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End Bear Bile Farming
China sanctuary goes full monty!
our China sanctuary canteen, which serves daily meals for
over 50 onsite staff, is now fully vegan.
But it’s been a long road with many culturally accepted norms
to overcome.
Animals Asia joined Our Meatless Monday social
Chefs needed to learn new recipes, while staff had to be Shanghai’s irst vegan festival, media posts in China, inviting
convinced a vegan diet was good for long-term health and
the Vegan Fiesta, attended by
people to abstain from eating 3,000
would give them enough energy for physical tasks. That took meat one day a week, were
a lot of explaining and encouragement. Sharing stories about read
vegan athletes helped too.
4.1m
people
from across China.
times.
Our Vietnam sanctuary has been vegan for a few years.
Chef Wang, who’s behind fabulous vegan restaurant Jujubetree in Chengdu, helps our chefs with the new menu.
Superstars shine at Blue Moon gala
‘Sponsoring a bear means I can follow
Superstars, including karen Mok and olympic boxer Zou one bear's story, making it a bit more
Shiming, joined almost 300 guests for Animals Asia’s irst
annual Blue Moon gala in December.
special. I chose Dick bear because he's
’
a real character and a foodie like me.
Movie stars, sporting heroes and models brought glitz and
glamour to the evening at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai as much-
Lisa herron
needed funds were raised for our China bear sanctuary.
uk supporter
Karen, who is our Asia Patron, also held an online moon
bear Q&A session in 2016, attracting an astonishing
250,000 comments.
A big thank you to Flexi (German dog leash maker) for their
generous sponsorship of Blue Moon Gala.
593
Animals Asia has rescued bears in China and
382
Karen with Zou Shiming and his wife Ran Yingying at Blue Vietnam since 2000. At end 2016, were still living
under our care, and one had been released back into the wild –
Moon Gala in Shanghai.
see little Rainbow’s story on page 13.
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