Gut bacteria may help eliminate toxic PFAS chemicals, but more research is needed before recommending microbial therapies.

Government-sanctioned bear bile farming began in China during the mid-1980s as a way to reduce poaching of wild sun bears and Asiatic black bears, both of which are considered vulnerable to ...

Animals Asia rescued Buzz the bear from a bear bile farm in Vietnam and moved the animal to a sanctuary, where the bear now has access to the outdoors for the first time in 20 years ...

An animal welfare group said on Tuesday it will save 130 bears from a bile extraction farm in China, its largest rescue so far, in a bid to end a business that has sparked outrage over animal ...

For more on bear bile farming see the website for "Cages of Shame" and for more on animal protection in China please see Dr. Peter Li's superb interview for Forbes magazine with Michael Tobias.

One of the world’s most horrendous forms of animal exploitation is China’s lucrative collection of bear bile for traditional medicine. Bears’ abdomens are opened to collect bile on a regular ...

Bear bile harvesting remains legal in China, where the government says 7,000 bears are milked on about 250 farms, though animal welfare groups say the real number could be double that.

World Animal Protection is calling for the Chinese government to make bear bile illegal and only endorse plant-based medicines to treat COVID-19 symptoms.

Animal study supports bile-duct cooling during hepatic radiofrequency ablation Caroline Barranco Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology 3, 186–187 (2006) Cite this article ...

TORONTO, April 2, 2020 /CNW/ - World Animal Protection is raising concerns over the recent news that the Chinese government is recommending the use of a bear bile product to treat severe symptoms ...