China promotes bear bile as coronavirus treatment, alarming wildlife advocates

[catsudon]

[link:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/chinese-government-promotes-bear-bile-as-coronavirus-covid19-treatment/|]

PUBLISHED MARCH 25, 2020

I know they just banned the consumption of wildlife, but the loop hole is if they're being used for medicine...

[zackymilly]

1. Reminds me of the Japanese whaling ships with signs, "For Scientific Research". n/t

[catsudon]

2. agree

yep

[SheltieLover]

3. OMFG!

Leave our planetary neighbors out of this! 🤬

[COLGATE4]

4. Let's all hope to Christ that Faux doesn't pick this up.

By this afternoon's "Press" conference Dumpy will have people going out to find Bear bile as the 'miracle cure' for Covid.

[2naSalit]

5. They get their bear parts from here.

About ten years ago, when the Chinese wealthy started coming over here and buying everything in sight, they also showed up in Yellowstone country and started poaching black bears for the gall bladders. One Chinese restaurant in West Yellowstone was busted for having poached parts in the restaurant freezers along with other illegal animal parts. They got fined a few thousand bucks and that was about it, oh and losing hunting rights.

They will be killing more of OUR BEARS!!! They are already promoting bear hunting in this country by offering big bucks for certain parts.

[catsudon]

6. you're right

and i believe
we are also a big exporter of shark fins

aquatic creatures are exempted from the wildlife bans


you can easily get a bowl in any big cities