Torture Chamber For China’s Bile Bears

Photo by: davidshepherd.org

Can you imagine how life would be to live in ‘crush cages’ so tight that you can hardly move at all, you can not sit, turn around or stand up?

From when you are a young child, 24 hours a day for up to 20 years if you survive that long (most don’t) , until you die and the pain finally ends…

“While bear bile farming is legal in China, using metal jackets, which crush the bear’s torso, and catheters to drain bile are against regulations. The only procedure permitted is the so-called ”humane”, ‘free-drip’ method whereby a permanent hole (fistula) is cut into the bear’s abdomen for bile to leak through continually…These jackets are designed to restrain the bears, with sharp metal spikes poking into their necks to stop them bending their heads, and straps and strips of metal restricting their limb movements. They also have a permanent catheter running from the bear’s abdomen to a pouch under the jacket to make bile removal easy for the farmer. These contraptions are no better than medieval torture devices and inflict enormous pain and permanent damage on the bear.” Animals Asia website

At a press conference in February, the chairperson of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine said: “The process of extracting bear bile is like turning on a tap: natural, easy and without pain. After they’re done, the bears can even play happily outside. I don’t think there’s anything out of the ordinary! It might even be a very comfortable process!”

Is that why these bears screams? And most of them have never had a chance to feel the grass under their feet. Or even stand up… That is if they even have feet’s left. Some lose them in metal traps when they are caught wild. Others get their paws cut off to be sold as souvenirs or to restaurants. Others chew on their own feet in the stress and pain they endure day after day…  In recent years, there has been a dramatic growth in the production of bear bile products, which has spawned a market for a whole new range of items far removed from the formulations of traditional Chinese medicine. Today, bile can even be used as an ingredient in shampoo, wine, eye drops and all manner of pre-prepared ointments. In 1999, bottles of bear bile wine were even handed out as gifts for passengers on internal flights.

Down below is a beautiful song that now has a totally new meaning, please watch and listen…

We must help these poor bears, there are at least 50 different herbs that can be used and also synthetic fluid so there are absolutely NO need to do this torture…

Please visit Animal Asia to find out more, please help these animals…

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