Current Events > Tortured mother bear kills her cub and then herself

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2025388/China-Tortured-mother-bear-kills-cub-herself.html

A mother bear has reportedly strangled her cub and then killed herself by running head first into a wall to save them both from a life of torture.

The bears were reportedly having their gall bladders milked daily for 'bear bile' which is used in traditional Chinese medicine to remove 'heat' from the body as well as to treat liver ailments and sore eyes.

The bile, a digestive juice, is harvested through a permanent hole in the abdomen and gall bladder of Asiatic black bears, which, as it is open permanently, is susceptible to infections and diseases which can cause the animals unbearable pain.

This often leads bears trying to kill themselves by punching themselves in the stomach. To stop this they are fitted with iron vests.

It has been reported that the mother and cub were being kept in tiny cages known as 'crush cages' which restricted their movement, on a farm in a remote part of North-West of China, according to website Asia One.

BEAR BILE: THE FACTS
More than 12,000 bears are suffering cruel conditions in Asias bear farms

They are confined so bile can be extracted from their gall bladders and sold for use in some Traditional Asian Medicine, according to World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

The methods used to extract bile causes severe pain and trauma to the bears, who occupy tiny cages.

Bear farmers sometimes argue that by supplying the demand for bear bile their industry protects wild bears

One witness told Reminbao.com that the mother bear broke out of its cage when it heard her cub in distress before a worker punctured its stomach to milk the bile.

The mother bear rushed to its cub and hugged it until it eventually strangled it before running head-first into a wall, killing itself.

According to Singapore Seen, the witness, who has not been named, said: 'When a worker wanted to open up her cubs stomach, the mother bear broke open the cage and went after the cub.

'After failing to release the chained cub, she hugged the cub.

'Then, the mother bear killed the cub to save it from a life of hell.'

Bears can be farmed for their bile for around 20 years, before they stop producing it and are killed.

Critics, including Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, have opposed the use of bear bile in their treatments and increasing numbers are turning to herbal and synthetic alternatives.

Absolutely horrible.

That's unbearably sad.

Fuck China

Man, I hate that I read this

Heartomaton posted...

>_________>

Irony posted...

Fuck China

Love the racist subtext that these topics always have, as if westerners never abuse animals or believe in kooky alternative medicine

No I'm not defending this, it's horrible, but what more is there to really say? Just strikes me as xenophobe bait

Jesus fucking christ

CoorsLight posted...

Love the racist subtext that these topics always have

It's not racist to call out a country for having a common practice like this. Same as calling out Japan for its whaling industry, or the US for its poor livestock conditions.

Wish humanity could just have our own doomsday already without pulling other animals into it.

Poor bears :(

Did I travel back in time without knowing it

Humans are the real animals.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

It's not racist to call out a country for having a common practice like this. Same as calling out Japan for its whaling industry, or the US for its poor livestock conditions.

That's exactly why it's racist lol. "Other people do this, but gotta make it about China"

NeonCthulhu posted...

>_________>

I mean, sometimes you can just feel trouble bruin.

CoorsLight posted...

That's exactly why it's racist lol. "Other people do this, but gotta make it about China"

...Huh?

But we call out all of those things. This particular thing happened in China, so we're talking about China right now.

Crazy.

Nuke the fucking planet, I'm done with it.

CoorsLight posted...

That's exactly why it's racist lol. "Other people do this, but gotta make it about China"

I mean yeah it's obviously why TC picked a decade old story to post but it's still fucked up

It's also a literal tabloid story. The only thing that is true in it is that these farms exist

I didn't even realize it was a decade old. Pathetic.

Given how much anti-China sentiment there is now I don't see what's a big stretch about me thinking this topic is just racist baiting. And that was before I realized it was dug up from ten years ago

This story is really old like at least 10 years and the more time goes on the more I think the whole thing is made up bullshit

China isn't the only Asian country that has in-humane animal practices. But yeah, fuck China anyways lol.

I can't say what I wish would happen to the people who tortured the bear

Otherwise I'd get modded

Literally china

Poor bears

baby jesus just rode in on a dinosaur and ate my goat
y u do dis op?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/5/AAfJefAACy3R.png

@Shablagoo

Thoughts?

Well thats something I could have lived without knowing about

Slayer_22 posted...

@Shablagoo

Thoughts?

The profit motive frequently leads to horrors like this, hence why we the people must dedicate our lives to dismantling the current system.

Heartomaton posted...

That's unbearably sad.

shut the fuck up

This topic is wild.

Heartomaton posted...

That's unbearably sad.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/7/3/AAcWh_AACy7J.jpg

Thats depressing as fuck. Man.

Morrissey was right

Heartomaton posted...

That's unbearably sad.

What the fuck is wrong with you man? If you can joke about this wow. I pity you.

Why post a 10 year old story?

Fucked up story, but I don't get what relevance it has

Irony posted...

Fuck China

i think a better take is "Fuck the CCP"

China has a lot of historical and cultural value, the real problem is the CCP.

Waiting for the uprising of armored bears.

it's sad to think of all the animals that had to suffer due to parts of their bodies being used for "traditional medicines".

SnipeStar posted...

China has a lot of historical and cultural value

but the use of animals for their "traditional medicine" is also a part of that history and culture, and it's always been... ehhhhhh well fucking disgusting tbf

fuck the worthless pieces of shit who do this and fuck the worthless pieces of shit who make shitty jokes about it

The bear obviously didnt purposely kill her cub to save it from pain. Thats laughable bullshit. The whole story is probably fiction.

radical rhino posted...

The whole story is probably fiction.

if you're not just a worthless shitposter i'm sure you can explain why you feel this way

This is bearly news at this point.

HagenEx posted...

This is bearly news at this point.

no really, shut the fuck up

Choco posted...

how fucking braindead are you shitposters to make the same idiotic pun 100 times and still think you're funny

it's the age of the quip, and i hate it