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Bear Bile

Beginning a New Life: Six Endangered Bears Rescued From Illegal Chinese Farm

Jill Robinson MBE, Dr.med.vet. h.c. | Posted 04.23.2013 | Green
Read More: Moon Bears, Bear Bile, Bear Bile Extraction, Chinese Medicine, Eastern Medicine, Bear Farms, Green News
Jill Robinson MBE, Dr.med.vet. h.c.

Most bears on bile farms are kept in tiny cages. Of the six rescued last month, Peter was trapped in the smallest cage -- measuring just 3 feet long and one foot wide. Some bears on farms are put into cages as cubs and never released.

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Famous Faces Help Boost Animal Rights In China

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 04.22.2012 | Green
Read More: Yao Ming, Animal Rights Activists, Video, Animal Rights, Bear Bile, China Environmentalism, Animal Rights China, Shark Finning, Animals, Yao Ming Activism, Ap, China, Green News

BEIJING (AP) — Celebrities like basketball star Yao Ming have helped energize China's animal rights movement by speaking out against shark fin soup ...

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Tonics Company Blasted For Gruesome Bear Bile Extraction Methods

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 04.18.2012 | Green
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SHANGHAI (AP) — A storm of criticism in China over share listing plans by a company that sells tonics made with bear bile is highlighting the increa...

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Bears Rescued From 'Bile Farm' In Vietnam

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Vietnam, Bears, Bile Farm, Vietnam Bear, Hanoi, Bear Bile, 19 Bears Rescued, Green News

TAN UYEN, Vietnam — The three tractor-trailer containers sat in a row, divided with metal partitions into 19 tiny, sweltering cells. Massive cl...

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