TCM expert defends bile harvesting
By Jin Zhu and Zheng Jinran | China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-17 07:53
A black bear is locked in an iron cage barely large enough for its body, waiting for bile extraction at a bear farm in Weihai, Shandong province, in April 2010. Provided to China Daily |
BEIJING - A Chinese medicine professional denied claims that the practice of extracting bear bile is cruel and promised to give media a chance to visit the country's bear farms.
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