Wishing you all the happiest holidays, let's enjoy them as much as we can through uncertain and worrying times and remember that, to believe in ourselves, to be strong for the animals, and let the love shine through, the only cure is kindness.
JILL'S BLOG
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Instead of engaging in conflict, kindness and communication engages hearts and minds to yield positive outcomes.
Kindness is such a strong gift – the most essential gift we have for change – with a power that's immeasurable.
China removes dogs from the national Catalogue of Livestock and Poultry. What does this mean for companion animals now?
As Covid-19 leaves no country untouched, we must face our own culpability - our cruel abuse of animals and our disregard for their welfare is at the root of this crisis.
My trip back to China began with the taxi driver saying, "are you serious about going to Chengdu?" Quickly followed by "you know there's just been an earthquake there too!"... and my heart sank. Throughout these past two decades of our bear sanctuary operation we have seen multiple earthquakes (the first that tragically killed over 90,000 people in our province of Sichuan), flooding, a fire, and SARS. Luckily, while recorded as 5.2 on the
At the same time, our amazing China team had also been up late wrapping presents and getting creative for the bears.
Jill's Bio
Jill founded Animals Asia in 1998, after an encounter with a caged bear on a farm in China changed her life forever. She now heads a team of over 300 enthusiastic staff and divides her time between our bear rescue centres in China and Vietnam and our Hong Kong head office. She travels extensively to participate in conferences and speak at fundraising events.
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