Can we do something about this cruelty?

• Leogirldreamer

  29 Jul 11, 21:43

  STOMPer Fanny wishes to share this online account of a man who visited a bear farm and witnessed the horrific practice of bile farming, which caused a mother bear so much pain that she killed her own cub to prevent it from suffering. Bear bile farming involves keeping Asiatic black bears in captivity to harvest bile, a digestive juice found in the ball bladder. The bears are commonly kept in 'crush' cages that do not allow them to stand upright or even move, in some cases. The bile is then extracted via a tube inserted into the bear's abdomen, or allowed to drip freely from a permanent hole made in the bear's gall bladder. Bile farming is reported to be extremely painful for bears as they chew their own paws and beat their heads during the extraction. To stop the bears from committing suicide, they are made to wear iron vests that cover their abdomen. The bears are farmed for 10 - 20 over years, and usually killed for their meat, fur, paws and gall bladders after they stop producing bile. Bear bile is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to reduce fever, improve eyesight, and some believe to increase sexual potency. It is estimated that about 500kg of bear bile is used by TCM practitioners yearly, but over 7000kg is produced every year. The excess is usually used in wine, eyedrops and tonics. There are also natural herbs and synthetic alternatives to bear bile. Read the eyewitness account of how a mother bear killed her own cub to save it from bile farming on the next page http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/707768/heartbreaking_bear_kills_baby_to_save_it_from_cruel_bile_farming.html
• Leogirldreamer

  29 Jul 11, 21:47

  Can we spread the words and appeal for this cruelty to stop. I am very sad and angry at the same time. Imagine a pain of 20 to 30 years for these bears. The bears can't fend for themselves, can we as humans stop this act by using law, using protests ,using other new methods , or even think of some ways to stop the pain of the bears? Please spread the pain of these bears to more people. Let them understand the box of medicine is cruelty. Or think of ways to reduce the pains of these bears by asking the bile farmers to use anesthesia for eg. The mother bear kills its baby bear to lessen its life sufferings. Such is a mother's love for its cub. We as humans should understand the heart breaking pain of this bear mother.
• Dalforce 25

  29 Jul 11, 21:49

  Invent a less painful way to extract the bile.

• Leogirldreamer

  29 Jul 11, 22:59

  website of the Animals Asia that is working towards rescuing more bears from bile farms. Animals Asia have a huge undertaking: the rescue, rehabilitation and care of 700 bears in China and Vietnam for the rest of their years while steadily working towards ending bear farming. To be successful we need the help of people like you to volunteer your time to help us spread the word about the plight of the bears and to raise the precious funds necessary for us to continue this vital work. http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?UID=2J0NIOGTVCWA
• Leogirldreamer

  29 Jul 11, 23:20

  Animals asia has members in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China , Vietnam under Asia group but none in Singapore. Nobody cares enough about the sufferings of bears to start the member club?
• Alloy13

  30 Jul 11, 00:09

  I wish I could help...

• Rainbow Jigsaw

  30 Jul 11, 01:03

  People with contacts and connections in those countries can start movements to stop the cruelty, or do more to help the existing activist groups. If enough critical masses can come together to stop such animal abuses, we can save the poor animals...

• Amitayus48

  30 Jul 11, 11:28

  I am helping by being a vegetarianism and also vow to liberate them upon my attainment of buddha.

• Leogirldreamer

  3 Aug 11, 20:14

  the Animals Asia website has a gift shop where you can buy T-shirts, key-chains, bags , food for the moon bears or donate to medical care for the moon bears. i am going to order some t-shirts. a small way to help.
• TIB783G

  3 Aug 11, 20:30

  Ok look if we freaking care enough why not lets show respect for these animals by not eating them, and be vegetarians instead? Living on milks and dairy products?

  If not don't talk so much. Either the extreme, or don't. Period.

• Fcukpap

  3 Aug 11, 21:44

  vegetables are good...but do top up any vitamin deficiencies...along the way ....

• Leogirldreamer

  3 Aug 11, 21:49

  TIB783G some vegetarians do not even take any milk or dairy products. They are the blood from the cows. Extreme is not the right way to live. Each individual should find the right diet be it vegetarian or half meat or lesser meat for their health to live well. I don't think being a vegetarian does help the animals directly. But spreading messages like The Animals Asia people have certainly stopped 21 provinces out of 31 in China to sign a treaty to stop bile farming/industry. I don't think all the staff of Animals Asia are extreme vegetarians as you suggest but they have certainly help the moon Bears tremenduously with their efforts.
• Punggol meegoreng

  4 Aug 11, 14:17

  Please be informed that Traditional Chinese Medicine uses plant extract. Cao Yao. Just because some Chinese extract some stuff from the bear means those stuff are "main stream Chinese medicine". There are many animal extract that are selling in the "Medical Hall" in Sg. Many people relate that as TCM !

