Wildlife advocates say that Albany’s failure to enact laws against bear poaching and the sale of bear gallbladders and bile has drawn the hunters to the state. Bear gallbladders are generally sold to Asia or to Asian communities in the US for use in traditional medicines, but the New York State Assembly recently introduced a bill to ban the “possession, sale, barter, offer, purchase, transportation, delivery, or receipt of bear gallbladder, bile, or any product, item, or substance containing, or labeled or advertised as containing, bear gallbladders or bile.” Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal said , “Frankly it is embarrassing when New York State lags behind other states.” [ more › ]

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Bear Gallbladder Poachers Lured To New York By Lack Of Laws