Ba@@@rds!!!!

The Chinese media has reported on an extraordinary account of a mother bear saving her cub from a life of torture by strangling it and then killing itself.

The bears were kept in a farm located in a remote area in the North-West of China. The bears on the farm had their gall bladders milked daily for 'bear bile,' which is used as a remedy in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).

It was reported that the bears are kept in tiny cages known as 'crush cages', as the bears have no room to manoeuvre and are literally crushed.

The bile is harvested by making a permanent hole or fistula in the bears' abdomen and gall bladder.

As the hole is never closed, the animals are suspect to various infections and diseases including tumours, cancers and death from peritonitis.


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The bears are fitted with an iron vest, as they often try to kill themselves by hitting their stomach as they are unable to bear the pain.

A person who was on the farm in place of a friend witnessed the procedures and told Reminbao.com that they were inhumane.

The witness also claimed that a mother bear broke out its cage when it heard its cub howl in fear before a worker punctured its stomach to milk the bile.

The workers ran away in fear when they saw the mother bear rushing to its cub's side.

Unable to free the cub from its restraints, the mother hugged the cub and eventually strangled it.

It then dropped the cub and ran head-first into a wall, killing itself.

Many TCM practitioners have denounced the use of bear bile in their treatment as there are cheaper herbs and synthetics that can be used in its place.

Bear bile is traditionally used to remove 'heat' from the body as well as treat high fever, liver ailments and sore eyes.

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Although it is clearly wrong, I don't see how anyone in the Western world can judge the East. We are one of the most ignorant countries when it comes to eating. How do you think the animals that are in value sausages are treated?.

A bear is an animal, no different from a chicken. Bears are one of the least innocent animals around, a threat to humans. Dog cruelty is absolute horrible due to the fact the majority of dogs are innocent and loving. Bears are not like Winnie the Pooh in real life.

Animal cruelty has happened for years. Everywhere in the world. Nothing will change unless people do something about it, instead of creating a thread online. Doesn't solve anything for anyone.

Just because a bear is a predator it's ok to treat it badly? A bear is far more intelligent than a chicken too.

Lol. Guilty bears.

If I lived near a bear, I would kill it. Or more than likely, he would eat me. Survival of the fittest. Discrimination against chickens in action, I've always thought they get a bad deal.

Where did you get this story?

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNe ... 92947.html

I cant see how anyone could justify doing this to another living creature it is totally sick. Im just glad the bear managed to put her cub and herself out of her misery.

How about the choking of chickens in swansea in public places?

Even the BBC refuse to report the fact.