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Illegal Bear-Bile Operation Busted in Northern Vietnamese Town


Animals  (tags: bear bile, farms, raided, horrific animal cruelty, authorities, no animal welfare laws )

Simone
- 79 days ago - thanhniennews.com
Police have arrested several suspected bear-bile traders for illegally extracting the substance from live undocumented animals at a farm in the northern town of Ha Long. Nguyen Huu Tuoc, director of Quang Ninh Province Police, said his unit and
Comments

Shirley S. (35)
Saturday October 3, 2009, 11:50 pm
This is the sort of good news that makes us HAPPY
 

Chaz Gaily Berlusconi (268)
Sunday October 4, 2009, 5:59 am
am pleased that this horible practice has been exposed... they have to persecute these people with really harsh sentences in order for it to be a deterent to others
 

Alexandra Marce M. (54)
Sunday October 4, 2009, 1:05 pm
Not Good enough....I want HARSH PENALTIES-- FOR THESE IMBECILES!!
 

JennyLynn W. (124)
Sunday October 4, 2009, 5:30 pm
I hope this is the beginning of a big trend and major change.
From the article (hmmmmm)-
Though newspapers have reported on the illegal bile trade for years, local police say they have yet to find concrete evidence.
 

Julie van Niekerk (138)
Sunday October 4, 2009, 11:21 pm
The police should make affort and they will find concrete evidence.
 

Michelle E. (22)
Monday October 5, 2009, 12:21 am
Thanks for the story hopefully all these illegal farms can be exposed!
 

AwayNoPost NoForwards (241)
Tuesday October 6, 2009, 5:04 am
Local police have yet to find concrete evidence? Who is paying off whom?
 
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