Rare sun bears emaciated in Indonesian zoo, eat excrement and beg

[superstition]

Really saddening to see.

https://www.rt.com/viral/374139-bears-beg-food-indonesia-zoo/

Sun bears are native to Indonesia and other South Asian countries, and are also known as the honey bear for its love of honey. They are the smallest, least well-known and one of the rarest of all the bear species.

 

[feralkid]

And that's just the tip of the iceberg of bear abuse in Asia.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160505-asiatic-bear-bile-trade-laos/

 

[MongGrel]

I'm an advocate of hunting myself, but caging a rare animal and starving it is beyond pathetic.

They apparently have no concern about conservation.

 

[Newbian]

Came in expecting op to be into some weird gay hairy porn and now I am sad.

 

[superstition]

And that's just the tip of the iceberg of bear abuse in Asia.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/05/160505-asiatic-bear-bile-trade-laos/

That is so disgusting. As usual, it's pseudo-medicine at its finest, too.

What a great way of rationalizing overpopulation and the rapacious destruction of nature: "It will make you less sick!"

 

[BudAshes]

That is so disgusting. As usual, it's pseudo-medicine at its finest, too.

What a great way of rationalizing overpopulation and the rapacious destruction of nature: "It will make you less sick!"

I really hate when people talk up "eastern medicine" or "chinese medicine." My mom is one of these people. Grinding up endangered species into snake oil is not medicine. Medicine is a science, if it's not science it's not medicine.

 

[Capt Caveman]

So sad. Unfortunately, it's like this in many zoos in third world countries. Don't know how you could work at one of these zoos and not care for the animals.

 

[superstition]

I really hate when people talk up "eastern medicine" or "chinese medicine." My mom is one of these people. Grinding up endangered species into snake oil is not medicine. Medicine is a science, if it's not science it's not medicine.

Hey, Timmy, don't cry for all the animals going extinct. Think of what killing them will do for grandma's corns and your father's libido.