Bears held captive in bile farms often go on hunger strikes, their only means of escape from the conditions.
From animal experimentation to factory farming, humans have done some horrible things to other animals. Few practices are as cruel, though, as bear bile farming.
The practice is so barbaric that bears kept in captivity for bile harvesting are often driven mad by the poor living conditions and cruelty of the process. Now reports have surfaced that some bile bears may be performing hunger strikes and committing suicide as a last respite to protest the cruel conditions they're kept under, according to Wildlife Extra.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/are-bears-purposely-committing-suicide-to-protest-the-horror-of-bile-f
