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left: some bears become aggressive during the extraction of their bile, these bears are reastrained using this metal harness |
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right: two young bears are being 'trained' the circus act of boxing. |
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above: a factory farm of bile milking bears. |
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left: a harnessed milking bear. The wound where bile extraction takes place is visible, milking occurs twice a day. |
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right: a new kind of milking cage is more convenient for the bile extraction, during these milkings witnesses have reported signd of severe stress from every bear, moaning, banging of their heads against the cage and chewing their paws was common. |
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above: at 1.5 years a bears performing days are over and they are placed in growth encouraging conditions until 3 threes of age when milking can commence. |
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left: exterior veiw of factory bear farm. |
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right: a constant flow of bile runs from this bears abdomon, workers when asked about it replied " dont worry about that we get plenty of bile." |
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left: the scars on this bears face show the severe damage that occurs in this tiny confined cruel conditions. |
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above: a confined bear, to extract the bile a surgical ( often by unqualifed staff ) opening is made in the bears abdominal area and into the gall bladder where a tube or steel stick is inserted to tap the bile. |
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right: This bear lie motionless in a cage at a farm without so much as a visable breath for 20 minutes. The owner of the farm, when asked about it replied, " this bear is out of order, doesnt give us any bile anymore " an investigator asked, " what will you do with it, and he replied with a shrug, " leave it." |
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FUR |
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CIRCUSES |
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CHICKENS |
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BACK |
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CALVES |
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THE OTHER |
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SPORT? |
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ELEPHANTS/GORILLAS |
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TESTING |
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