Heart breaking story; stupidity spread in China for centuries backed by one of the never-ending-spring of sapiens myths and stories which caused preposterous suffering for millions of bears.
DNA results suggest that Asiatic black bears are the oldest of all modern bear species.3 They are listed as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with their population numbers decreasing.4
Moon bears are often kept on farms in small cages in captivity to collect bile, a substance found in many animals, including humans. Bear bile is used in some forms of traditional medicine.
“Bears continue to be caged and cruelly extracted of their bile in countries across Asia, including China, Vietnam and South Korea,” Animals Asia's Founder and CEO Jill Robinson tells Treehugger. “Thousands of them suffer at the hands of human exploitation and greed as their bile juice is used for a variety of traditional medicines, or is sold in incidental preparations such as teas, tonics, and wines.”
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