Talk:Bile bear

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Oriental attitudes towards animal welfare is sickening. Filthy, disgusting people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.254.160.226 (talk) 10:52, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

(Please ignore the above and do not feed the troll) 172.164.56.42 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Altough I don't dispute the harsh (to say it mildly) conditions that the bears are put through, it would be good for encyclopaedic value if this article show some information about the therapeutic value (if it has any) of ursine bile.

[edit] Non encyclopaedic use of the term "chemical"

Furthermore, I would like to point out that this sentence "Bile is a chemical that is produced naturally in the liver and stored in the gall bladder." is missleading, as "bile" is no chemical at all. It's a secretion with various different substances (chemicals, if you like) in it. Maybe someone could correct this and add a link to the article about bile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bile BTW, this article states the composition of bile. 84.166.205.53 15:55, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

This site does not refer to any medical sources to explain UDCA, the actual place of bear bile in TCM and conditions of bears used in this industry. Perhaps someone in the Wikipedia world can make some changes to update this site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.12.240.144 (talk) 18:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nominated for Neutrality Check

I nominated this for a neutrality check -- it's not a bad article but I feel it may have some issues in terms of strong language against. I don't dispute this is a sad act; it just needs a good rundown by someone outside of the animal rights movement. Carson (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 05:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)