歸真堂活熊取膽 IPO上市

以活熊取膽的公司,歸真堂, 計劃IPO上市.

熊膽汁能作成熊膽粉,據中醫記載,熊膽粉具有清心,平肝,明目,殺蟲,解毒,止痛等功效.

其實歸真堂只是提供熊膽汁原料, 實際上有好些中國的制藥上市公如上海凱寶才是制藥的. 

上海凱寶主打產品痰熱清注射液的主原料就是熊膽粉。去年上半年，痰熱清注射液占營業收入

比例高達99.1%，光是該項產品就實現人民幣3.91億元（約新台幣18.4 億元）的營收。

http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAIN3/6918367.shtml

相信大家都會同意活熊取膽是非人道的行為, 人工合成的成本高, 沒競爭力. 反對活熊取膽的話,

可能做成以百計的家庭家計問題. 以 utilitarianism 的角度, 人類的利益對熊沒意義,而熊的利益對人沒意義. 

 

反對活熊取膽是因為我們相信動物擁有某程度上的權利. 這無關於熊認不認得字,會不會數學,會不會做衣櫃,正如很多人類也沒有這些能力. 只要同樣擁有生命的動物, 就有一個與生俱來同等的價值而人類不能視若無睹.

vegetarianism

In western world, human is the ruler of the world. Human is given the right to dominate animals by God. Man show their kindness to animal are not based on we care their suffering but to avoid the cruel habits carried out into human.

Singer argued that the value between human being without mental life is just the same, if not less, important than a sentiment animal. If we won't eat than human, by the same token, we should not kill animal, especially factory farming and animal experimentation.

I think Singer's argument make sense but I am not into becoming a vegetarian. Any counter argument to support me to have my usual diet?

Foie gras

The production of foie gras involves force feeding of a duck or goose with more food than would eat in the wild and more than they would voluntarily eat domestically.

This is not related to how the gooses are actually feed.
Sure it is more bad if the gooses are feed and reared in small space (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtN5LoM-ZNQ) or reared in better farm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABeWlY0KFv8)

According to Peter Singer, pain and suffering are bad and should be prevented or minimized, irrespective of the race, sex, or species of the being that suffers.

Since gooses are sentient beings which suffer from pain and distress just as humans do. There is a limit to the amount of suffering one can inflict upon an animal for the pleasure of eating his or her organs. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtN5LoM-ZNQ)




Reference
Wikipedia Foie gras controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foie_gras_controversy

Animal as food

According to Singer "‘Equality for Animals’ from Practical Ethics", we should consider when eating animal flesh is a luxury rather than necessary. So Eskimos must kill animals for food but eating sharp fin soup is a luxury.

In factory farms, animal may lead to miserable lives so that the cost of production can be made as low as possible. Human should balance the cost of production and welfare of animals.


-Anthony Lam Wai Man