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Captive Animal Welfare

how you’re ending the cruelty one festival at a time...

79%
Shocking cruelty to buffaloes has stopped in a number
of rural areas in Vietnam, thanks to your support of our
campaign to end barbaric ritual slaughter.
voted against cruel animal festivals in a
2016 media poll in Vietnam.
The mountainous province of Lam Dong is one area that’s
standing up for its animals. Lam Dong has banned a bloody
“buffalo stabbing” fertility festival that saw a buffalo tied to a

pole then ritually stabbed to death with spears.

The Lam Dong Province People’s Committee said the violent and

superstitious rite was no longer compatible with modern life.

In 2016, buffalo stabbing rituals were also stopped at Buon
Don, hue, nghe An and Chin gian, and buffalo ights ended

in hanoi, Bac ninh and Lao Cai.

This is all thanks to your support for our campaign which

prompted the Vietnamese Prime Minister to announce that “old
fashioned, superstitious and negative” festivals will end. In
2016, the government told provincial leaders to stamp out all Sadly, the initial target of our campaign, the barbaric annual
Nem Thuong pig slaughter festival in Bac Ninh province
such “out-dated” and “uncivilised” events. Many provinces are continues. But with your support, we can end this too.
still ignoring the order, but together we can end this cruelty.

...and giving circus animals a voice
Animals Asia has
40%
1,257

your support allows us to work with local ngos and oficials Almost
registered
to bring about real change for animals long abused for
of Chinese zoos and safari volunteers in China helping
“entertainment”.
parks still force wild animals to raise awareness of captive
to perform circus acts, our animal suffering. Many of
Together in 2016 we...
recent survey shows.
them are university students.

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circus in Beijing.

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Trainers often use fear and intimidation to force animals to ENDED the
perform unnatural tricks.
anoi Zoo. This is after years of
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negotiations with the zoo.

EXPOSED and stopped a

travelling circus in Zhejiang by
that it
telling the authorities
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PED a circus in Anshan City
STOP
from using four tigers in its

shows. The circus didn’t have
igers in
permits to use the t
Performing in front of crowds is terrifying for wild animals. ces.
performan
Most are just babies when they start.

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