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2006年VOA标准英语-Sanctuary Planned for Vietnamese Bears Farmed f

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By Matt Steinglass
Hanoi
20 September 2006 

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Black bear cubs
   
     
An animal rights organization has reached an agreement with Vietnam's government to build a bear sanctuary2 near Hanoi. The refuge will house bears rescued from farms where their bile is harvested, painfully, for use in traditional medicine.  The move is part of Vietnamese government efforts to gradually abolish the practice.

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Ursus Selenarctos Thibetanus, the Asiatic black bear, inhabits mountain woodlands from Pakistan to Japan. It eats mainly fruit, nuts and small mammals.

But this bear behind a house on the outskirts3 of Hanoi is eating a slop made of honey and herbs. It, and the nine other bears on this farm, live in cages just large enough to lie down in. Like thousands of other black bears in Vietnam, they are kept for their bile, which followers4 of Vietnamese and Chinese traditional health practices believe has powerful medicinal effects.

The liver bile is extracted every few months through painful surgery, and the bears usually die after a few years. The Vietnamese government has banned the practice, but it still goes on, as Jill Robinson of the animal rights group Animals Asia explains.

"In fact, since 1992 it's been an illegal practice, but obviously still, there are four thousand bears incarcerated5 on farms, and in many instances we believe that their bile is still being extracted," she said.

Last week, Animals Asia reached an agreement with Vietnam's Forest Protection Department, or F.P.D., to build a bear rescue center in Tam Dao National Park, outside Hanoi. The center will open in January 2007, according to an F.P.D. official.

The official, who requested anonymity6 for procedural reasons, says the center will give the bears check-ups and release the healthy ones into protected forests. The more fragile animals will be taken care of for life.

But as Robinson explains, the center's reach will be limited.

"The ultimate aim of the project, at least, is to rescue 200 bears, although with 4,000 bears still in the country on these horrible farms, it's quite a challenge," she added.

Robinson knows how many trapped bears there are because the F.P.D. has implanted microchips in them over the past two years so their whereabouts can be monitored. That program, sponsored by the World Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, has largely ended the practice of buying and selling bears.

But it has not stopped those who already own bears from harvesting bile. Do Thi Hai is a bear farm manager.

Hai says she keeps 10 bears, and sells their bile to long-standing customers. Advertisements for bear bile are easy to find in Vietnamese newspapers and on street-side signs.

The F.P.D. says all such harvesting, selling, and advertising7 is illegal. It has mounted a campaign, including TV shows, to educate the Vietnamese public about the poor treatment and bad food the animals receive.

Fears for the welfare of the animals have increased recently because farming them has become less lucrative8.

Hai says it now costs her more to take care of the bears than she makes from selling bile.

With bile harvesting less profitable, there is concern bear owners will simply stop feeding the animals.

The F.P.D. says this should not happen because bear farmers signed contracts when the microchips were implanted, promising9 to take care of their bears for life.

The agency rules out giving the farmers compensation as an incentive10 to give up their bears.

The F.P.D. official says bear farmers are rich, having made a lot of money over the years.

Animals Asia's Robinson also says that, since the practice has been illegal for more than 10 years, farmers have had plenty of time to get out of the business and so do not merit compensation.

Still, many older Vietnamese continue to use bear bile. Dr. Tran Huong is a physician and an expert on traditional medicine. She says the substance is believed to be effective against everything from sore eyes to liver disease.

"Most people use this one after you have an accident, or when you play tennis, you have some strain," she said. "And the second one, people use this one for someone have some tumor11 in the body. And also for some kind of treatment for someone all the time have problem with blood circulation. Because only this kind of bile have some kind of special ingredient. But another kind of bile from cat, from other animal, it's not the same ingredient."

As in much of Asia, Vietnamese traditional medicine is ancient and deeply rooted in the national culture. But the surgical12 extraction of bear bile is a modern practice. And, in Robinson's view, it does not have to be a permanent one.

"Once the imagery of bears in cages being punctured13 with spinal14 needles to pump out their bile becomes very obvious, I don't think there'll be too many people, especially when there are alternatives, that will say, 'Hey, we really want this tradition to continue,'" said Robinson.

But users of traditional medicine may be hard to win over. And educating farmers about the need to care for their bears and stop harvesting their bile will be a slow process. Animals Asia expects to be rescuing and rehabilitating15 bears in Vietnam for some time.


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1 cubs 01d925a0dc25c0b909e51536316e8697     
n.幼小的兽,不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
  • Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 sanctuary iCrzE     
n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区
参考例句:
  • There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
  • Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。
3 outskirts gmDz7W     
n.郊外,郊区
参考例句:
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
4 followers 5c342ee9ce1bf07932a1f66af2be7652     
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
参考例句:
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
5 incarcerated 6f3f447e42a1b3e317e14328c8068bd1     
钳闭的
参考例句:
  • They were incarcerated for the duration of the war. 战争期间,他们被关在狱中。 来自辞典例句
  • I don't want to worry them by being incarcerated. 我不想让他们知道我被拘禁的事情。 来自电影对白
6 anonymity IMbyq     
n.the condition of being anonymous
参考例句:
  • Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密,书中的人用的都是化名。
  • Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。
7 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的
参考例句:
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
8 lucrative dADxp     
adj.赚钱的,可获利的
参考例句:
  • He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
  • It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
9 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
10 incentive j4zy9     
n.刺激;动力;鼓励;诱因;动机
参考例句:
  • Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中,钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
  • He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。
11 tumor fKxzm     
n.(肿)瘤,肿块(英)tumour
参考例句:
  • He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
  • The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
12 surgical 0hXzV3     
adj.外科的,外科医生的,手术上的
参考例句:
  • He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
  • All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前,必须消毒。
13 punctured 921f9ed30229127d0004d394b2c18311     
v.在(某物)上穿孔( puncture的过去式和过去分词 );刺穿(某物);削弱(某人的傲气、信心等);泄某人的气
参考例句:
  • Some glass on the road punctured my new tyre. 路上的玻璃刺破了我的新轮胎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A nail on the road punctured the tyre. 路上的钉子把车胎戳穿了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
14 spinal KFczS     
adj.针的,尖刺的,尖刺状突起的;adj.脊骨的,脊髓的
参考例句:
  • After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天,就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
  • Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
15 rehabilitating 2ab8a707ad794c99e1fc577fdcd404dd     
改造(罪犯等)( rehabilitate的现在分词 ); 使恢复正常生活; 使恢复原状; 修复
参考例句:
  • a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
  • She was more concerned about protecting the public than rehabilitating the criminal. 她比较关心保护百姓,而不大关心改造罪犯。
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