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A rescued bear which was held in captivity at a bear bile farm is seen in a cage in Thai Nguyen province in Vietnam, August 14 2018. (Kham Nguyen Huy/Reuters)
VIETNAM

Vietnam’s caged bears dying off as bile prices plummet

Bear bile is extracted — often continuously and painfully — from the animals’ gallbladders and used in traditional medicine

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