Monday, November 29, 2010

Bear Gall Bladder Uses Popular Search Term But Illegal Activity

Bear Gall Bladder uses is being searched widely on the internet giving the impression that many are curious about the use of this organ. However, trafficking or killing the animals for organ parts is illegal and should be discouarged.
The bear gall bladder has been used typically in ancient Chinese medicine. The bile stored in the bladder is said to cure several ailments and is used in anything from eye drops to pharmaceutical drugs.
The price for these organs ranges from $400 to $600 each. The practice of killing the bears and traficcking in their organs is highly illegal spurring an underground trade in the organs.
“There’s a hot black market for black bears,” Chinese officials say.  “Like the drug trade, this business spawns a seamy underside of big money, international smuggling and murder.  But unlike the drug trade, the illegal goods in this operation travel from west to east.”
Bear gall bladders have no proven medicial qualities.

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