During the quiet festive period of 2024, Animals Asia was alerted to the plight of an adult moon bear who desperately needed our help. It was in the Vietnamese province of Lao Cai, which borders China ...

Every year, we spend hours making bear-appropriate decorations, pack gifts of dried fruit, nuts and other treats into beautifully wrapped boxes, decorate the enclosures, and then watch the fun this ...

In an urgent mission, Animals Asia swiftly mobilized to rescue a moon bear from Vinh Phuc, near the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre. Trapped in a tiny, rusted cage for over twenty years, the bear — now ...

It’s been many years since I first went undercover to highlight abuses within animal tourism – sitting in an arena of thousands of people, amongst a sea of smiling faces and clapping hands, as the ...

A world-first – but not enough In September last year, a new UK law was passed to prevent travel companies from promoting and selling tickets, in England and Northern Ireland, to tourist attractions ...

Welcome home, Nang and Mua After two decades of confinement on a bear bile farm in Phung Thuong village, moon bears Nang and Mua have been rescued by Animals Asia and transported to our new sanctuary ...

And finally, bears play an important role in the lives of other animals. Moon bears indirectly provide food for others on the forest floor by dropping oak acorns and pine nuts as they forage in the ...

Last year Animals Asia broke ground on our second bear sanctuary in the beautiful mountainous region of Bach Ma, which will be home to the last 300 bears who remain on bile farms in Vietnam. After ...