2026-01: South Korea’s revised law ended breeding, possession and bile extraction from bears, leaving remaining farmed bears awaiting sanctuary space.

What happened

South Korea’s revised law ended breeding, possession and bile extraction from bears, leaving remaining farmed bears awaiting sanctuary space.

Verification boundary

Industry/transition archive; not a single perpetrator case.

Image and source note

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Public sources

• https://apnews.com/article/884a3d5bc8f01574dfd0919b54f250f9