Mother bear kills her cub and herself afterwards in Chinese medicine farm
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[quote]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.[/quote]
That's depressing...
Makes you think how intelligent bears are though...
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That's both sad and cool, glad the cub is in a better place right now.
[quote]The bears are fitted with an iron vest, as they often try to kill themselves by hitting their stomach as they are unable to [B]bear[/B] the pain.[/quote]Classy.
That's a pretty fucked up story though, poor bears.
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The bears are fitted with an iron vest, as they often try to kill themselves by hitting their stomach as they are unable to [B]bear [/B]the pain.
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ZING!
Ninja'd already? :smith:
My god. thats horrible
but in the end, The mother saved her cub from a painful existence, no animal should have to be kept alive as it's insides are drained constantly
Guess she couldn't bear to watch her cub suffer.
What the fuck China?
[QUOTE=XanaToast.;31713675]My god. thats horrible
but in the end, The mother saved her cub from a painful existence, no animal should have to be kept alive as it's insides are drained constantly[/QUOTE]
Better dead then a life of torture and abuse.
-snip- I'm a dick
This is one of the most terrible things I have read in ages.
It is truely horrifying that this is allowed to happen, it needs to stop.
For something to be so horrific that a bear would kill its own cub and then itself...
I am really horrified at this.
Really sad.
I'm sad now.
[QUOTE=The mouse;31713727]Looks like she couldn't Bear the pain.[/QUOTE]
The pun is suitable, but under the circumstances I can't find it amusing at all.
[QUOTE=Kendra;31713626]Makes you think how intelligent bears are though...[/QUOTE]
She could be smarter than the average bear
[QUOTE=The mouse;31713727]Looks like she couldn't Bear the pain.[/QUOTE]
kinda late brah
[QUOTE=The mouse;31713727]Looks like she couldn't Bear the pain.[/QUOTE]It's in the damn article, dude, did you even read it?
Wow this ruined my day... This is why we need to crack down on shit like this... 'hurr it's truhdishnal!!!111!!' isn't a fucking excuse to torture animals. There needs to be global rules against things like this.
Give the fucking bears anti-depressants.
Also, as fucked up as bear suicide is, it sounds entertaining.
[QUOTE=Cmx;31713770]She could be smarter than the average bear[/QUOTE]
That's just... cruel.
I'm expecting PETA to waltz in anytime now.
Um, is no one else questioning how/why the bears even did this? I've never heard of an parent animal effectively euthanising its young before
[QUOTE=NO ONE;31713835]Give the fucking bears anti-depressants.
Also, as fucked up as bear suicide is, it sounds entertaining.[/QUOTE]
Entertaining? It's disgusting that you would think that and you are a sick person for thinking such a thing.
[QUOTE=NO ONE;31713835]Give the fucking bears anti-depressants.
Also, as fucked up as bear suicide is, it sounds entertaining.[/QUOTE]
How is it entertaining?
I wonder what was going through the mind of the mother bear when she was killing her cub...
[QUOTE=NotMeh;31713698]What the fuck China?[/QUOTE]
China have no animal rights laws what so ever, it's pretty fucked up to be honest.
[QUOTE=Cmx;31713770]She could be smarter than the average bear[/QUOTE]
I laughed at that and now I just feel awful.
Believing that killing her own cub and then herself is the only option she has, that's just terrible.
This story is just utterly depressing.
That's fucked up. Totally fucked that someone could do that against living animals. Fuck that.
Poor poor bears.
[QUOTE=NO ONE;31713835]Give the fucking bears anti-depressants.
Also, as fucked up as bear suicide is, it sounds entertaining.[/QUOTE]
I suppose your name reflects the number of friends or loved ones you have?
That's apalling.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;31713932]How is it entertaining?[/QUOTE]
It would be entertaining to see an animal do something pretty unusual for something not human. You don't hear about animal suicide help hotlines or anything because it's not a problem. Yes, according the the article, I guess a good amount of bears there kill themselves because of the cruelty they go through, but it's still pretty unique.
Like if a bear killed itself in the wild, not being driven to by humans at all, that would be interesting, along with the method done. I mean the article said they commonly bash their stomachs...who would think of that?
I don't think entertaining is the right word.
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