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Jeanette McDermott's Blog – September 2009 Archive (1)

Bear Bile Tourism in Vietnam

There is a dirty little secret in Vietnam, and it's called Korean Bear Tourism.



ENV, a wildlife watchdog group in Vietnam, has documented busloads of Korean tourists visiting bear farms where they witness a bear bile extraction, taste bear bile wine, and buy products made from bear body parts. The tourists take the illegal products home to Korea at the end of their visit, violating international law.



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Added by Jeanette McDermott on September 10, 2009 at 7:42pm — No Comments


        

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