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WookieMan
2020 Apr 3, 5:44am
WookieMan
2020 Apr 3, 5:44am
willywonka says
Jesus fuck... bear bile? It's a fucking gall bladder, just pull the fucking thing out. Mine was done when I was 20. It's a piece of shit organ, so not sure why you'd torture a fucking bear for something that sounds like it's not effective in treatment of gall stones.
The active ingredient, ursodeoxycholic acid, is used to dissolve gallstones and treat liver disease. But there is no proof that it is effective against the coronavirus and the process is painful and distressing for the animals
Jesus fuck... bear bile? It's a fucking gall bladder, just pull the fucking thing out. Mine was done when I was 20. It's a piece of shit organ, so not sure why you'd torture a fucking bear for something that sounds like it's not effective in treatment of gall stones.
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Booger
2020 Apr 7, 6:33pm
Booger
2020 Apr 7, 6:33pm
willywonka says
This paragraph contradicts itself.
Thirty million dogs a year are killed across Asia for meat, says Humane Society International (HSI). However, the practice of eating dog meat in China is not that common.
This paragraph contradicts itself.
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WookieMan
2020 Apr 7, 6:37pm
WookieMan
2020 Apr 7, 6:37pm
Booger says
Maybe per capita? But the people that do eat dog eat the living shit out of it? Like a couple dogs a week?
willywonka saysThirty million dogs a year are killed across Asia for meat, says Humane Society International (HSI). However, the practice of eating dog meat in China is not that common.
This paragraph contradicts itself.
Maybe per capita? But the people that do eat dog eat the living shit out of it? Like a couple dogs a week?
Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat. It comes after the coronavirus outbreak was linked to wildlife meat, prompting Chinese authorities to ban the trade and consumption of wild animals. Shenzhen went a step further, extending the ban to dogs and cats. The new law will come into force on 1 May.
Thirty million dogs a year are killed across Asia for meat, says Humane Society International (HSI). However, the practice of eating dog meat in China is not that common - the majority of Chinese people have never done so and say they don't want to.
"Dogs and cats as pets have established a much closer relationship with humans than all other animals, and banning the consumption of dogs and cats and other pets is a common practice in developed countries and in Hong Kong and Taiwan," the Shenzhen city government said, according to a Reuters report. "This ban also responds to the demand and spirit of human civilization."
The race to find the source of coronavirus in wildlife
Animal advocacy organisation HSI praised the move. "This really could be a watershed moment in efforts to end this brutal trade that kills an estimated 10 million dogs and 4 million cats in China every year," said Dr Peter Li, China policy specialist for HSI.
However, at the same time as this ruling, China approved the use of bear bile to treat coronavirus patients. Bear bile - a digestive fluid drained from living captive bears - has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine. The active ingredient, ursodeoxycholic acid, is used to dissolve gallstones and treat liver disease. But there is no proof that it is effective against the coronavirus and the process is painful and distressing for the animals
Brian Daly, a spokesman for the Animals Asia Foundation, told AFP: "We shouldn't be relying on wildlife products like bear bile as the solution to combat a deadly virus that appears to have originated from wildlife."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52131940