Bipartisan Bill Introduced on Bear Gallbladder Trade
Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., cosponsored a bill that would ban the import and export of bear viscera, a bill designed to discourage bear poaching in order to harvest bear bile, used in traditional Chinese medicines. The…
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bill, introduced Jan. 11, says that while the black bear population in the U.S. is stable, government officials have found that U.S. bears have been poached for their gallbladders.