It is rumored that Western environmental groups are going to start a campaign against the use of bear gall. Chinese medicine traders point out that the mainland has already adopted the method of raising bears where constant gall secretion can be taken from the living bear without killing it. It is no longer necessary to kill a bear to get its gall.
至於養殖的族群，以傳聞將被西方保育團體視為下一波攻擊對象的熊膽為例，中藥商指出目前大陸已經由養殖的熊身上採取膽汁，不需再像過去利用整個熊膽。