ALTERNATIVES TO BEAR BILE

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That this House is concerned that approximately 20,000 bears are currently kept in captivity to harvest bile, a digestive juice produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder that when extracted is a valuable commodity for sale as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine; recognises the work being carried out by the World Society for the Protection of Animals and others to improve welfare conditions for these bears; and calls on the Government to engage with the traditional Asian medicine community to promote herbal and synthetic alternatives to bear bile.