News Jun 25, 2009 at 4:00 am

Officials Raid a Madison Park Apartment Looking for Black-Market Bear

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I'm glad something is being done about this. I'm NOT your normal 'guy around town' Stranger reader. I live at the end of a long road from Seattle. Hunters do all kinds of illegal things, like night hunt or put out bait. Bears go nuts over doughnuts! And things like bear gall are BIG money.
Frankly I surprised to see this in the Stranger. I hope they bring this guy out to where he poaches bears, tie him up and cover him with pastry dough until the bears eat him.
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Having lived in Southeast Asia for six years I can testify firsthand that the torture and maiming of bears goes on in many countries in that region. The massive demand for bile among not only some Asians, but many in Asian diasporas, endangers bears worldwide. It's too bad the Bear Protection Act died in committee because currently there really isn't much that protects bears in the US from being exploited by people capitalizing on outdated medicine. The active ingredient in bear bile, ursodeoxycolic acid, has been synthesized for many years.

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