{"id":25834,"date":"2007-03-08T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:42","slug":"834-china-delegate-bear-bile-farming-is-cruel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/834-china-delegate-bear-bile-farming-is-cruel\/","title":{"rendered":"China delegate: bear bile farming is \u201ccruel\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>&quot;People say this is an ancient Chinese traditional form. But in the past, the methods of extracting bear bile were very different,&quot; Zhou Ping said on the sidelines of a provincial group meeting for the southwestern province of Sichuan. <\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Current methods are cruel, said Zhou, and cause undue suffering for the estimated 7,000 bears on farms around the country. <\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Zhou thinks such practices are also hurting the image of China&#8217;s traditional medicine industry and says substitutes made from herbs have similar healing properties.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>See <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/planetark.org\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/40730\/story.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/planetark.org\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/40730\/story.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delegate to China&rsquo;s parliament has brought a proposal to phase out 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