Bear Bile Farming: PLEASE HELP!

10,000 Asiatic bears are locked in cages the size of their own bodies while tubes are inserted into their abdomens twice daily for their bile. They cannot move and grow into the bars of their cages. They suffer excrucating pain, develop deep sores and infections and often chew their own flesh off in a desperate attempt to escape their torture.




In just a couple of minutes, you can help to put a stop to this horrific practise. Please scroll down to see how.

THE FACTS
10,000 Asiatic black bears in China are locked in cages the size of their own bodies for up to 25 years where their bile is drained twice daily through torturous procedures and sold for use in traditional medicine.

A tube is rawly inserted through the bears skin and into the bears abdomens for bile to be drained out.

The bears moan and writhe in pain and clutch their stomachs as the bile drains from their bodies. The sores bleed, resulting in serious infection.

So farmers can approach the bears without fear of injury, they often mutilate the bears by breaking their teeth and pulling out their claws, sometimes brutally removing whole limbs.

Sometimes the bears try to pull out their catheters. Those that do, are immobilized in an iron corset.

The bears show their distress and suffering by banging their heads against their cages, gnawing on the bars, and at times tearing the flesh from their paws and arms in a futile attempt to deflect their thoughts from the main source of pain.

Under-nourished and highly stressed from horrific pain and unnatural confinement, the bears lie in agony, in their own filth.

Surviving cubs are removed from their mothers too early and put into cages, where they sometimes grow into the bars as their bodies mature.

When bears are no longer able to secrete bile, they are left to die from sickness or starvation.

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"Bear bile farming is the worst animal welfare scenario I have ever encountered" said Swiss born conservation media activist Karl Ammann.

Bear bile is totally unnecessary, according to countless scientific studies. Chinese use bear bile for their traditional medicines (TCM), claiming it cures a range of ailments – from hemorrhoids to hangovers, to colds and cancer. But research shows there are more than 50 far more effective and affordable herbal alternatives, as well as many synthetic options.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Donate, even the smallest amount
Limited funding is a huge issue, often preventing salvation from moving forward as swiftly as needed. Support the following organisations by offering funds - no matter how little an amount:
Ursa Freedom Project
World Society for Protection for animals
Animals Asia

Sign as many petitions as you can
Animals Asia
WSPA
Ursa Freedom Project
Petition online-BEARS
China Wildlife Conservation Association, Beijing
Stop Bear Farming Now
Help South Korean Bears

Write letters to the Chinese government, UK politicians, newspapers and wildlife centres on behalf of Animals Asia. Click here for templates and addresses.

Join Facebook groups and be an active member
Animals Asia
Ursa Freedom project
WSPA

Send EVERYONE on your mailing list a link to this blog/related websites and talk to as many people as possible.

Offer your support to these organizations that are working to stop it – as a volunteer, an assistant, an advocate, a donor or a grant writer. Ursa Freedom Project is currently looking for designers, PRs and fundraisers, any time donated is much appreciated.

Do some fundraising. Check out Animals Asia for ideas.

Help undercover eco warriors expose environmental crimes. What we cannot do is sit idle. If you hear or experience something horrific happening, report it to one of these organisations immediately.

PS. There are 6 of these cute little hand-knitted bears for sale, retailing at £16.16 + P&P. ALL proceeds go to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre which provides care, rehabilitation and release for orphaned and captive sun bears.