Associations and governments toughen their laws on bear bile farming

Cubs locked up in tiny cages until they reach 100 kilos, starved and drugged bears... Here is the reality of bear bile extraction.

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00:00I'm absolutely convinced that this practice is the worst atrocity to animals across the world.

00:15The bears are almost gone, they're not even bears anymore.

00:30This is the first time I've ever seen a bear's gallbladder.

00:47In the past, we used to pull the bear's gallbladder with an iron back.

00:50And in many bears' abdomen, including now,

00:54there was always a lot of blood and gallbladder.

00:58And in some bears, there's already a lot of gas near the wound.

01:04This is also caused by the extraction of the bear gallbladder.

01:28In the past, we used to pull the bear's gallbladder with an iron back.

01:32In the past, we used to pull the bear's gallbladder with an iron back.

01:34In the past, we used to pull the bear's gallbladder with an iron back.

01:43The situation of the wild bears is definitely very rare.

01:49And I think the number of them is very few,

01:52because the area of the forest is also very limited.

01:55The situation of the wild bears is definitely very rare,

01:58because the area of the forest is also very limited.

02:01The situation of the wild bears is definitely very rare,

02:04because the area of the forest is also very limited.

02:25The situation of the wild bears is definitely very rare,

02:28because the area of the forest is also very limited.

02:36This is a truly historic day.

02:38Vietnam is the first country in the world to make bear bar farming totally illegal.

02:43And today, the Vietnamese government is showing major commitment

02:47and insightful leadership to start a realistic process

02:51for closing all the farms and helping the remaining 1,000 plus bears

02:55still languishing in cages across the country.

03:21.