Bear-bile farm draws rebukes for public visit proposal
By Zheng Jinran | China Daily | Updated: 2012-02-20 08:05
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Retired basketball superstar Yao Ming pets a bear at the Longqiao Bear Rescue Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Saturday morning. The center rescued the bear from a factory that extracts bile from live captive bears to make traditional Chinese medicines. Provided to China Daily |
BEIJING - A Chinese pharmaceutical company invited the public to visit its bear-bile farms to clear up concerns about maltreatment, but soon found that its website had been hacked.
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