Time called on illegal bear bile industry in Ha Long Bay Vietnam
Local authority calls for an end to the bear bile tourism industryToday, over 80 captive wild bears in tourism hotspot Ha Long Bay in Vietnam are a step closer to freedom from the illegal bear bile tourism industry. For six years our local partner Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) has been working to expose one of the darker sides of tourism: the exploitation of bears for their bile in one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations. In late 2013, after a period of intense surveillance and monitoring, ENV managed, with our support, to produce solid evidence that the bear bile tourist