Moon Bears

Brother Bear, Sister Moon, Tormentor man.
Matrix’s agent Smith described man as a virus.
He knew what he was talking about.
We are the only species that destroys the environment in which we live, that kills for fun, that tortures living beings for filthy lucre.
The Moon Bears are immobilized in a tiny cage for twenty years, the duration of their lives.
Every day, twice a day, bile is extracted from their flesh for medicine, drinks and shampoos.
The pain that they suffer is so great that the bears try to commit suicide.
To stop them from doing that, their claws are pulled out and their teeth are sawn off.
10,000 Moon Bears are tortured in China, in Korea and in Vietnam.
I have seen a whole film sequence about the torture and I felt ill, I wanted to turn off the PC, but I got right to the bitter end.
At least this I owed to Brother Bear.
Jill Robinson, an English lady, is dedicating her life to the Moon Bears with the organization AAF
Let us help her by means of her website.
In the next few days I will interview Jill for the blog, to find out about the products that contain the bile and the addresses of the places where the torture takes place.
I will publish this and I will adopt a Moon Bear as a mascot for the blog.
Read the letter from Carmen of AAF .
"Have you ever heard of "bile farms" in China, Korea and Vietnam and of the atrocities practiced on the Moon Bears?
These marvelous animals, once they have been captured with traps that often cause terrible mutilation, are imprisoned and tortured for a practice that is so cruel that it has few comparisons.
They are prisoners in tiny cages, no bigger than their bodies, cages that prevent any type of movement, that deform their bones and atrophy the limbs. About 10,000 bears are "milked" twice a day for the really painful extraction of their bile by means of rudimentary metal catheters inserted into their gall bladder.
In ancient times, the bear was killed and its bile was used in traditional Chinese medicines.
In the 1970 the bear, considered a protected species because it was becoming extinct, was imprisoned for life giving an infinitely superior production of bile.
Today its bile can be completely substituted with herbal alternatives and more economic and more effective synthetic products.
The market has an excess supply and to reduce the stocks, the producers also use it for the production of drinks and shampoos!
These creatures go through indescribable suffering.Their limbs become atrophied a bit at a time until they have absolute immobility and with an agony that can last 20 years, they suffer this torture every day, until they die from tumours or chronic infections produced by the catheters that are inserted into their flesh.
Nothing else is done for them: the infections, the psychological suffering, the malformation of the bones caused by the pressure of the bars, the pressure sores, the malnutrition kills them more rapidly.
But most of these animals, very resistant, survive this unthinkable torture for decades.
Many bears would like to put an end to their atrocious suffering by committing suicide, but they are prevented from doing this, by having their teeth sawn off, by having their claws pulled, leaving them only the possibility to be maddened for life.
The saving of the bears began in 1993 when a courageous English woman called Jill Robinson went to visit one of these places.
In 1998, AAF-ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION was created to put an end to this cruel practice and1999 saw the opening of a centre for the recovery of bears that have been saved where the AAF staff gives these martyred animals the joy to live once more.
Today there have been more than 280 bears that have been freed.
The knowledge of the torture that the Moon Bears have had to undergo is moving. It provokes indignation and nudges consciences.
With her association, Jill is today negotiating with the Chinese government to get the maximum result: the definitive closure of every individual bile farm.
Jill and AAF can only fight their battles thanks to the donations that come from every part of the world." Carmen
AAF <http://www.animalsasia.org/> - UK Tel. +44-1579-347148 , ITALY Support Group - Tel. +39-010-2541998

 

 

1	Gli Orsi della Luna	Moon Bears
2	Fratello Orso, Sorella Luna, Carnefice uomo.	Brother Bear, Sister Moon, Tormentor man.
3	L’agente Smith di Matrix descriveva l'uomo come un virus.	Matrix’s agent Smith described man as a virus.
4	Sapeva quello che diceva.	He knew what he was talking about.
5	Siamo l’unica specie che distrugge l’ambiente in cui vive, che uccide per piacere, che tortura esseri viventi per lucro.	We are the only species that destroys the environment in which we live, that kills for fun, that tortures living beings for filthy lucre.
