Bears Held To Harvest Their Bile Are Going On 'Hunger Strikes' As Their Only Way To Escape Captivity

Campaigner Louis Ng said that the first time he encountered a bear on ‘hunger strike’ was on a visit to a Laotian bile farm in 2009. When Mr Ng, the director of Animal Concerns Research and Education Society in Singapore, visited the farm he discovered a female bear lying motionless in a cage… The bears are kept in ‘crush cages’, forcing them to lie on their backs and making it easier for the ‘farmer’ to draw the bile – prized in traditional Chinese medicine – through a tube in the stomach.Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2095904/Bears-held-harvest-bile-going-hunger-strikes-way-escape-captivity.html

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ACRES (Animal Concerns Research & Education Society) is a pioneering Singapore-based charity and Institution of Public Character, founded by Singaporeans in 2001 with the aim of promoting animal welfare.

ACRES has six focus areas: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, Wildlife Crime Investigation, Zoo Animal Welfare, Humane Education, Community Outreach and Promoting Cruelty-Free Living.

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