“活熊取胆”事件英文PPT课件

Animal Activists Protest China's Bear Bile Producer
• Protestors wearing bear mouth mask hold placard saying "SAY NO TO BEAR BILE FARMING". Shenzhen animal activists on Feb 26th protest outside one store of Gui Zhen Tang, a major bear bile producer in China who is planning to list on Chinese stock market.
Protestors hold placard saying " NO Cruelty to Bears".
• Bear bile has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine.
How can such things exist in China for so long?
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注：以上部分资料来自百度百科和 Google！ ！
Thank you!
SAY NO TO BEAR BILE FARMING!
——by ——by Brook
Introduction
——What’s ——What’s this?
• The Asiatic Black Bear is often called the Moon Bear. The name is related to the crescent moon（娥眉月） found on the bears’ （娥眉月） chest. The Moon Bear is an endangered species, due to the harvesting of its gallbladder（胆囊）.——From Google （胆囊）
• Reporters were shown bears playing in a pit and others being milked for their bile by workers dressed in face masks and protective clothing. The bears appeared comfortable and unconcerned by the procedure.
Alternatives
• Bear bile is not always needed to make tradFra Baidu bibliotektional Chinese medicine or other products. Many herbs, such as coptis黄连 or rhubarb大黄, can be used as alternatives for bear bile.
What’s going on?
• Extract(萃取 bile（胆汁） 萃取) 萃取 （胆汁） from a caged bear
• Gui Zhen Tang Pharmaceuticals(归真堂药业 归真堂药业), 归真堂药业 based in Quanzhou in Fujian Province, is one of the currently several dozen firms that harvest bear bile, extracted from up to 10,000 captive（被捕获的）animals. （被捕获的） It has nearly 500 endangered moon bears. It wants to list on the Chinese stock exchange to raise money to increase the number of bears it farms for their bile. More importantly, such business is legal in China.
After being milked...
• Many bears are held in small cages for years on end and are sometimes milked three times a day using the "free drip" method.
• This means bears have a permanent hole in their abdomens(腹部 abdomens(腹部), 腹部), through which the bile drips out. Sometimes a tube is inserted to help the liquid flow.
China bear bile farms stir anger among campaigners
• That led to outrage（义愤） from （义愤） campaigners and a petition（请愿书）, （请愿书） signed by a number of well-known individuals in China, to block the move. • Meanwhile, Animal welfare groups have recently stepped up their campaign to end the practice of milking bears for their bile, still legal in China.
How can such things exist in China for so long?
• Previously, bile was taken from animals caught in the wild, but China's dwindling number of bears forced a change in the 1980s when the Korean invented the “free drip” method. And in 1997, it was legalized by Forestry Administration of China（国家林业局）. China（国家林业局）
Some Healthcare Products
• To earn everyone's trust, Fang has even invited the media to pay a visit to a bear farm so that they can see the process for themselves. Fang is confident that at least he knows all the bears to look healthy and comfortable after the procedure, based on his observations at the farms.
• Bear bile is valued in traditional Chinese medicine because it is supposed to fight fever, cleanse the liver and improve vision.
• Made into a powder, it sells for at least 130 yuan ($21; £13) a gram.