  But the fact is animal extract is much more effective and have faster reaction.

  Please do not accuse the TCM of being cruel.

  I guess most people are familiar with "Ben Cao Gang Mu". Browse through in the book shop would help.

• Leogirldreamer

  4 Aug 11, 20:44

  The founder of Animals Asia has in face seek help with many TCM specialists to list down other herbs that people can use instead of bear gall medicine pills. TCM may use some animals in the prescription but mainly dried and dead ones, like seahorse . They do not use live and kicking animals that are kept squashed in a cage for 20 - 30 years , suck the gall out daily and forbid the painful bears to commit suicide from this horrendous ordeal. The Animals Asia planted many herbs and plants that the TCM specialists recommend to show to visitors what they can use instead of moon bear bile.
• Weychin

  4 Aug 11, 20:57

   

  Herbal Alternatives to bear bile

  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:uZhOgbDeDOEJ:www.wspa-international.org/Images/FindingHerbalAlternativesToBearBileV3_tcm25-2705.pdf+bear+bile+replacement&hl=en&gl=sg&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgQIs3gKBIDYijkU6r3KJwMXZmVxqkZaTnliimNTvexVxqHlrbRm0VID2Bm3_kSfYbWHE_7JYcYvrOf1DTx5ZvVAF3YoOrYyWopvpkUgF1lTeuh_olP8KJZUUXHxTzY1oqwyySJ&sig=AHIEtbQSALdeafFkgmN5yhzxQkIdfb57nw

• Punggol meegoreng

  5 Aug 11, 14:20

  "Bear bile is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to reduce fever, improve eyesight, and some believe to increase sexual potency."

  Above is WRONG ! The person who wrote that is NO GOOD ! BAD PEOPLE !

  This sentence should be rewritten as :

  Bear bile is believed by a small number of Chinese to reduce fever, improve eyesight, and some believe to increase sexual potency !

   

  To : Weychin, your link is broken. Consulting a TCM is better.

• Mindfulness

  5 Aug 11, 14:48

  I believe in TCM due to family upbringing , I believe there are other alternatives other than bear bile. I until now haven't take bear bile for even once.
• alize

  5 Aug 11, 14:49

  You can join PETA for a raid.

• Leogirldreamer

  5 Aug 11, 15:09

  You can see how the bile farming cages the moon bears in this youtube http://youtu.be/DoQCc15l-FA
• IamVirgin

  5 Aug 11, 15:31

  aiya china people dun care about animals, they can kill and eat any animals in anyway they want. As long can make $$ they dun have any conscious. 

• Punggol meegoreng

  5 Aug 11, 16:01

  By labelling bile farming is for TCM already offended a certain sector of people.

  Close those involve in the capturing, farming and trading into the same cage with the bears.

  Let us see if any people will report to the Gong An at all.

• Mindfulness

  5 Aug 11, 16:39

  China ppl eat dogs meat and lots of food like bear pawn.
• Leogirldreamer

  5 Aug 11, 16:52

  that's not true that China don't care about animals, there are many who still care and are vegetarians. In fact , China has one membership drive of Animals Asia to stop bear bile farming. Hongkong also has this membership. Singapore doesn't have. Now Vietnam has just started the bear bile farming in 2004 and this need to be stopped too. Vietnam has a membership group to stop this. If someone kill a bear for bear paw , this is instant death but to capture a moon bear for 20-30 years just to suck out the gall is inhuman behaviours.
• Punggol meegoreng

  5 Aug 11, 21:00

  In China, eating dog (Xiang Rou) is common. On TV or YouTube can see.

  Method of slaughtering a Rabbit is 1st, tie one of the hind leg and hang the Rabbit onto the wall. After that, use 2 hand, left hand support the chin, right hand on top of the head. Right hand push down. The rabbit is dead.

  So what does Animals Asia do ? Why "s" in the word "Animals"  ?

  Only the Government could put a drastic stop to such thing. Eg. Sg.

  If I am a mainland Chinese or Vietnamese, I will go into the bear farm to kill the bear with the rifle. With some help from my buddies. Perhaps lock those farmer with a few bear.

  You guys think the Gong An will care ? Or people will report ?

• Leogirldreamer

  5 Aug 11, 22:38

  you kill the bears for what ? you play too much violent games that you think killing is right? You can imagine all you want just don't go around shooting. That's wrong when you put it into actions.