6	Gli Orsi della Luna vengono immobilizzati in una piccola gabbia per vent’anni, la durata della loro vita.	The Moon Bears are immobilized in a tiny cage for twenty years, the duration of their lives.
7	Ogni giorno, due volte al giorno, viene estratta la bile dalle loro carni per medicinali, bibite e shampoo.	Every day, twice a day, bile is extracted from their flesh for medicine, drinks and shampoos.
8	Il dolore che subiscono è così tremendo che gli Orsi cercano di suicidarsi.	The pain that they suffer is so great that the bears try to commit suicide.
9	Per impedirlo gli vengono strappati gli artigli e segati i denti.	To stop them from doing that, their claws are pulled out and their teeth are sawn off.
10	10.000 Orsi della Luna sono torturati in Cina, in Corea e in Vietnam.	10,000 Moon Bears are tortured in China, in Korea and in Vietnam.
11	Ho visto un filmato integrale delle torture e sono stato male, volevo spegnere il pc, ma sono arrivato fino in fondo.	I have seen a whole film sequence about the torture and I felt ill, I wanted to turn off the PC, but I got right to the bitter end.
12	Almeno questo lo dovevo a fratello Orso.	At least this I owed to Brother Bear.
13	Jill Robinson, una signora inglese, sta dedicando la sua vita agli Orsi della Luna con l’organizzazione AAF.	Jill Robinson, an English lady, is dedicating her life to the Moon Bears with the organization AAF.
14	Aiutiamola attraverso il suo sito.	Let us help her by means of her website.
15	Intervisterò Jill per il blog nei prossimi giorni per conoscere i prodotti che contengono la bile e gli indirizzi dei luoghi dove avvengono le torture.	In the next few days I will interview Jill for the blog, to find out about the products that contain the bile and the addresses of the places where the torture takes place.
16	Li pubblicherò e adotterò un Orso della Luna come mascotte del blog.	I will publish this and I will adopt a Moon Bear as a mascot for the blog.
17	Leggete la lettera di Carmen di AAF.	Read the letter from Carmen of AAF.
18	"Avete mai sentito parlare di luoghi chiamati "fattorie della bile " situati in Cina, Corea e Vietnam e dell’atroce destino degli Orsi della Luna?	"Have you ever heard of "bile farms" in China, Korea and Vietnam and of the atrocities practiced on the Moon Bears?
19	Questi meravigliosi animali, dopo essere stati catturati con trappole che spesso causano terribili mutilazioni, sono imprigionati e torturati per una pratica di tale crudeltà da tollerare pochi confronti.	These marvelous animals, once they have been captured with traps that often cause terrible mutilation, are imprisoned and tortured for a practice that is so cruel that it has few comparisons.
20	Prigionieri in gabbie piccolissime, non più grandi del loro corpo, gabbie che impediscono qualsiasi movimento, che deformano le ossa ed atrofizzano gli arti, circa 10.000 orsi vengono "munti" due volte al giorno per la dolorosissima estrazione della loro bile attraverso rudimentali cateteri di metallo conficcati nella loro cistifellea.	They are prisoners in tiny cages, no bigger than their bodies, cages that prevent any type of movement, that deform their bones and atrophy the limbs. About 10,000 bears are "milked" twice a day for the really painful extraction of their bile by means of rudimentary metal catheters inserted into their gall bladder.
21	Anticamente l’orso veniva ucciso e la sua bile usata nella medicina tradizionale cinese.	In ancient times, the bear was killed and its bile was used in traditional Chinese medicines.
22	Negli anni ’70 l’orso, considerato specie protetta perché in via di estinzione, viene imprigionato a vita ottenendo una produzione di bile infinitamente superiore.	In the 1970 the bear, considered a protected species because it was becoming extinct, was imprisoned for life giving an infinitely superior production of bile.
