Alternatives To Bear Bile

EDM number 739 in 2012-13, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 19/11/2012.
Categorised under the topic of Animal welfare.

That this House is concerned that approximately 20,000 bears are currently kept in captivity to harvest bile, a digestive juice produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder that when extracted is a valuable commodity for sale as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine; recognises the work being carried out by the World Society for the Protection of Animals and others to improve welfare conditions for these bears; and calls on the Government to engage with the traditional Asian medicine community to promote herbal and synthetic alternatives to bear bile.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.