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A visit from Marc Bekoff

12 November 2008, 21:10PM |

Recently we had a very special visitor at our China sanctuary – world-renowned US animal behaviourist Dr Marc Bekoff. Marc was in China to promote his books, which have recently been translated into Chinese. This was his second visit to our rescue centre and it was such a pleasure to have him back on site.

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Some good news from Chengdu!

03 November 2008, 12:51PM |

Our rescue centre General Manager, Toby Zhang, and I had a very successful meeting with the head of the Wildlife Protection Department under the Sichuan Forestry, Madam Xiong Beirong on Wednesday, 29 October.

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Thank you Harriet!

28 October 2008, 01:35AM |

In what is a very exciting development, Harriet Tung, the wife of shipping magnate Tung Chee Chen and sister-in-law of Hong Kong's first Chief Executive, Tung Chee Hwa is speaking out on behalf of the bears.

Harriet has been following the Moon Bear Rescue for quite some time and now she has offered to use her knowledge and contacts to further our campaign to end bear bile farming. Please click here for the full story.

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Happy, happy earthquake dogs!

27 October 2008, 22:32PM |

Since we rescued over 100 earthquake dogs in Dujiangyan in May and June, a construction team has been busy building the new Animals Asia-funded enclosures at a rescue centre we are co-operating with in
Chengdu.

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Jen gets her very own Bear

26 October 2008, 21:04PM |

A fond farewell to Jen O'Dwyer (our resident vet in Vietnam) for a few weeks as she leaves us to get married in Australia to her very own "Bear" – yes that really is the nickname of her husband-to-be, John.

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Welcome to the family David

23 October 2008, 12:13PM |

Who could resist him? Laid out on our surgery table today in Vietnam with our brilliant vet team momentarily forgetting their serious faces and clucking around him like foster mums, David slept in total oblivion, breathing rhythmically and strongly as he received his first health-check ever.

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Animal therapy executive-style!

22 October 2008, 15:08PM |

This week saw our Dr Dogs involved in a truly remarkable exercise. Dr Eddie and our team of canine therapists reached out to executives of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) – and charmed them all. We were invited to take part in a series of anti-stress workshops as part of HSBC’s Work Life Balance Day and visited four locations across Hong Kong.

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Getting to know you....

20 October 2008, 18:41PM |

One of the nicest stages – and sometimes one of the most heart-in-mouth moments – is when we start moving the new bears in their recovery cages closer to each other in preparation for guiding them into groups.

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Goodbye Devon and Niki

09 October 2008, 02:33AM |

I’m so sorry to bring you more terrible news from Chengdu, but two more of our bears have passed away – Devon and Niki.

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Concerns about contaminated bile

22 September 2008, 19:35PM |

The recent scandal in China of baby formula and milk containing melamine has seen over 6,000 babies affected and three who have died. One of the responses from the Chinese Government was that they hadn't been alerted to this before and were blaming the milk companies concerned for keeping the growing crisis from the ears of the Government and innocent public.

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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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