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"Bear
Farms" in China Have Been Torturing Thousands of Bears With Tiny Cages and
Live Bile Extraction-Truth!
Summary of
eRumor It
is said that in China, 10,000 bears are being kept in cramped cages, so
small that they cannot stand, and that permanent holes have been made in
their bodies or catheters inserted to allow bile to removed on a regular, painful
basis.
The Truth:
This was true but the
Chinese government has announced that it will close down the bear
farms and try to reintroduce the bears to the wild. According
to a Reuters report dated July 25, 2000, Chinese officials signed an
agreement with the Hong Kong based Animals Asia foundation to end
the mistreatment of the bears, some of which had lived in the
conditions of the farms for decades.
The World Society for Protection of Animals had investigated the
allegations with first-hand visits to some of the bear farms and
documented what some experts called the most appalling treatment of
animal life they've ever seen. The bears were kept in small
enclosures that looked more like coffins with bars than cages. They
could not stand, change position, or move around. They had holes or catheters
in their bodies where the bile could be harvested, which was said to
be a painful procedure.
For many years, there has been concern over the hundreds of thousands of
bears that have been killed by poachers who want just one thing: the
bear's gall bladder. Gall bile is highly valued in Chinese
traditional medicine. An industry had emerged in China, however, to
provide bear bile for more than the Chinese medical purposes. It was
being extracted in massive quantities for use in products ranging from
wines to shampoos. According to the WSPA, the Chinese
medicinal use of bear bile is 500kg per year, but more than 7,000 kg of
bear bile is being extracted annually, most of it for consumer products.
A real example of the story as it has
been circulated:
Dear Friends,
I have just received this from a friend in England. If you find this as appalling as I do please copy it and you will then be able to add your name
to the list. Please send this on to as many as possible. Thanks, Barb
Please read this and, if you feel strongly about it, do the following...
We ask the Chinese government for compassion. Today in China 10,000 (ten thousand) bears are kept
prisoner for extracting bile form their gall bladders. The bears are kept in a horizontal position, in cages
that look rather like coffins . They wear a metal collar and are held down by pressure bars. A catheter
is introduced into their body that continuously absorbs the liquid from their gall bladders.. The
bears cannot change their position and remain in this condition of permanent pain between 15 and 20 years!
We cannot accept this cruelty, torture and barbarism to continue and be part of the life of these poor bears for another minute.
With their paw they take some food through a little opening in the cage. To quench their thirst they have
to stretch their tongue to lick the bars of their prison. They suffer excruciating pain as they have to
stay for an average of 15 years in the same position that deforms their bones.
We are talking about 15 years or 180 months, or 5,475 days, or 131,400 hours or 78,844,000 minutes of
continuous pain. The bile serves a disgusting market: it is used to produce shampoos, aphrodisiacs and
‘miraculous’ remedies. During the extraction of the liquid, a tube is inserted in the gall bladder; one
end of the tube stays outside the belly of the bear, linked to a machine that extracts the bile.
The suffering of the animal exceeds the imagination : the bear wishes death, mutilates himself and tries to commit suicide.
For further information visit: http://www.geocities.com/Baja/2324/index.html
(Click the English version) To help, you just need to copy this email and sign the
list below, which calls for the immediate end of the horrific "Bile Farms" - then send this message to as
many people as possible. Thanks again.
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