Subscribe to our newsletter. Factually speaking, there's not much to quibble with in the message. This is not only inhumane but unnecessary, experts say, for there are recognized medical alternatives to the bile of these long-suffering animals.
Activists say there is still much to be done.
Not only must China be pressured to keep its word, provision must be made for rehabilitating all of the freed animals. However, there are good ways and bad ways of effecting change. We ask the Chinese government for compassion. The bears are kept in a horizontal position, in cages that look rather like coffins . They wear a metal collar and are held down by pressure bars.