Guest guest Posted May 29, 2002 Report Share Posted May 29, 2002 May 27 2002 MEDWAY MP BACKS CHINESE BEAR CAMPAIGN Medway MP Bob Marshall-Andrews is spearheading a parliamentary campaign to stop the horrific practice of bear farming in China. He has laid down an Early Day Motion - a parliamentary petition - calling upon the British Government to support a Chinese initiative to outlaw the farms which has been signed by more than 130 MP's from all parties, including former ministers Tony Banks and Chris Smith, Gwyneth Dunwoody and Diane Abbott. The motion congratulates the Chinese Government on its progress towards ending the cruel practice which involves caging bears for many years with crude metal catheters sewn into their abdomens for 'milking' bile juice for use in so-called Chinese medicine. It also urges the British Government to take measures to support Chinese efforts to end bear farming. Mr. Marshall-Andrews, who is a trustee of the George Adamson Wildlife Trust, is working alongside campaigner Jill Robinson MBE, founder and CEO of the Animals Asia organisation based in Hong Kong. " Jill has done tremendous work on this campaign and hopefully this parliamentary motion will help to bring a little more pressure to bear on both Governments to end this truly dreadful misuse of wild animals, " he said. " We are extremely grateful for this endorsement from British MPs and we do have the ongoing help and support of the Chinese Government. However there is a long way to go if we wish to achieve our aim of ending the practice by the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, " added Jill. Ends.................... Further information: Medway 814687 Animals Asia - (852) 27193340 www.animalsasia.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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