A spate of direct action from concerned individuals and local animal welfare groups over the summer of 2014 has been cited as a sign of China’s animal welfare consciousness awakening.
Nanning Diaries takes you inside the bear farm that will become a sanctuary.
Starts (Wednesday 3rd September) from 9am Vietnam time (GMT+6). Join us live for updates throughout the day as 19 bears at our Vietnam sanctuary "move house".
Just as a cardboard box can inspire a child’s imagination – we’ve discovered that it’s often the simplest toys that keep our bears entertained the longest.
Animals Asia’s bear rescue centres have become the first sanctuaries in China and Vietnam to be honoured with an internationally recognised accreditation.
Therapy dogs from Animals Asia’s Dr Dog programme have been helping children in Hong Kong suffering from Down's syndrome and autism.
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.
