Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Moon bears

This weekend we went for an excursion out of town. Our first stop was the Moon Bear Rescue Center about an hour from Hanoi.

The Moon Bears living here have been rescued from farms around the area, where they are kept in very small cages and bile from their gall bladder is being extorted in the most horrible ways, either by opening a permanent hole in their abdomen or by repeatedly jabbing them with long needles until the bladder is found. The bile is then used in Chinese Traditional Mecidine to cure all kinds of diseases. Totally detestable.

After the tour around the bear gardens the kids found a small streem with fairly clear water. We felt we were almost in "the nature"!

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