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Used are for example tiger bone or rhino horn or even sea horse to increase the virility.<ref>http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/dokument/dokument.html?id=25604186&top=SPIEGEL</ref><ref>http://www.bio.tamu.edu/USERS/ajones/pubs_files/news/ROESSIGER_Seepferdchen.pdf</ref>. Poaching on these species because of the attributed effects of the reagent endangers many species in a pointless way. A further example is the massive catch of sharks or sea horses to win [[shark cartilage]] for "medical" purposes, which brought several species to the brink of extinction.

Used are for example tiger bone or rhino horn or even sea horse to increase the virility.<ref>http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/dokument/dokument.html?id=25604186&top=SPIEGEL</ref><ref>http://www.bio.tamu.edu/USERS/ajones/pubs_files/news/ROESSIGER_Seepferdchen.pdf</ref>. Poaching on these species because of the attributed effects of the reagent endangers many species in a pointless way. A further example is the massive catch of sharks or sea horses to win [[shark cartilage]] for "medical" purposes, which brought several species to the brink of extinction.

[[Ursodeoxycholic acid]] is a reagent still won in [[TCM|Traditional chinese medicine]] from the bile of living Asian black bears, which are implanted with a  permanent cannula to "tap" the animals on a daily basis. It is an unimaginable cruelty to these animals, which are held in small cages on so called bear farms. The medically useful substance ursodeoxycholic acid for liver diseases can be created purely synthetic for a long time now. Nevertheless, many customers prefer the animal derived variant.<br><br>

[[Ursodeoxycholic acid]] is a reagent still won in [[TCM|Traditional chinese medicine]] from the bile of living Asian black bears, which are implanted with a  permanent cannula to "tap" the animals on a daily basis. It is an unimaginable cruelty to these animals, which are held in small cages on so called bear farms. The medically useful substance ursodeoxycholic acid for liver diseases can be created purely synthetic for a long time now. Nevertheless, many customers prefer the animal derived variant.<br><br><br>

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