>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: EI: Fw: Bear Bile >Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:15:46 -0800 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Topica-Loop: 700000800 > > >* ei-4internal mailing list for >* the Earth Island community > > > >Dear Friends, Please take two-three minutes for this, and sign and forward to >friends, if you haven't already. Thanks for your consideration, Michael > ><< > Sent: November 1, 2000 8:16 AM > > > > Subject: Re: Bear Bile > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: sacha jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: Guy Isherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Steve Jenkins > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > > ect. > > > > > > > > >> Please add your name and forward! > > > > >> > > > > >> This is a heartbreakingly deplorable situation, please read, sign and >give your support. > > > > >> > > To see what this is about, please go to: > > > > >> http://www.geocities.com/Baja/2324/index.html > > > > >> > >If you can't be bothered going to the site, then just> skim through this and >go to the very bottom, put your name in and forward it to as many people as >you can, these mercenary atrocities must be stopped! > > > Today in China, 10,000 (ten thousand) bears are kept prisoner for > > extracting bile form their gall bladders. The bears are kept in > >a horizontal position, > > > > >> in cages that look rather like coffins . They wear a > > > > >> metal collar and > > > > >> are > > > > >> held down by pressure bars. A catheter is introduced > > > > >> into their body > > > > >> which > > > > >> 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! With their paws, 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. > > > > >> > > > > >> The bile 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. > > > > >> > > > > >> 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 suffering of the animal exceeds the imagination; > > > > >> the bear mutilates > > > > >> himself > > > > >> and tries to commit suicide. > > > > >> > > > > >> We cannot accept this cruelty, torture and barbarism > > > > >> to continue to be > > > > >> the > > > > >> life of > > > > >> these poor bears. > > > > >> > > > > >> To help, you just need to copy this email and sign the > > > > >> list below, > > > > >> which > > > > >> calls for the immediate end of these horrific "Bile > > > > >> Farms" - then send > > > > >> this > > > > >> message to as many people as possible. > > > > >> > > > > >> We ask the Chinese government for compassion. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Once this list reaches 100, please send to: > > > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >> Thanks again. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> NUMBER - NAME - CITY - COUNTRY > > > > >> > > > > >> 1. Anna Rigano - London - UK > > > > >> 2. Neil del Strother - London - UK > > > > >> 3. Steve Nobel - London - UK > > > > >> 4. Rose Buxton - London - UK > > > > >> 5. Nick Wood - Pembrokeshire West Wales. > > > > >> 6. Ross Heaven - Northampton - UK > > > > >> 7. Cheyenne Maloney - Bailey, CO - USA > > > > >> 8. Miguel Matos - Coimbra - Portugal > > > > >> 9. Ailie Freeland - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 10. Marina Potvin- Qu > > > > >> 11. Iain Martin - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 12. Sandra Kemp - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 13. Marlene Jackson - Brisbane - Australia > > > > >> 14. Penny Ronald - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 15. Andree Seymour - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 16. Kirsty Vickery - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 17. Mark Ho - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 18. Angela Castle - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 19. Kirsten Pratt - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 20. Jules Kulpinski - London - UK > > > > >> 21. Celia Horgan - Melbourne - Australia > > > > >> 22. Yvette Caprioglio - Melbourne - Australia > > > > >> 23. Rachel O'Brien - Melbourne - Australia > > > > >> 24. Raechelle McLean - Melbourne - Australia > > > > >> 25. Diane Defontaine - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 26. Sharon Criddle - Perth -Australia > > > > >> 27. Sharon Fernie - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 28. Denise Fernie - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 29. Brian Fernie - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 30. Maxine Fernie - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 31. Trish Sorensen - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 32. Felicity Sorensen - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 33. Daniel Smith - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 34. Kathy Walker - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 35.Romano Sala Tenna - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 36. Natasha Firth - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 37. Liz Medd - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 38. Kelly Evans - Perth - Australia > > > > >> 39. Kylie Chapple - Victoria - Australia > > > > >> 40. Sue Jenkins - Victoria - Australia > > > > >> 41. Ben Hall - Victoria - Australia > > > > >> 42. Rachel Brain - Melbourne - Australia > > > > >> 43. Neale Trollope - Melbourne - Australia > > > > >> 44. Michelle Flynn - Melbourne - Australia > > > > >> 45. Jodi Pritchard - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 46. Lucia Labbate - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 47. Catherine Labbate - Sydney - Australia > > > > >> 48. Karen Raccani - Sydney Australia > > > > >> 49. Alison Walsh - Sydney Australia > > > > >> 50. Joanne Peachey - Sydney Australia > > > > >> 51. Lara Vermeulen - Sydney Australia > > > > >> 52. Craig Bonney - Sydney Australia > > > > >> 53. Mary Australai - Sydney Australia > > > > >> 54. Lynne Ferguson - queensland Australia > > > > >> 55. Libby Jordan - Los Angeles, USA > > > > >> 56. Sarah Meachem-Münster, germany > > > > >> 57. Chris Scott - Melbourne, Australia > > > > >> 58. Sarah Love - Cheshire, England > > > > >> 59. Stephanie Baldwin, Sydney, Australia > > > > >> 60. Leonie Palmer-Burton, Brisbane, Australia > > > > >> 61. Justine Moore, Sydney, Australia. > > > > >> 62. Nick Gartrell, Sydney, Australia > > > > >> 63. Heather McCabe, Sydney, Australia > > > > >> 64. Bonnie Brooks, Sydney, Australia > > > > >> 65. Jackye Cullen, Mass, USA > > > > >> 66. Kathy Bochinski, NH, USA > > > > >> 67. Eric Bochinski, NH, USA > > > > >> 68. Deborah Bernard MA, USA > > > > >> 69. Jennifer Verge > > > > >> 70. Judy ballou > > > > >> 71. Michelle Maurier NH, USA > > > > >> 72. Brenda Samoisette NH, USA > > > > >> 73. Kate Parks, NH, USA > > > > >> 74. Skip Parks,NH, USA > > > > >> 75. Bernie Kauk, New Mexico, USA > > > > >> 76. Karen Kauk, New Mexico, USA > > > > >> 77. Gloria J. Kovacevich, California< USA > > > > >> 78. N. P. Kovacevich, California, USA > > > > >> 79. Michael Charren, California, USA > > > > >> > > > > >> 80. Candace Jacobs Luster, Nevada, USA > > > > >> 81. Christian Luster, California, USA > > > > >> 82 Liane Curtis, California, USA > > > > >> 83. J Robert Dixon, California, USA > > > > >> 84. Dana Dixon, California, USA > > > > >> 85. Joseph Dixon, California, USA > > > > >> 86. Lisamarie Dixon, New York, NY USA > > > > >> 87. Necia Refes, New York, NY USA > > > > >> 88. Jennifer Sheldon, New York, NY USA > > > > >> 89. Sacha Jones, NYC< NY USA > > > > > 90. Simone Raven, Bristol, UK > > > > >>91.Jo Stocker Bristol, UK > > > > >92. Dan Eatherley, Bristol, UK > > > > >93. Pat Morrow, Canmore, Canada > > > > >94. Baiba Morrow, Canmore, Canada > > > > 95. Charlie Russell, Cochrane, Canada > > > > 95. Maureen Enns, Cochrane, Canada > > > > 96. Jeff Turner, Tulameen, Canada > > > > 97.Sue Turner, Tulameen, Canada > > > 98. Michael Parks, Homer, Alaska > > > >99. 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