#Sunbearmonday: Blind Greir inspires us all
We’d like to dedicate this #sunbearmonday to blind sun bear Greir and the many disabled bears like her at our sanctuaries in Vietnam and China who refuse to let their disabilities hold them back.
We’d like to dedicate this #sunbearmonday to blind sun bear Greir and the many disabled bears like her at our sanctuaries in Vietnam and China who refuse to let their disabilities hold them back.
With temperatures regularly going above 30C at our sanctuaries in Vietnam and China, it’s imperative that our moon bears know how to keep cool during the summer months. So for the uninitiated, moon bear Moonie is on hand with his top tips on how to stay cool.
Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre has just welcomed its newest resident, a five-month-old sun bear cub nicknamed Layla.
Yes, it’s summer time at our Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in the foothills of Tam Dao National Park. And while that means plenty of sun and swimming, it also means plenty of rain.
This year the cracks began to show in the annual dog meat eating festival in Yulin, China. When it ultimately did go ahead, it was drastically scaled down and virtually disowned by the local authorities.Here are six reasons for optimism about the festival’s future decline.
The changes in the lives of our staff that working for Animals Asia has helped bring about, mirrors wider changes in China. The local animal welfare movement is growing and enjoying increasing success. Our incredible animal ambassadors Wen Yan, Shi Xue Liang and Ai explain.
Taken from her mother at birth and now the only cub on Nanning Bear Farm, gorgeous little Smudge is in desperate need of tender loving care and great big dollops of quality time.
If you’re counting the days until your summer holiday then it’s also worth brushing up on the animal welfare issues wherever you are headed. Jess Vyvyan-Robinson reminds that it’s a holiday from the stresses and strains of daily life – not from our responsibilities to animals.