PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Washington restaurant owner has been sentenced following an investigation into illegal trafficking of black bear parts, authorities announced Monday. Officials said ...

A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan.

Vermont officials are reminding people that selling bear paws and internal organs is illegal, courtesy of a law passed last year, as the first week of bear hunting begins. Game wardens have ...

A Burnaby, B.C., woman has been fined $5,200 after illegally buying bear gallbladders due to a cultural belief that the organs can treat seizures. Court records show Yon Kim was sentenced for two ...