Subject: FW: Bears We ask the Chinese government for compassion. Ê Today in China 10,000 (ten thousand) bears are kept Ê prisoner for extracting bile form their gall bladders. Ê The bears are kept in a horizontal position, in cages Ê that look rather like coffins . They wear a metal Ê collar and are held down by pressure bars. A catheter is introduced into their body that continuously absorbs the liquid from their gall bladders.. The bears cannot change their position and remain in this condition of permanent pain between 15 and 20 years! We cannot accept this cruelty, torture and barbarism to continue and be part of the life of these poor bears for another minute. With their paw they take some food through a little opening in the cage. To quench their thirst they have to stretch their tongue to lick the bars of their prison. They suffer excruciating pain as they have to stay for an average of 15 years in the same position that deforms their bones. We are talking about 15 years or 180 months, or 5,475 days, or 131,400 hours or 78,844,000 minutes of continuous pain. The bile serves a disgusting market: it is used to produce shampoos, aphrodisiacs and 'miraculous' remedies. During the extraction of the liquid, a tube is inserted in the gall bladder; one end of the tube stays outside the belly of the bear, linked to a machine that extracts the bile. The suffering of the animal exceeds the imagination : the bear wishes death, mutilates himself and tries to commit suicide. Ê For further information visit: ÊÊ http://www.geocities.com/Baja/2324/index.html (Click the English version) To help, you just need to copy this email and sign the list below, which calls for the immediate end of the horrific "Bile Farms" - then send this message to as many people as possible. Thanks again. Once this list reaches 100, please send to Ê ramona@unikey.com.br Ê NUMBER - NAME - CITY - COUNTRY ÊÊ 1. Anna Rigano - London - UK ÊÊ 2. Neil del Strother - London - UK ÊÊ 3 Steve Nobel - London - UK ÊÊ 4. Rose Buxton - London - UK ÊÊ 5. Nick Wood - Pembrokeshire West Wales. ÊÊ 6. Ross Heaven - Northampton - UK ÊÊ 7. Cheyenne Maloney - Bailey, CO - USA ÊÊ 8. Miguel Matos - Coimbra - Portugal ÊÊ 9. Ailie Freeland - Sydney - Australia Ê 10. Marina Potvin- Quebec- Canada Ê 11. Heidi Lavoie _ Toronto-Canada Ê 12. Marc Nelson-Boulder-CO-USA Ê 13. Darlene Turner-Vancouver-Canada Ê 14. Greg Bendz-Vancouver-Canada Ê 15. Michael Irving - Isle of Man - GB Ê 16. Benjamin Harris - Farmington, New Mexico - USA Ê 17. Jesse Gubb - Christchurch - Aotearoa Ê 18. Finn Ogle - Hokitika - New Zealand Ê 19. Jasmine Cargill - Wellington - Aotearoa - NZ Ê 20. Radha forrest - Dunedin - Aoetearoa - NZ Ê 21. Debra Murray- Melbourne-australia Ê 22. Brendan Shoebridge - Melbourne, Australia. Ê 23. Sandra DeMinico - Melbourne, Australia Ê 24. Sonia Green - Australia Ê 25. Amy Osborne - Adelaide, Australia Ê 26. Michelle Fotiou - Adelaide, Australia Ê 27. Prudence Pascoe, Australia Ê 28. Carol Hendry - Adelaide, Australia Ê 29. Sascha Detmold - Adelaide, Australia Ê 30. Maria Coomblas - Adelaide, Australia Ê 31. Amber Bonney - Adelaide, Australia Ê 32. Kylie McCall - Melbourne, Australia Ê 33. Rena Tong - Perth, Australia> Ê 34. Lee Spaul - Perth, Australia Ê 35. Rebecca Franklin, London, England Ê 36. Julia Power - Perth, Australia Ê 37. Sarah Brown - Perth, Australia Ê 38. Allan McGill - Zeehan, Australia Ê 39.Jacquie Clarke - Harare Zimbabwe Ê 40. Nicola Dudley - Marlborough, England Ê 41. Kathleen Saunders - Marlborough, England Ê 42. žule Ayta - Istanbul, Turkiye Ê 43. Tinaz Titiz -Istanbul -Turkiye Ê 44. Demir Fansa - Istanbul - Trkiye Ê 45. Zehra Aktay - Istanbul - Trkiye Ê 46. Asli Aktay - Istanbul - Turkiye Ê 47. Metin Aktay - Istanbul - Turkiye Ê 48. Hatice Soysev Kolat - Turkiye Ê 49. Loni Farhi-USA Ê 50. Gareth Owen - Bristol, UK Ê 51. Helen Humphries - Bristol, UK Ê 52. Kirsty Righton - Bristol, UK Ê 53. Emily Funnell - Haslemere, UK Ê 54. Sarah Jewell - Guildford, UK Ê 55. Kirsty Clough - Guildford, UK Ê 56. Tony Clough - Guildford, UK Ê 57. Angela Clough - Guildford, UK Ê 58. David Lancefield - Guildford, UK Ê 59. Kate Jones - Guildford, UK