On Monday evening 16 September, the China Bear Rescue Centre’s Senior Vet Surgeon, Emily “Eddie” Drayton and Senior Vet Support Manager, Wen Yan, began a week long veterinary training tour.
“Tuan” the Bear Becomes 210th Bear Rescued by Animals Asia in Vietnam.
Since January a whopping 64 new Dr Dogs have qualified for our team of canine consultants in Hong Kong, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Nanning. One of the most recent recruits to join the ranks of the 1000+ Dr Dogs who have passed the rigorous entrance examinations is Pizza, who was certified in Guangzhou city in China a fortnight ago.
Maggie Q adopts and names a bear and pledges to help Animals Asia bring all of Vietnam’s bile bears to sanctuary by 2022.
In a world that is becoming increasingly fragile, it is easy to feel lost in what to do next to protect our environment, our children and the animals and plants that share our planet.
After a tip off to local authorities in Thanh Hoa Province (150km south of Hanoi) on September 15, 2019, police successfully carried out the largest ever bust of a dog theft ring, resulting in the seizure of 51 dogs. However, police struggled to care for the confiscated dogs, so the Asia Canine Protection Alliance (ACPA), of which Animals Asia is a member, stepped in to offer assistance.
On the morning of August 29, just one week before the new school year officially started, students at Hai Ba Trung Primary school in the middle Phung Thuong, one of Vietnam’s last remaining bear bile hotspots, got hands-on experience of the herbal alternatives to medicines traditionally derived from bears.
The Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival took place in Vietnam on 7th September. Our team was there to document the cruelty inflicted on these innocent creatures.