{"id":3487,"date":"2025-10-09T02:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T02:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2025-10-09T02:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T02:39:38","slug":"bear-caesar-freed-after-years-in-cruel-torture-vest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=3487","title":{"rendered":"Bear Caesar freed after years in cruel torture vest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bear Caesar was held on a bile farm, in which she lived in a tiny cage with her gallbladder drained around the clock. Strapped into a metal vest, she could hardly move as she suffered constant pain, injuries and psychological trauma. The bile taken from her was sold for use in traditional medicine, a fate, sadly, shared with may bears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, after years of suffering abuse, Caesar was freed from her captors in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cIt\u2019s the worst imaginable bile farm torture,\u201d&nbsp;the organization that freed Caesar, said about the torture vest.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/boreddaddy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-79-1536x1141-1-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75794\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/shallow-focus-photo-of-brown-grizzly-bear-_r6w0R6SueQ\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, Caesar was able to regain some strength and turn into a majestic bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCaesar\u2019s scars have all but disappeared and today she is an astonishingly beautiful (and formidable) bear,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animalsasia.org\/news\/\">Animals Asia<\/a>&nbsp;wrote back in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She enjoyed digging, swimming, and tanning, particularly in the pleasant, chilly fall weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe has now spent a dozen happy years with Animals Asia in Chengdu, enjoying swims in the sunshine as well as indulging her natural digging instincts \u2013 particularly when the weather cools in the autumn,\u201d&nbsp;Animals Asia said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bear Farmed For Bile Using Torture Vest is Finally Free | The Dodo\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kINhmry-VVM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Caesar\u2019s rescue couldn\u2019t undo years of suffering, it gave her a brief taste of freedom, but sadly, the damage from years on the bile farm caught up with her, and she eventually died from a tumor caused by repeated gallbladder extractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Caesar\u2019s suffering is a call to action. Every bear saved matters, and we cannot stop until all are free from bile farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bear Caesar was held on a bile farm, in which she lived in a tiny cage with her gallbladder drained around the clock. 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