11 November 2015
Danang dolphinarium battle hits headlines in Vietnam
Animals Asia’s suggestion to Danang city leaders that plans to build a dolphinarium would be suicidal for the city have hit Vietnamese newspaper front pages.
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10 November 2015
Most animals won’t be saved – but rescues show the world an alternative
Trapped inside a cage barely bigger than your body. Standing, sitting and lying in your own excrement. Having to fight for a share of what little food and water there is.
09 November 2015
100kg later – Dick bear has gone from string bean to supersized
When Dick arrived, he was emaciated – weighing a sickly 96.5kg. Several hundred kilos of fruit and veggies later and he tips the scales at a whopping 198kg, making him nearly the largest bear at the China sanctuary.
06 November 2015
What these rescued bears will do for their carers will blow your mind
They spent decades in tiny cages on bear bile farms before they were rescued – now these bears trust their carers so much, they’ll willingly step back into a cage.
05 November 2015
Fired up to fight animal cruelty - this man’s refusal to give up moved us to tears
When New Yorker Kai Madden is wearing a sodden and muddy bear suit and taking a second, third and fourth run at a steep wall – his mind is with 10,000 bears caged in China by bear bile farms.
04 November 2015
Animals Asia rescues 33 bears to end bear bile farming in Vietnam hotspot
Animal welfare charity Animals Asia has ended bear bile farming in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam after rescuing an unprecedented 33 bears in 6 months.
03 November 2015
"Saving animals by killing them is every bit as insane as it sounds"
What I am about to write is so obvious that it shouldn’t need reiterating. But I’ll say it and next time you read someone arguing that their blood lust is actually an act of conservation you can respond accordingly.
02 November 2015
The video that proves even an orphaned bear cub can be happy again
He lost his mother as a cub and was sold by the hunter who killed her – and was destined to fall victim to the live animal trade until he was rescued by Vietnam’s Forest Protection Department.
