Commercial exploitation of wild animals

In China, black bears are kept for their entire lives in confining cages no bigger than transport crates so that their bile gland can be pierced and drained weekly to produce a form of Chinese medicine. An estimate of bears subject to this treatment in the mid-1990's is around 40,000.

1. Misuse of wild animals
2. Economic exploitation
3. Commercialization of wildlife

1. Capture and use of wild animals as pets

1. Trade in animal products of endangered species
2. Misuse of animals for toxicological experiments
3. Inadequate animal husbandry
4. Cruelty to livestock during transportation
5. Cruelty to animals in factory farming

1. Medical quackery
2. Fashion-motivated use of animals and plants
3. Cultural bias in medicine

1. Using animals

1. Exploitation