#Moonbearmonday: crashing the pool party
The first warm days of spring have arrived at our Vietnam sanctuary, meaning the return of the pool season.
The first warm days of spring have arrived at our Vietnam sanctuary, meaning the return of the pool season.
Like all wise creatures, moon bears love a long nap – and they’ve got plenty of good ideas on where is best to catch some zzzs.
The announcement that Ringling Bros will be retiring its 13 Asian elephants is a victory for all of us that understand the physical and the psychological abuse suffered by animals in circuses - but it doesn't go far enough.
The Vietnamese authorities have confirmed that more than 700 endangered moon bears held in captivity have died in the last year.
The Vietnamese authorities have agreed that farms in Halong Bay have broken bear-keeping regulations, potentially paving the way for some of the bears to be rescued.
While most people find the idea of animals suffering for entertainment to be abhorrent, the reality is that animals continue to suffer in most societies across the world. Animals Asia’s Animal Welfare Director Dave Neale argues that greyhound racing is such a place.
Rescued from traffickers, blind moon bear Hector had his sight restored at Animals Asia’s sanctuary and one year on he’s a vision of loveliness.
The Ian Somerhalder Foundation has backed Animals Asia’s No Voice No Choice campaign against animal performance.