#bile farming

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We did 4 informative illustrations for a social media campaign of an animal rights organization. It is supposed to bring awareness to the cruel methods of bear bile farming in Vietnam and offers solutions on how to stop it.

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Beards for Bears: Get hairy, help bears!

Beards for Bears wants you to grow a beard and save bile-farm bears. It's kind of like Movember but by Animals Asia for the poor bears being tortured on bile farms. I can't believe I am only just hearing about this! It ends June 30th! We have to get going! 

The site is pretty awesome. I'm loving the design, very nice. And chicks can get involved too! Be a bear ambassador and get your homeboys to grow some beards! Or just donate to your favorite beard on the site. You can also buy some limited edition shirts to support the drive. 

Oh, last but not least, there's an app! See how you'd look with a beard! Hilar.

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There may now be slightly less bear-murdering in New York state.

NPR reports that New York state, which has allowed the hunting of black bears since governments started making laws regarding wild animal-killing, has just passed the very first regulations on the trade of black bear parts. Wildlife officials don't want people killing black bears in neighboring states and selling them in New York; poaching bears "has been a problem nationwide for years," which this law is designed to combat.

Now, anyone selling bear parts in New York must document that the bears whose bodies once held those parts--particularly gallbladders--were killed legally. That shouldn't be too much of a problem in New York, where permitted hunters can kill black bears, easy peasy. See, they're not mad about killing bears, they're mad about killing bears illegally, only for the gallbladders and paws, for use in "Asian medicine."

Yeah, "Asian medicine." Remember how in some Asian countries, they farm bears for their bile, and it's absolutely fucking disgusting? In the U.S., they poach wild bears, take their gallbladders, and leave their bodies. Man we are the BEST at animals, right, humanity?

Listen to the whole story, or read it at NPR. Obviously we hate all bear-killing, but if this law stops the murder of bears exclusively for a few of their parts, it's not the most objectionable thing. Right?

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Fourteen moon bears rescued from bile farm; farmer vows to help end bile trade!

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So, this is like, good news, but kind of gross? Fourteen moon bears were rescued from a bile farm in southern Vietnam, so that's good, but they had a bunch of health problems indicating they might have been taken from the wild and trapped, so that's gross. Not to mention that 40 bears are still imprisoned on that same farm.

We've talked about bile farming before. The main bullet point to take away from this presentation: It's nasty. But apparently one of the owners of this farm, Mr Nguyen Ngoc Tien, realized the error of his ways and surrendered his share of the bears to Animals Asia rather than selling the bears. Now he's encouraging other bile farmers to do the same. So, high-five to this guy!

Now the bears are hanging at the Animals Asia Moon Bear Rescue Center outside Hanoi. They're recovering from fractured teeth, infected mouths, skin conditions, abdominal hernias, obesity, and probably internal damage from the bile farming practice. Go, bears, go! You're needed in the bear army!

If you want to help, you can donate to Animals Asia's bear rescue efforts or sponsor a bear!