Laos authorities rescues 27 moon bears from illegal bile farm disguised as a zoo

Laos authorities rescues 27 moon bears from illegal bile farm disguised as a zoo

Twenty-seven young moon bears have been removed from an illegal bile farm in Laos in what rescuers described as the largest bear farm rescue in Southeast Asia. The rescue was carried out by Lao authorities and Free the Bears at a site officials say had been operating as a bile farm while presenting itself as a zoo. What happened? According to Mongabay, a Chinese national owned the facility, which was registered as a zoo even though it was being …