How does the Bear Guardianship programme work?

With a gift of USD15,000 – you can become the bear guardian of one of our rescued bears and help us provide them with their basic needs: vet and medical care, shelter in our secure and semi-natural bear enclosures, and healthy food and enrichment.

After a year of being a guardian, you may wish to continue caring for your bear with an annual gift from USD2,500. By continuing your special guardianship, you’ll be helping to ensure your bear receives the best of care for the rest of their life.

Your sponsorship contributions provide invaluable support, helping us ensure that we can care for these bears for the rest of their lives and that they can leave their horrific pasts behind them.

Does my financial contribution only benefit the bear I have chosen to sponsor?

To make sure that all of our deserving bears benefit equally from your generosity, your contributions are combined with those from other bear guardians and used to pay for medical care, food and enrichment such as toys and healthy snacks. The funds also go towards maintaining the bear housing and enclosures – thereby not only benefiting the bears located in the same sanctuary as your bear, but also the other bears in our sanctuaries.

What are the benefits of becoming a Bear Guardian?

As a Bear Guardian, you can be safe in the knowledge that your support directly helps the bears who need it most.

In return for your support, you will:

• Choose a forever name for your very own bear
• Give your bear all the care and support they need to thrive for a whole year
• Receive a welcome pack with your bear’s life story in a rescue diary
• Receive regular updates and photos of your bear
• Receive an exclusive Bear Guardian pin badge to mark your special support
• Be supporting community education projects that help to protect bears in the wild
• Become part of the historic journey to ending bear bile farming in Vietnam for good

How long will I need to continue my sponsorship?

Once you become a Bear Guardian, you will be the sole guardian of your bear for the rest of his life and your updates are just for you.

Caring for the rescued bears is a long-term commitment for Animals Asia. As our bears need sponsorship for the whole of their lives, we are hugely indebted to those of you who are able to continue caring for your bear after a year of being a guardian with an annual gift of USD2,500 to help care for your bear and support our work.

How much of my donation will go directly to the bears?

The funds will exclusively be going towards the bears across our sanctuaries. 

Your donation will help to provide medical care, food and enrichment. It will also go towards maintaining the bear housing and enclosures to give the bears the best life we can.

You can see further information on last year's financial performance here.

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