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China’s largest bear bile producer is chickening out of the market

August 6, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Five-year plan to develop synthetic alternatives             HONG KONG––The Animals Asia Foundation on July 31, 2014 cautiously welcomed a report that KaiBao Pharmaceutical, the world’s largest maker of bear bile pharmaceuticals, has embarked upon a five-year-plan to develop synthetic alternatives using byproducts from poultry slaughter. Reality is that there are already synthetic alternatives for every […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Culture & Animals, Food & agriculture Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, bear bile, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton

Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre fights takeover attempt by zoo promoter

November 17, 2012 By Merritt Clifton

Audacious scheme allegedly advanced by Tam Dao National Park director HONG KONG,  HANOI––The Animals Asia Foundation is fighting an audacious scheme allegedly advanced by Tam Dao National Park director Do Dinh Tien to evict Animals Asia and 104 moon bears from the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre,  on the edge of the park,  and turn the facilities built at […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Southeast Asia, Vietnam Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, bear bile, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton

Ingesting bear bile can kill, warns top Vietnamese traditional doctor

July 17, 2010 By Merritt Clifton

Treated 10 bear bile users for poisoning;  two died. HANOI––People’s Doctor Nguyen Xuan Huong,  chair of the Traditional Medicine Association of Vietnam,  on July 21,  2010 warned that consuming bear bile products can cause potentially fatal liver and kidney damage. Huong,  who served two terms in the Vietnamese National Assembly,   “joined Animals Asia’s campaign to end bear bile […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Southeast Asia, Vietnam Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, bear bile, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton

Care for bears in China

April 17, 2002 By Merritt Clifton

BEIJING,  HONG KONG,  SHANGHAI––China cares about bears.  That was clear from nationwide outrage erupting in February 2002 after a 21-year-old engineering student poured sulfuric acid and caustic soda over five bears at the Beijing Zoo  to see if bears are really stupid. International Fund for Animal Welfare representative Zhang Li offered help to the zoo […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Cultural, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, bear bile, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton

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