Cooperative Care
At Animals Asia, healing goes beyond medicine. Our pioneering Cooperative Care program is built on trust, choice, and connection.
It’s a gentle, science-backed approach that empowers bears to actively participate in their own care – transforming fear into trust, and trauma into healing.
Why it matters
These bears have survived unimaginable cruelty. Many arrived at our sanctuaries terrified of human contact.
Cooperative Care rebuilds their confidence, fosters emotional resilience, and reduces the need for anaesthesia and restraint – lowering stress and improving long-term health.
What Cooperative Care looks like
- Having gentle massages
-
Presenting a paw for a nail trim or blood draw
-
Moving into transport or weigh cages voluntarily
- Having blood drawn and ultrasounds or x-rays without the need for anaesthesia
- Allowing for palpation of various body parts
- Application of heat and ice packs, ointments and other topical medications
- Wound cleaning
When an animal willingly performs a desired behaviour, they receive something rewarding, creating a sense of trust and collaboration between them and their caregiver.
Help us put an end to animal cruelty
Animals are being captured and exploited every day. Animals Asia has helped thousands, but there is always another animal in need of our help. Please donate today.
Donate now