Dec 25, 2015 03:09 PM

Animal Rights Group Wants Bear Bile Firm's Listing Bid Blocked

By intern reporter Lu Guangyi

A Guizhentang worker inserts a needle into a bear's abdomen to extract bile

A Guizhentang worker inserts a needle into a bear's abdomen to extract bile

(Beijing) – An animal rights group has asked the government to block a company that extracts bile from bears for use in traditional Chinese medicine from listing on a stock market, arguing that "a civilized society cannot tolerate animal abuse."

Beijing Loving Animal Foundation held a press conference on December 24 to say that Fujian Guizhentang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. should not be allowed to follow through on its hopes of listing.

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