Over 10,000 bears – mainly moon bears but also sun bears and brown bears – are held in captivity on farms in Asia to have bile extracted from their gallbladders on a regular basis, for profit.
The bile is used in traditional medicine, in many common products such as toothpaste, and is promoted as a cure for multiple ailments already served well by the pharmaceutical, herbal alternatives to bear bile, and numerous synthetic alternatives.
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