Freed from a bile farm, Tuffy the bear jumps for joy!

[joeybee12]

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — A bear caged and in pain for years got his first taste of a pool at an animal sanctuary after he was saved from a bile farm.

Cameras captured Tuffy the bear jumping for joy in his first days outside at the Animals Asia’s sanctuary in Vietnam.

Tuffy was rescued back in September from a tiny cage in a farm where they would extract his bile which is still used in traditional Asian medicine.

A vet team worked to rehabilitate Tuffy and even had to remove his gall bladder because it was so damaged from the bile extraction. He also had painfully dry and cracked paws.

“Coming from years of little or no water, for Tuffy this must feel like a true oasis after being parched and in pain for so long. It must have felt like such a relief to have the freedom to splash around in the water after only being able to stand on the hard metal bars of the bile farm cage,” said Animals Asia Bear Manager Louise Ellis.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/04/20/video-bear-saved-from-bile-farm-jumps-for-joy-in-pool/

[lamp_shade]

1. That "back flop" was priceless. Happy bear.

[mrmpa]

9. It was priceless..eom

[Fla Dem]

32. Tears to my eyes. So happy he can enjoy what life he has left.

[hamsterjill]

2. Those bile farms are horrid.

I am so happy to hear that one, at least, got out. I would love to see them all safe. Humans suck sometimes.

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. That is awesome!

Traditional Asian medicine is responsible for many endangered species too.

[radical noodle]

4. Awww... I love this

Thanks!

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Thank you for this!

[lagomorph777]

6. I feel sick

sick that my species thinks nothing of inflicting things like this on our fellow travelers on this planet.

[a la izquierda]

26. Seriously. It's really distressing.

I say this as I'm lounging with my three rescued dogs crowded on top of me, snoozing.

[lagomorph777]

28. Good for you!

Those dogs will never forget your kindness.

[Doremus]

7. I contribute to Animals Asia whenever I have a few extra dollars.

More must be done to save these poor creatures. According to the article there are over 10,000!! more bears being tortured in bile farms in Asia.

Humans really suck.

[zazen]

8. what a wonderful story--those bile farms give me nightmares. Monstrous! n/t

[progressoid]

10. A bile farm.

Fuck "traditional Asian medicine".

[ErikJ]

31. +111111

Damn Chinese also making elephants, tigers and rhinos extinct. Among many others for their fucking Asian medicine.

[baldguy]

11. When you said "bile farm" I thought you were talking about GD:P.

[lamp_shade]

12. ^^ THIS

[pinboy3niner]

13. Ha! I read 'bible farm,' which actually sounds believable these days. nt

[brer cat]

14. DUzy!

Thanks for the extra chuckle.

[dbackjon]

18. LOL

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. No words

[PatrickforO]

16. He loves his new 'forever home.'

Sometimes I wonder about the human species...

[dbackjon]

17. Asian Medicine - worse than Big Pharma

[arikara]

23. Not really

Big pharma does extremely cruel things to animals too.

http://www.horsefund.org/pmu-fact-sheet.php

...horses are confined to stalls so small that they cannot turn around or take more than one step in any direction.
The animals must wear rubber urine-collection bags at all times, which causes chafing and lesions.
Once the foals are born, the horses are re-impregnated; this cycle continues for about 12 years...

This cruelty for a drug that doesn't work and causes further medical problems.

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Not to mention the horrific things big pharma does to animals in clinical trials.

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Do you know that if you advertise "free to a good home" dogs and cats that often the people who come for them are paid by big pharma for each animal they bring. I read somewhere that they are so slick about pretending they want the pet that they even bring a little kid along as part of the ruse.

[LanternWaste]

29. You'll supply objective evidence to support your woo, yes?

You'll supply objective evidence to support your woo, yes?

[HuckleB]

19. The globalization of TCM nonsense is maddening.

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/asian-bear-bile-remedies-barbarism-or-medicine/

[dembotoz]

20. if they need bile so much...just follow around trump cruz and ksick

[ailsagirl]

21. kick!!!

[Surya Gayatri]

22. Makes me want to cry...beautiful, bouncy bear.

[SoapBox]

24. I'm so happy for Tuffy...

But the perverts that inflict such torture upon animals (and humans too)...make me sick and SO fucking angry.

Jail the perverts for life.

[Maru Kitteh]

30. In the cages they built and used for the beings they tortured. Until they die.

[shenmue]

25. Squeeeeeeee

[Lucinda]

27. We get black bears in our neighborhood a LOT. Love watching them.

That is one happy bear!

[trotsky]

33. "traditional Asian medicine"

A lot of people get upset when bunkum like that is railed against. "What's the harm?" they ask.

That right there is the harm. Congrats, Tuffy. Hope you live out the rest of your life in peace and happiness.

[joeybee12]

34. I'm kicking this for today because...

This bear is so dang happy!