As the number of bears in Asia have decreased, the price of bear products has risen. And now CITES has found that with the single exception of the panda (the most endangered bear with a population of only about 1000) all species are slaughtered to supply the trade in gall--even the polar bear.
在亞洲熊數量漸減、價格劇升後，根據華約組織所屬的野生動植物產品鑑別機構發現，如今除了被視為情況最危急、只剩一千隻的貓熊，包括北極熊也都成了熊膽的來源。