Sun bear Natalie at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sepilok, Sabah. Photo: BSBCC/Chiew Lin May
The wide availability of traditional Chinese medicines shows that Malaysians continue to trust the efficacy of folk remedies; never mind that endangered wildlife are slaughtered to make some of these cures.
The Traffic report Hard To Bear: An Assessment Of Trade In Bear Bile And Gall Bladder In Malaysia revealed that shops selling bear-based products were mostly in Perak (27), Johor (26), Kuala Lumpur (21), Sarawak (17) and Penang (16), Selangor (14) and Pahang (13).
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