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Bear farming is not what the name makes it sound like. In fact, it is even worse. Bears are kept for their bile, which is taken out of their gall bladder. The bile is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Bear farming started in China in the early 1980's, and since then has spread to at least 13 other Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India and Thailand. There are thousands of bears kept on farms in just China alone. While bear bile may be helpful for medicinal purposes, it is often misused in products like wine, tonic and shampoo. Bear farming is much too harmful to the bears because of the way they are kept, the procedure, and the results those two bring. The bears are mistreated from the minute they are taken into custody.
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