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They Visited A Bear Farm In China. What They Saw When They Entered THIS Room? Shocking.

Traditional Chinese medicine uses bile from bears to help cure heart disease, liver problems, and fever. But to get the bile from a bear, the bears are tortured.


They are forced to wear a metal vest – a circular metal band that is secured tightly around their abdomens.

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This vest holds a latex catheter in place to siphon out the bile directly from the bear’s gall bladder.

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Caesar, a brown bear, was rescued from a bile farm in China in 2004, by Animals Asia.

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The founder of Animals Asia, Jill Robinson, remembers Caesar being very uncomfortable and quite miserable.

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Happily, Caesar survived and has thrived at Animal Asia’s Chengdu sanctuary!

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She doesn’t resemble her old self at all her fur has grown in, and she is a stunning bear! Caesar weighs a healthy 271 kgs!

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Her favorite activities are digging and swimming in the sun – that does sound like a perfect life for a bear! Here she’s playing with a ball, probably for the first time in her life.

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It is estimated that more than 10,000 bears (just in China) are still being held prisoner on bile farms.

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Bear bile farming is still legal in China – only the vests have been outlawed.

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Steve Jackson, head of communications for Animals Asia says that while the metal vests have been outlawed, they are probably still being used.

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Animals Asia will continue to work to have the barbaric practice of bear bile farming outlawed across Asia.

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You can help by giving Animals Asia a donation on their website.

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