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I know that this is not the best topic to put in a joke site. However, I do think that you all love the
Animals section I built, therefore I think you should all know about this, and hope you can help.
A letter by the President of Fauna Free Group which describes this horrible fact:
DON'T ONLY CRY, DO SOMETHING!
In the past, only the Emporer and his court used this substance. Nowadays, thousands of asians have access to the product. Its demand increased so much , that China is bringing bears in from many others countries to provide this market. From the 8 different species that they buy, 6 of them are endangered species.
In expanding their business, in 1995 they created hundreds of farms of bears, where over 10000 are kept emprisioned, layed down horizontally on their urine and feces which burns their skin. The cage is so small that they cannot move themselves, not even to scratch.
With their paw they pull the food through a small opening in the cage. When they're thirsty, these poor animals have to streach their tongue to reach some licks of water on the bars of the cage. They feel horrible pain and spend about 15 years in the same position deforming their bones. It means 15 years or 180 months or 5475 days or 131,400 hours or 78,844,000 minutes of continuous pain.
During the bile extraction , they put a tube entering the gall bladder and exiting out of the bears belly where a special mechanism sucks out the bile.The pain of these animals overtake all limits. They roar , they mutilate or kill themselves. The bears are drugged and then strapped with metal waistbands then are put into a cage with bars under pressure.
A medicine made in this way is POISON!! It reminds us of FRANKENSTEIN!
But the recent changes in Hong Kong ownership in July of 1997, portend a possible stronger reaction against countries who interfere in China's political decisions or conservation of China. The IFAW, an english organization whose president is Prince Charles , has supported the idea of the closure of the bear farms belonging to the Chinese government.
International appeals did get the chinese government to close 2 of their farms in1993 Zhuhai and 1995 Huizhou.
We from Fauna Free are fighting together with national and international organizations such as the IFAW - INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, http://www.ifaw.org , in order to mobilize human beings who cannot sleep knowing that thousand of bears are suffering such an atrocity in every minute of their lives.All of us need to pass this information to as many societies and institutions we can. We need a global movement against these atrocities.
How long do we have to wait knowing that these bears are continue to suffer ?
The Bears can't wait anymore!
We have to get international help to maintain pressure on the Chinese government !
Felicitas B.Barreto
HOW YOU CAN HELP - A WORD FROM IFAW (International Fund For Animal Welfare)
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To preserve the cultural reputation of chinese medicine , the authorities are considering closing the more recent farms when they can declare an herb which can substitute for the bile. In this crucial moment of political changes that happened in China, what is going to happen with the promises made with the government about the bears freedom ? What will be the destiny of these animals?