Please help stop a living hell.

Please help stop a living hell. To view this email as a webpage, go here. Dear  Activelid'S Links , In the bear bile industry, a cub will not have a name, but a number. I have named him Bēishāng, which means sadness. He symbolizes all the horror and cruelty of the bear bile industry in China. I’m not going to tell you the whole story - you can read it now at www.wspa.ca/endbearbilenow. But I can tell you two things: First, Bēishāng is one of approximately 20,000 bears and cubs that the bear bile industry in China has in its clutches. Second, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) wants to bring an end to the bear bile industry in five years. But it can’t happen without your donation today. A living hell. The bear bile industry exploits bears mercilessly and never misses an opportunity to make money out of them. Bears are used on an industrial scale, for their bile - a digestive juice stored in the gall bladder. Bear bile is prized by some traditional Chinese medicine practitioners as an active ingredient in remedies for liver conditions, sore eyes, hemorrhoids and other ailments. To extract the bile, Bēishāng’s belly is pierced to create a hole that is never allowed to heal. A metal rod or plastic tube is forced deep inside him to drain his bile. This happens every day. Up to three times a day. You can help make it stop. More horrific facts. WSPA research in 2005 and 2006 revealed that there is no real basis or need to use bear bile at all. Alternatives are available. So all the bears’ suffering is purely for profit. And in 2006, bear bile products were sold in Canada. Maybe in your city or province. Read the full reports and see if your city or province was involved at www.wspa.ca/endbearbilenow. You don’t have to stand by helplessly as bears’ body fluids are drained daily. Your gift could help make it STOP. $26 could help support crucial research so we can pressure authorities to introduce a decree that will lead to an end of the bear bile industry and protect thousands of bears from future suffering. $55 could help WSPA reach out to people in China, show them the horrors of the industry, the majesty of bears, and how they are vital to becoming bear protectors. $143 could help fund research into the illegal worldwide trade in bile, to tighten enforcement, choke the supply and protect vulnerable bears in the wild. Or you could join the Animal Rescue Team with a monthly gift of $20, $30 or $40 to help protect bears and other animals from suffering a living hell. Please click here to make your monthly donation now. With your gift today, China could be a place where no more cubs will be born into this living hell. Instead, all bears in China could be protected from having their bile cruelly drained again. Sincerely, Emily Reeves Director of Programs - Asia Pacific P.S. You don’t have to stand by helplessly as bears’ body fluids are drained daily. With a gift today you could help make it STOP. This message was sent by:   World Society for the Protection of Animals 90 Eglinton Avenue East Suite 960 Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3 Email us: wspa@wspa.ca Call us: 1-800-363-9772 (Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Mon-Fri)

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