Topic: Mother bear strangles her cub and kills herself to prevent a lifetime of "bile milking" torture
Voice of !WisdomHsuU started this discussion 15 years ago #11,173
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110805-292947.html
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.
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.
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.
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.
Voice of !WisdomHsuU (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #200,621
Bile bear trapped within a crush cage.Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,622
craziness
sluggy joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,623
I wonder if it even does anything beneficial.
Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 11 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,625
@previous (sluggy)
I highly doubt it. Those whacky Chinese fuckers still buy Rhino horn powder for 'sex drive', they are just fucking lunatics.
@OP
That's a horrible fucking story, but I'm glad you shared it.
I highly doubt it. Those whacky Chinese fuckers still buy Rhino horn powder for 'sex drive', they are just fucking lunatics.
@OP
That's a horrible fucking story, but I'm glad you shared it.
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 24 seconds later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,626
@200,623 (sluggy)
It's probably bullshit reinforced by tradition and wishful thinking, like much of TCM seems to be.
It's probably bullshit reinforced by tradition and wishful thinking, like much of TCM seems to be.
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Homestar !RUNNERV7vk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,627
This makes me sick. That's horrible.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 21 seconds later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,628
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,629
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,630
This makes me laugh. I bet most of you eat factory farmed milk, eggs, meat etc on a regular basis. Hilarious.
Voice of !WisdomHsuU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 47 seconds later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,632
@200,629 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
Whenever I post something non-racial, someone always decides to bring up the fact that I have posted "racist" content on this site.
Whenever I post something non-racial, someone always decides to bring up the fact that I have posted "racist" content on this site.
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 34 seconds later, 29 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #200,633
The Pony !.PonyTzEbE joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 34 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #200,640
Poor bear.
LatestDude !!nEftABMoF joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #200,643
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #200,646
Anais joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,658
God damn humans are assholes.
ltamake !!onnLC5KY8 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,659
StatistSocialist3000 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 39 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,676
I am loathe to anthropomorphize animals, but this is pretty sad.
RevNick !0xmMfC4OiM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 50 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,684
This almost made me cry. Poor bear :(
Anais replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,719
@200,630 (H)
No. I buy organic, free-range eggs, and organic meat where animals aren't treated appallingly. But, even if i did buy regular meat and eggs, it's still a far cry from caging an animal this way in the name of pseudo-medicine.
No. I buy organic, free-range eggs, and organic meat where animals aren't treated appallingly. But, even if i did buy regular meat and eggs, it's still a far cry from caging an animal this way in the name of pseudo-medicine.
stickybuns !bENfolDsOU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 53 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,729
That's so fucking sad :( Fucking chink assholes with their pseudoscientific bullshit essentially torturing an animal.
protip !!pMmAiEwOm joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,760
cccuuunnttt !nIGga.SL0w joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,763
sluggy replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,764
LatestDude !!nEftABMoF replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,766
@previous (sluggy)
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/free-range-organic-meat-myth.aspx
Potentially interesting.
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/free-range-organic-meat-myth.aspx
Potentially interesting.
Anais replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,768
@200,763 (cccuuunnttt !nIGga.SL0w)
Cos it's illegal to use those labels if it's not legit. There's an official stamp of approval on them.
Cos it's illegal to use those labels if it's not legit. There's an official stamp of approval on them.
cccuuunnttt !nIGga.SL0w replied with this 15 years ago, 51 seconds later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,769
Anais replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,771
@200,766 (LatestDude !!nEftABMoF)
I don't doubt that it has flaws. But that is PETA you got that from. And what can I do besides own my own farm? And no, I won't become vegetarian.
I don't doubt that it has flaws. But that is PETA you got that from. And what can I do besides own my own farm? And no, I won't become vegetarian.
Voice of !WisdomHsuU (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 5 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,878
@200,630 (H)
There is a difference between raising animals for us to eat their corpse, and for one to cage them up in a cramped cell and to drill an unsanitary hole in a bear's stomach so that their bile shall be harvested each and every day for the rest of their miserable life.
There is a difference between raising animals for us to eat their corpse, and for one to cage them up in a cramped cell and to drill an unsanitary hole in a bear's stomach so that their bile shall be harvested each and every day for the rest of their miserable life.
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Anonymous R joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 29 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #200,891
@200,625 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
> I highly doubt it. Those whacky Chinese fuckers still buy Rhino horn powder for 'sex drive', they are just fucking lunatics.
Shit works.
> I highly doubt it. Those whacky Chinese fuckers still buy Rhino horn powder for 'sex drive', they are just fucking lunatics.
Shit works.
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 days later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #204,708
> as they are unable to bear the pain> unable to bear the pain
> bear the pain
> bear