The centre was founded by animals asia foundation ( aaf ) on with the aim of ending bear farming and the trade in bear bile .
该中心由亚洲动物基金会创办,基金会旨在终结熊养殖业和熊胆汁交易。
Bile from the bears is extracted using a method developed by guizhentang that doesn 't require tubes and causes the bear " no discomfort and is safe and natural , " according to the company 's website .
In ho chi minh city , sea-turtle meat goes for 3 00000 dong a kilo , while one enterprising salesman offers to produce a bear and draw its bile on the spot for $ 400 .
在胡志明市海龟肉买到了300000盾一公斤,而一个开拓型的销售人员提供熊和现场取胆汁要价400刀。
Bear bile is a valuable commodity for sale as an ingredient in traditional chinese medicine
熊胆汁作为一种中药原料有相当的市场价值。
Guizhentang 's website said the company used the world 's most " advanced and civilised methods " for extracting the bile , which do not require tubes .
归真堂的官网上称,该公司使用“最先进和最文明的方法”提取胆汁,不需要异物制造瘘管。
16 Water , enzymes , base salts , mucus , and bile create about two gallons of liquid that enters the large intestine . Only six tablespoons or so comes out .
Animal welfare groups including the humane society of the u.s. have opposed the practice of harvesting bear bile because the animals are often kept in small cages to limit their movement and facilitate access to their abdomen for extraction .
Despite its bad reputation , cholesterol is essential to life : it is a building block of the outer membrane of cells , and it is a principal ingredient in the digestive juice bile , in the fatty sheath that insulates nerves , and in sex hormones such as estrogen and androgen .