Seven years after being rescued from a bile farm, moon bear Sampo’s road to recovery is plagued by recurring fits but his carers are determined to maintain his quality of life.
Gnawing in vain at the iron bars of his cage on a bile farm left moon bear Oscar with broken teeth, but thanks to a compassionate dentist he is able to savour food again.
Forced to respond to global call to end selfies with sun bear mother and cub, Indonesian facility highlights lack of legislation, while government hints at review of current laws.
For anthropologist Barbara J. King, life is a balance between recognizing human differences and acknowledging the importance of all animals.
Social media is fuelling global demand for wild animal selfies, but behind the holiday snaps is a lifetime of suffering for the animals and personal danger for the tourists.
We’ll never know what became of him, but because of a bear called Samaritan, 33 others are now safe - his image was the beginning of the end for bear bile farming in Vietnam.
Sun bear Ajib and her young cub Marsha are being forced to hug and pose for photos with tourists in Indonesia – here’s how we end it.
Instead of bonding with each other as mother and child, sun bear Ajib and her cub Marsha are forced to pose for selfies with Western tourists – YOU can help end it.
