Thousands of bears are being kept in torture chambers like the one shown above, to produce bile for the traditional Chinese medicine market.
Bears have to endure the most appalling levels of cruelty and neglect.
Many bears are wounded and scarred due to the friction caused by being kept in tiny metal cages which were just about big enough for them to fit into and where they are unable to stand straight. Ask your Member of Parliament to put sanctions on China until they shut down the Bear Bile practice . Still, I urge you to do so. If you too are appalled by this barbaric treatment of bears and the Red Chinese complicity in helping to torment this animal and drive it to extinction, please e-mail, FAX, or write the Trade Secretary at the Red Chinese Embassy in Ottawa. Let them know YOUR attitude to Red Chinese goods as long as his country condones this hideous practice.