bear preservation

Update news bear preservation

20-year effort to end bear bile farming near completion

The number of bears kept in captivity in VN has decreased by an impressive 95 per cent, from approximately 4,000 individuals in 2005 to just 192 at 60 bear farms as of the end of August.

ENV helps Vietnam do away with bear farming

The Education for Nature- Vietnam (ENV) organised a press conference on October 22 to review its efforts over the past two decades to end bear farming for bile in the country.

National park inaugurates bear rescue centre

The first phase of the Bear Rescue Centre Vietnam's second branch at Bach Ma National Park was inaugurated on November 17 in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue.