06 July 2015

Friendship is best medicine for rescued sun bears

On a recent trip to our Vietnam sanctuary we couldn’t resist catching up with sun bears Sassy and Layla to see how they’ve been getting on since moving in together in spring.

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04 July 2015

BearCam is Go!

From now on we’ll be able to bring you more rescued moon bear footage – further raising the profile of these beautiful, but endangered animals.

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02 July 2015

How traumatised sun bear Goldie is learning to play

Torn from his mother by traffickers and rescued as a traumatised cub in a remote district of Vietnam by Animals Asia – sun bear Goldie is finally learning how to play and explore.

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30 June 2015

Hanoi Zoo elephants are finally unchained

Three Asian elephants at Hanoi Zoo are finally free to wander in a grassy enclosure after years confined by chains – thanks to Animals Asia, Change for Animals Foundation, and Wild Welfare.

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30 June 2015

How plastic is killing Chinese zoo animals

Animal welfare experts are calling on visitors to zoos in China to stop feeding animals, after three deer died from eating plastic, towels and other harmful materials.

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29 June 2015

Seven months ago we feared this bear would never walk again

Seven months on from suffering fractures in both front limbs due to a rare condition never before diagnosed in any species of bear – moon bear Claudia has astounded her carers.

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29 June 2015

China’s dog meat industry hiding in the shadows as world watches

The spotlight has never shone more fiercely on China’s dog meat industry, with the Yulin dog meat festival attracting unprecedented worldwide focus. Yet hard facts details remain difficult to come by in an industry used to hiding in the shadows.

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27 June 2015

“Lucky 13” freed as six bear farms are closed in Vietnam

Animals Asia has successfully rescued 13 moon bears and closed six bile farms in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province as part of a four-day rescue operation.

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