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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/chinese-government-promotes-bear-bile-as-coronavirus-covid19-treatment/]PUBLISHED MARCH 25, 2020
I know they just banned the consumption of wildlife, but the loop hole is if they're being used for medicine...
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)yep
SheltieLover
(59,109 posts)Leave our planetary neighbors out of this! 🤬
COLGATE4
(14,791 posts)By this afternoon's "Press" conference Dumpy will have people going out to find Bear bile as the 'miracle cure' for Covid.
2naSalit
(91,672 posts)About ten years ago, when the Chinese wealthy started coming over here and buying everything in sight, they also showed up in Yellowstone country and started poaching black bears for the gall bladders. One Chinese restaurant in West Yellowstone was busted for having poached parts in the restaurant freezers along with other illegal animal parts. They got fined a few thousand bucks and that was about it, oh and losing hunting rights.
They will be killing more of OUR BEARS!!! They are already promoting bear hunting in this country by offering big bucks for certain parts.
catsudon
(868 posts)and i believe
we are also a big exporter of shark fins
aquatic creatures are exempted from the wildlife bans
you can easily get a bowl in any big cities