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Workers prepare to move a moon bear from a truck after being rescued from a bear bile farm in Chengdu on February 6, 2009.
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011

Open quoteIf it is listed, then this year will spell doom for moon bears.Close quote

  • YU JICHUN,
  • a Chinese TV producer, denouncing plans to list a controversial pharmaceutical company on Shenzhen's stock exchange; the company harvests bile from caged bears for use in traditional medicine, a practice many decry as cruel
Photo: PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images | Source: Xinhua