Bear Original
Posted on Sunday, September 28th, 2008 at 8:36 pmBear Original
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Fonzieartist teddybear by Lediteds in vintage style |  |
0 Bid | US $79.00 | 31m |
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Steiff Belfry Teddy Bear with cert Ltd Ed of 1500 | |
0 Bid | US $93.67 | 1h 52m |
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Steiff Limited Edition Karl Lagerfeld Bear NWT | |
3 Bids | US $410.00 | 1h 53m |
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Steiff Classic 26 Brown bear No004261 Glass Eyes | |
1 Bid | US $39.03 | 2h 44m |
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2002 The Burden Bear Figurine and Story Book | |
0 Bid | US $2.50 | 2h 47m |
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RARE ARTIST PANDA made by Orsetti Bears | |
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US $405.90 | 2h 52m |
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Hermann Original Mohair Teddy Bear w Growler 12 MINT | |
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US $80.00 | 2h 55m |
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Cherished Teddies Violet Blessings Bloom When U R Near | |
1 Bid | US $.99 | 3h 29m |
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Boyd Stone Bear Sebastians Prayer | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 3h 33m |
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Steiff Classic Gold Bear No 00707 mint condition | |
2 Bids | US $46.84 | 3h 37m |
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The Bialosky Treasury Limited Edition Bear | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 4h 5m |
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TY Erin the Bear DOB 1997 New In pkg | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 4h 38m |
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TY Britannia The Bear DOB 1997 New In pkg | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 4h 39m |
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TY Glory The Bear DOB 1997 New In pkg | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 4h 41m |
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TY McDonalds Maple The Bear DOB 1997 New In pkg | |
0 Bid | US $.99 | 4h 41m |
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North American Bear Company My Own Monster Yucky List Price: $15.99 Sale Price: $9.67  |
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At North American Bear, we are dedicated to encouraging the imagination of all children both yours and ours. All My Own Monsters were designed by "our own little monsters". Our kids hope that their efforts will support other children who do not have the same advantages they do... |
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TY Beanie Baby - LIBEARTY the Bear (Original Version - 4th Gen hang tag) Sale Price: $4.00 |
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Ty Beanie Baby Libearty the America Bear |
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Ty Millennium the Bear Beanie Buddy Original (Retired) Sale Price: $0.01 Average Rating:  |
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Beanie Buddies are larger versions of the Beanie Baby. The heart-shaped tag on this exquisite fuchsia bear reads "Millennium the Beanie Baby commemorates a once-in-a-lifetime event, making it a once-in-a-lifetime Beanie Baby!" Embroidered on the left side of the chest is an image of the earth with the sun rising and "2000"; around the neck, a coppery-gold metallic ribbon is tied in a bow... |
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Steiff Little Floppy Arco Polar Bear 9.5" List Price: $32.00 Sale Price: $32.00 |
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Original Plush Care Bear: Cheer Bear 14" Sale Price: $49.99 |
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This is the original plush 14" Cheer Bear with the rainbow embroidered on it's belly. Machine wash/dry. Made in 1983 |
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Steiff Sleep Well Bear Pale Pink 11" List Price: $39.00 Sale Price: $39.00 |
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The True Story of Smokey Bear Original Comic Book |
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Steiff Classic 1909 Teddy Bear Blond 14" List Price: $200.00 Sale Price: $200.00 Average Rating:  |
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The Original Toy Company T-2264 - Baby Bear Tellatale Hand Puppet Sale Price: $13.65 |
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Stories can be made up, told and retold using these soft to the touch hand puppets. This full body Baby Bear hand puppet will provide hours of imaginative play. It is part of the Goldilocks Set. An exceptional quality puppet... |
Bear Bile Farming Causes Unnecessary Torture to Poor Bears
Bear bile farming is a very disturbing, yet a common practice, in some places. It causes extreme pain to the bears. During the process, it can be observed that bears gnash their teeth, bite their cages, moan, and even chew their own paws because of the pain.
The Process - Bile extraction is done in the crudest manner, and without any form of sanitation. The persons conducting it are unskilled and the process is not up to modern veterinary standards. Most of the bears die during or soon after bile extraction. If they live, they suffer from liver cancer, as a result of chronic inflammation and infection of the gall bladder and liver. Generally, farmed bears live only up to 4 years.
Why People Bile Bears - Bile is a digestive liquid produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. Bile gathered from bears has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for at least three thousand years for a variety of purposes. It is used in Chinese physiotherapy, to cure inflammations and to dissolve gall stones and kidney stones. Also, it is thought to help detoxify the liver and improve eyesight. And according to research, bears are the only mammals that produce the bile salt ursodeoxycholic acid, which is effective in treating some liver diseases.
Originally, bear bile was gathered by killing wild bears and removing their gallbladders. In recent decades, when wild bears became increasingly rare, bile became prohibitively costly for most Chinese. But then, during the year 1980, the Chinese bear bile farming industry adapted a technique first developed in North Korea. This involved extracting bile from captive bears without having to kill them.
Bear Abuse - The bears are housed in cages hardly large enough to hold the animal itself. To get the bile, an incision is made in each bear's abdomen and a catheter (which is basically a plastic or rubber tube) is then inserted into the gallbladder. The bile is drained through the catheter and then gathered for sale.
To gather the bile from the gallbladder, a connection from the gallbladder (located deep inside the body) to the surface has to be established. The connection, which is medically called fistula, is made in any of the three ways: insertion of a metal tube, insertion of a plastic tube, or creation of a tissue bridge between the gallbladder and skin. The connection is conducted by untrained and unskilled individuals who do not observe modern veterinary standards.
To gather the bile, some bears wear a "metal jacket". It is worn around their bodies and it has a collection container attached to it. There are bears forced to lie on the floor of their small cages so the bile will drip downward. Keep in mind that their crush cages are extremely small. The floor is made up of iron bars so the bears cannot stand or lie down on firm ground. This results in neck and back injury. Since a bear's body will try to exclude the inserted metal or plastic tube or close the tissue bridge, scarring and damage is done to both the inside and outside of the bear. Sometimes, to prevent the closing of the incision, hot pieces of metal are inserted without any form of sedation or anesthesia. Bile is collected twice a day, and this goes on for the rest of their lives.
Why Its Unnecessary - There is no need to make poor bears undergo such abuse. The use of bear bile is obsolete. There are at least 75 herbal medicines that can be used as an alternative to bear bile. Of which, 54 are proven to work. These alternatives are a lot cheaper and more convenient.
Synthesized bear bile that contains UrsoDeoxyCholic Acid (the active constituent in bear bile) is available. All these alternatives are just as effective without the deaths of innocent bears. Let us put a stop to bear bile farming. It causes unnecessary torture to poor bears.
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what happened to the original honeycomb commercials and the cookie crisp commercials with that bear thing?
i missed those old ones
Times are a changing....its sad..they have to be fresher for a new audience.
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