23	Oggi la sua bile può essere completamente sostituita da alternative erboristiche e di sintesi più economiche ed efficaci.	Today its bile can be completely substituted with herbal alternatives and more economic and more effective synthetic products.
24	Il mercato ne dispone in eccesso e, per esaurire le scorte, i produttori la utilizzano anche nella preparazione di bibite e shampoo!	The market has an excess supply and to reduce the stocks, the producers also use it for the production of drinks and shampoos!
25	Queste creature subiscono sofferenze inenarrabili, le loro membra si atrofizzano un po’ alla volta per l’immobilità assoluta e con un'agonia che può durare anche vent’anni, subiscono tali torture ogni giorno, dopo anno fino a morire per tumori o infezioni croniche prodotte dai cateteri conficcati nella carne.	These creatures go through indescribable suffering.Their limbs become atrophied a bit at a time until they have absolute immobility and with an agony that can last 20 years, they suffer this torture every day, until they die from tumours or chronic infections produced by the catheters that are inserted into their flesh.
26	Altri non ce la fanno: le infezioni, la sofferenza psichica, le malformazioni ossee date dalla pressione delle sbarre, le piaghe da decubito, la denutrizione li uccidono più rapidamente …	Nothing else is done for them: the infections, the psychological suffering, the malformation of the bones caused by the pressure of the bars, the pressure sores, the malnutrition kills them more rapidly.
27	Ma la maggioranza di questi animali, molto resistenti, sopravvive per decenni a questa inaudita tortura.	But most of these animals, very resistant, survive this unthinkable torture for decades.
28	Molti orsi vorrebbero porre fine alle atroci sofferenze suicidandosi, ma ciò gli viene impedito, segandogli i denti, strappandogli gli artigli, lasciando loro solo la possibilità d’impazzire a vita.	Many bears would like to put an end to their atrocious suffering by committing suicide, but they are prevented from doing this, by having their teeth sawn off, by having their claws pulled, leaving them only the possibility to be maddened for life.
29	Il salvataggio degli orsi inizia nel 1993 quando una coraggiosa donna inglese di nome Jill Robinson si recò a visitare uno di quei luoghi.	The saving of the bears began in 1993 when a courageous English woman called Jill Robinson went to visit one of these places.
30	Nel 1998 nasce AAF-ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION per porre fine a questa pratica crudele e nel 1999 viene aperto il Centro di recupero per gli orsi salvati, dove lo staff di AAF ridà la gioia di vivere a questi animali martoriati.	In 1998, AAF-ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION was created to put an end to this cruel practice and1999 saw the opening of a centre for the recovery of bears that have been saved where the AAF staff gives these martyred animals the joy to live once more.
31	Oggi gli orsi liberati sono più di 280.	Today there have been more than 280 bears that have been freed.
32	La conoscenza delle torture a cui sono sottoposti gli Orsi della Luna commuove, suscita sdegno e smuove le coscienze.	The knowledge of the torture that the Moon Bears have had to undergo is moving. It provokes indignation and nudges consciences.
33	Con la sua associazione Jill sta tutt’oggi trattando con il governo cinese per ottenere il risultato massimo: la chiusura definitiva di ogni singola fattoria della bile.	With her association, Jill is today negotiating with the Chinese government to get the maximum result: the definitive closure of every individual bile farm.
34	Jill e AAF possono combattere la loro battaglia unicamente grazie alle donazioni che provengono da tutte le parti del mondo." Carmen	Jill and AAF can only fight their battles thanks to the donations that come from every part of the world." Carmen
35	AAF – UK Tel. +44-1579-347148 , ITALY Support Group - Tel. +39-010-2541998	AAF – UK Tel. +44-1579-347148 , ITALY Support Group - Tel. +39-010-2541998