Rescue plan gets positive response from state media
Animals Asia’s announcement that it will turn a Chinese bear bile farm into a sanctuary and save 130 bears has been reported widely and favourably by influential Chinese state media.
Animals Asia’s announcement that it will turn a Chinese bear bile farm into a sanctuary and save 130 bears has been reported widely and favourably by influential Chinese state media.
We’re putting Peace by Piece – the campaign to turn a bear bile farm into a bear rescue centre as part of the world’s largest ever bear rescue – into the hands of our supporters by sharing all the resources required to support the cause.
A "happy" Moon Bear Monday? Not yet, but for this bear with no name, no friends and nothing to stimulate her day after day - life is about to get better.
As Animals Asia takes over the care of the bears at the bear bile farm in Nanning, China, the organisation is faced with the huge challenge of turning a place of torture into a place of sanctuary. The process will be a long one, but change can begin immediately.
The historic agreement announced yesterday for Animals Asia to take over Nanning Bear Farm was one year in the making – now complex rescue plans are being finalised.
The first priority will be 28 of the sickest bears that will be transported 1,200km to Animals Asia’s Chengdu sanctuary to be treated.
BREAKING: Animals Asia announces a historic plan to convert a bear farm into a sanctuary. Follow the press conference live plus all the reaction.
BREAKING NEWS: Animal welfare organisation Animals Asia will convert a bear bile farm in Nanning, China, into a sanctuary following an unprecedented request by the farm to rescue and care for its 130 bears.
Handsome Kollo has been at our Vietnam sanctuary since 2010. At the time he was suffering from cataracts in both his eyes rendering him completely blind, but visiting opthalmologists were able to restore his sight.