...]
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December 14, 2009
Taiwan airline resumes Da Nang flights; Saigontourist prepares for Tet; Replica 30’s train carries tourists; Beauty named flower ambassador Taiwanese carrier TransAsia has said it would resume direct flights to Da Nang on December 26, four years after the service was suspended. It plans to operate an Airbus 321-132 aircraft between Da Nang and Taipei [...]
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November 26, 2009
Quang Ninh province have reported to the government its discovery of a company that illegally collected and sold bear bile to Korean tourists. Police raid Ha Long bear bile ‘farm’Our infiltration of the bear farms comes to nothingPart II: The business of bear farmingPart I: Infiltrating a Ha Long bear farm Senior lieutenant colonel Nguyen Trinh [...]
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November 18, 2009
Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) has received more than 7,000 letters from around the world urging the Vietnamese Government to confiscate bears being held illegally. The letter-writing campaign was launched by the AAF after trying for two years to convince the authorities to confiscate 79 bears (endangered Asiatic black bears, also known as moon bears) that [...]
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