Vietnam signs memorandum to end bear bile farming.

Record ID: 903378

  • Title: Vietnam signs memorandum to end bear bile farming.
  • Date: 19th July 2017
  • Summary: HANOI, VIETNAM (JULY 19, 2017) (REUTERS) MEETING IN PROGRESS VARIOUS OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF VIETNAM ADMINISTRATION OF FORESTRY, CAO CHI CONG, AND ANIMAL ASIA FOUNDER AND CEO, JILL ROBINSON, SIGNING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING VARIOUS OF CONG AND ROBINSON EXCHANGING DOCUMENTS AND HAND SHAKES (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANIMAL ASIA FOUNDER AND CEO, JILL ROBINSON, SAYING: "This is a truly historic day. Vietnam is the first country in the world to make bear bile farming totally illegal, and today the Vietnamese government is showing major commitment and insightful leadership to start a realistic process for closing all the farms, helping the remaining 1000 plus bears still languishing in cages across the country." VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS CONG SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Vietnamese) DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF VIETNAM ADMINISTRATION OF FORESTRY, CAO CHI CONG, SAYING: "The Memorandum of Understanding today will be a solid foundation so that the related Vietnamese departments and international organizations such as Animal Asia can work together on a plan of action to bring even more effective results comparing to previous years." MEETING IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 2nd August 2017 10:14
  • Keywords: Memorandum of Understanding illegal bear bile farming Vietnam Animal Asia
  • Location: HANOI, QUANG NINH PROVINCE, TAM DAO NATIONAL PARK, VINH PHUC PROVINCE, VIETNAM
  • City: HANOI, QUANG NINH PROVINCE, TAM DAO NATIONAL PARK, VINH PHUC PROVINCE, VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Topics: Environment,Nature/Wildlife
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016QDU7UT
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Vietnam administration of Forestry and Animal Asia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday (July 19) aiming to eradicate illegal bear bile farming in Vietnam by 2020.
    The MOU will act as a legal framework for authorities and other organisations to work efficiently to fight illegal bear bile farming and rescue the remaining bears kept in Vietnamese bile farms.
    According to Animal Asia, more than 10,000 bears are kept in bile farms in China, and around 1000 in Vietnam. The bile is extracted using various painful, invasive techniques, and is used in traditional medicines.
    In the wild, bears live for up to 30 years, however, bears on the farms live for only five to 10 years before dying of infection, disease and malnutrition.
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