Bear Bile Farming to be Eradicated in Vietnam by 2020
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:27 pm
Whoever said that one person can't make a difference?
[quote=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Notts-ani ... story.html]The tireless work of a Nottinghamshire-born animal rights campaigner has ensured a landmark agreement to end cruel bear bile-farming in Vietnam.
It is hoped that the horrific practice could be stamped out by 2020, thanks to the efforts of Dr Jill Robinson MBE.
Dr Robinson, who was born in Newark but moved to Hong Kong in 1985, is founder of the animal welfare charity Animals Asia.
The organisation has received an agreement from the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine Association to stop all use of bear bile, which has been used in Asian medicine, by 2020.
The historic agreement paves the way to end bear bile farming in Vietnam which, at one point, saw 4,300 bears in tiny cages facing regular bile extractions. Since 1999 when Animals Asia first started work in Vietnam that number has dropped to 1,245.[/quote]
P.S. Here's a video of a rescued baby bear taking his first steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev6tMv1jKCI
[quote=http://www.nottinghampost.com/Notts-ani ... story.html]The tireless work of a Nottinghamshire-born animal rights campaigner has ensured a landmark agreement to end cruel bear bile-farming in Vietnam.
It is hoped that the horrific practice could be stamped out by 2020, thanks to the efforts of Dr Jill Robinson MBE.
Dr Robinson, who was born in Newark but moved to Hong Kong in 1985, is founder of the animal welfare charity Animals Asia.
The organisation has received an agreement from the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine Association to stop all use of bear bile, which has been used in Asian medicine, by 2020.
The historic agreement paves the way to end bear bile farming in Vietnam which, at one point, saw 4,300 bears in tiny cages facing regular bile extractions. Since 1999 when Animals Asia first started work in Vietnam that number has dropped to 1,245.[/quote]
P.S. Here's a video of a rescued baby bear taking his first steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev6tMv1jKCI