Education key to bear keeper transformation
Ongoing formal training at Nanning Bear Farm – the former bile farm Animals Asia is turning into a sanctuary – has seen four former farmhands visit the animal welfare NGO’s sanctuary in Chengdu, China.
Ongoing formal training at Nanning Bear Farm – the former bile farm Animals Asia is turning into a sanctuary – has seen four former farmhands visit the animal welfare NGO’s sanctuary in Chengdu, China.
Rock legend and animal activist Matt Sorum is keeping tabs on a moon bear he’s named Phoenix who has been treated by vets at a former Chinese bile farm.
Crystal has been at CBRC since its earliest days. In which time her cool, calm eyes have seen many changes and so many more bears arrive.
A key report from wildlife trade monitors, TRAFFIC, has outlined the extent of bear trafficking in Asia – a situation worsened by the existence of bear bile farms.
A young blind moon bear that had learned to live and play in complete darkness has had his sight returned.
When Animals Asia founder and CEO, Jill Robinson MBE was in Nanning recently for another week of health checks, she found time to "save" Monkey King and keep bear cub Smudge very happy.
Rescued from a small cage in 2010 where he was farmed for his bile - find out why freedom-loving Fynn's been a high climber ever since.
See the cartoons that will be used to educate children on dog care, first in Hong Kong and then China. The images will be shared online and used as part of Animals Asia's cat and dog welfare education programme.