<![CDATA[Mother bear kills cub and then itself]]>A story which affected me deeply.


http://www.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.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/24633/mother-bear-kills-cub-and-then-itselfRSS for NodeSat, 25 Apr 2026 22:35:18 GMTSat, 06 Aug 2011 13:58:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:56:48 GMT]]>

1amber:
Yes watched food inc on tv recently. Never wanted burgers anymore...

or fried chicken etc :sick: 😓

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/541640https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/541640Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:56:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:23:44 GMT]]>Yes watched food inc on tv recently. Never wanted burgers anymore…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/538644https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/538644Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:23:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:08:50 GMT]]>Shouldn’t everybody try to be vegetarian? Look at the slaughter factories where pigs and cows were slaughtered and how they were all clamped together in a small crowded place waiting only one day to be slaughtered? Some of the documentary even show some of the cows crying with tears as they wait for their turn to be shot.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/538600https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/538600Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:08:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:42:21 GMT]]>contrast with that Indon maid who tried to bury her baby alive and walked away with a short jail sentence only

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/538516https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/538516Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:42:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:21:27 GMT]]>The mother bear is more humane than the humans. If I were the mummy bear I’d probably do the same.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/537082https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/537082Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:21:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:28:27 GMT]]>what... the.... !!!


really donch know what to say... :sad:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/536733https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/536733Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:28:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:00:41 GMT]]>

sall:
pinky:



yes, they still do that and it is considered a delicacy.
Besides monkey's brains, they also eat bear's paws (chopped off live) and so-called gourmets (devils) are willing to pay for such exotic food
:mad: :mad:

Is it Hongkong or China? Raw brain could have some parasite or virus and let's hope the diner gets his retribution.
Even eating drunken prawn is also v cruel, I'll never order this dish.

China. They even have dogs' meat market where dogs were slaughtered and hang up like pieces of pork to be sold :sick: :mad:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534956https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534956Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:00:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:30:04 GMT]]>these people who torture animals should be sashimied!

http://i55.tinypic.com/2l96p0o.jpg\">

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534707https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534707Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:30:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:24:10 GMT]]>have you heard live fish deep fried alive? but the bears’ agony is the longest by far…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534691https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534691Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:24:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:53:09 GMT]]>

pinky:


yes, they still do that and it is considered a delicacy.
Besides monkey's brains, they also eat bear's paws (chopped off live) and so-called gourmets (devils) are willing to pay for such exotic food
:mad: :mad:
Is it Hongkong or China? Raw brain could have some parasite or virus and let's hope the diner gets his retribution.
Even eating drunken prawn is also v cruel, I'll never order this dish.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534625https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534625Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:53:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:38:17 GMT]]>

markfch:
I'm not a vegan, not by a long mile. I accept that it's ok to kill (animals) to survive.


But for heaven's sake, do not prolong the agony of the suffering animals.

One of my overseas friends once told me he visited a particular asian country and saw people eating monkeys' brains (apparently the monkey was still alive and clamped to the table, I hope he's lying). If it's true, this is so sick I think it's demonic.
yes, they still do that and it is considered a delicacy.
Besides monkey's brains, they also eat bear's paws (chopped off live) and so-called gourmets (devils) are willing to pay for such exotic food
:mad: :mad:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534597https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534597Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:38:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:46:08 GMT]]>I’m not a vegan, not by a long mile. I accept that it’s ok to kill (animals) to survive.


But for heaven’s sake, do not prolong the agony of the suffering animals.

One of my overseas friends once told me he visited a particular asian country and saw people eating monkeys’ brains (apparently the monkey was still alive and clamped to the table, I hope he’s lying). If it’s true, this is so sick I think it’s demonic.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534475https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534475Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:46:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:43:22 GMT]]>Stop consuming bear bile!

Stop eating foie gras too!
Stop taking shark fins!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534389https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534389Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:43:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:17:06 GMT]]>An utter contrast of some local girls who dump their new borns away.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534375https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/534375Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:17:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:09:07 GMT]]>I am outraged and saddened by such inhumane practice. :sad: :mad:

http://www.asiaone.com/static/multimedia/gallery/110805_bear/

Those involved ought to be put through the same torture...

Anyone knows what animal rights organisations can do to stop this?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532828https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532828Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:09:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:25:24 GMT]]>Poor bears! This is sickening to the core!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532783https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532783Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:25:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:43:05 GMT]]>We can each help by spreading the word… and explaining the situation to those people who eat bear bile.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532706https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532706Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:43:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:34:17 GMT]]>😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532691https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532691Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:34:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:14:20 GMT]]>Human doing inhuman things! Wish the bears are fierce enough to attach these farmers !

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532658https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532658Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:14:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother bear kills cub and then itself on Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:10:48 GMT]]>I visited this kind of farm before many many years ago but

dont know why they are in these torturing small cages then
on a tour. Very sad to see that.

Understand there are volunteer that rescue these bear in this
situation and nurse them to health on a big piece of land
sponsor by a HK chap.
Some of the bear never survive the nursing and died because
the infection in such unhygience place eventually kill them :sad:

If there is no demand no buying there will not be these farmers.!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532654https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/532654Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:10:48 GMT