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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: U.S. Bear Gallbladders Sold on Black Market


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Dried bear gallbladders are seen in Richmond, Virginia, on January 7, 2004, following an undercover sting operation into black market trade in black bear parts.

A newly proposed federal law would make illegal any trade in U.S. bear parts, which are highly coveted in Asian food and medicine.

Photograph courtesy AP Photo/Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries