Right now 1,400 bears are suffering in bear farms across South Korea.

For the first time the government is considering phasing out bear farming across the entire country. This decision currently hangs in the balance and we desperately need your support to tip the government in favour of this phase out.

Please upload a photo of yourself with a bear paw print painted on your face, hands or shoulders to support this unprecedented move by the South Korean government.

Please do this today to save thousands of bears from entering a lifetime of suffering in this cruel and unnecessary industry.

Thank you. Your support is vital!

About the campaign

Right now, over 1,400 bears are suffering on bear farms in South Korea. Reared in cramped and barren cages until the age of ten, these bears are then slaughtered for their bile. Under South Korean law this industry is still legal.

Bear farming is cruel. The oppressive captive conditions greatly restrict the bears’ movement and have a terrible impact on their physical and psychological wellbeing. WSPA has witnessed bears rocking and pacing in their tiny cages as a result of the severe stress they endure, and we have seen the dreadful wounds and sores many have.

Bear farming is unnecessary. Academics, experts and Traditional Asian Medicine advocates in South Korea agree that there are many readily available herbal and synthetic alternatives to bear bile. Even bear farmers in South Korea acknowledge their farms are losing money and they are prepared to consider a phase out.

For the first time the South Korean government is considering a phase out of this cruel and unnecessary practice.

Many of you will have already shown your support for WSPA’s Help End Bear Farming campaign, spearheaded by Jackie Chan. Now we ask you to join thousands of others to help influence the South Korean government to bring bear farming to an end.

Please upload your photo today to help end bear farming. Your support is vital!

What your photo can do

This September, a bill to phase out bear farming will be proposed for the South Korean parliament to deliberate. If this bill passes, thousands of bears could be saved from entering a lifetime of suffering in Korean bear farms. 

WSPA will send your uploaded photo, along with thousands of others, to the South Korean government in support of this move to end bear farming.

Your support is vital. Please upload your photo today. Go to: What to do, to find out how.

More than 12,000 bears are suffering in bear farms across Asia. WSPA will continue to lobby bear farming nations to put a stop to this cruel practice forever. We may use your photo in future end bear farming campaigns.

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