16/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - A written declaration calling on the Chinese government to ban the use of bear bile in China was signed by 371 members of the European Parliament on 14 December. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation, which is active in the fight against the farming of black bears in Tibet in order to use their bile in traditional Chinese medicines, welcomed the strong stance taken by the EP, and calls on "all human and animal rights organisations to hold a major campaign to boycott the...