Rescued bear couldn't be any happier splashing around in his new home

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Tuffy the bear was rescued in September 2015 after years on a bile farm. His first dip in a swimming pool at the Tam Dao Rescue Center was a beautiful moment, to say the least. Bile farm bears are kept in small cages and the bile produced by their livers is surgically harvested so it can be used in some traditional Chinese medicine practices.

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