Woman admits to selling NC black bear parts prized in China for treating illnesses

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Hunting bear in the Carolinas

Bear hunting is a big tradition that attracts sportsmen from around the southeast to the Carolinas. 

A woman this week admitted she illegally bought and sold North Carolina black bear body parts that have been used for centuries in China, South Korea and other countries to treat illnesses.

Kathy Ann Cho acknowledged in a court filing signed by her lawyer that she illegally bought ginseng and bear gallbladders in the North Carolina mountains and sold them in Georgia, according to the court document obtained by The Charlotte Observer.

Cho acknowledged purchasing l3 black bear gallbladders in Franklin, NC, for $5,200, or $400 each, and selling one of them for $1,000, according to the document filed in U.S. District Court in Asheville by the Charlotte-based office of U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray.

Cho was charged…

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