Feb 15, 2012

Some more great news for bears in Pakistan! Reech, Shabnam & Pari have been rescued from bear baiting. They  will now enjoy life in the beautiful grassed enclosures of the WSPA-funded bear sanctuary, Balkasar, along with eleven other rescued bears (including Milla, Shala & Lala)

These…

Last year, we asked our supporters to urge the New York State Legislature to make commercial trade of bear gallbladders and bile unlawful. As a result, the Governor enacted a law to govern the trade of bear products and protect New York's wildlife.

Now it is Hawaii's turn - it is currently one of only a few states in the U.S. where the commercial trade of bear bile and products is unrestricted. Senate Bill 2232 (SB2232) and House Bill 2296 (HB2296) will ban the trade of bear bile and…

News from WSPA:

We are thrilled to announce that the Korean government has publicly committed to find a way to end bear farming in 2012! The country's Budget Committee of the National Assembly recently voted through a proposal and budget to evaluate the current situation of bears on farms in Korea, and design ways to end the practice.…

The Andean Bear Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit registered in the USA. It supports the Andean Bear Project in Ecuador, which is working to save the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus, also known as the spectacled bear) from extinction through research, conservation, rescue, rehabilitation and liberation.…

My sister Silke and I have registered for the Istanbul Marathon on 11th November this year to raise vital funds for Animals Asia.  This is the only marathon where you can run from one continent to another and as it's from Asia to Europe we thought it would be a perfect challenge for Animals Asia. 

I have never run a marathon in my life so it will be a huge challenge. Although Silke has run one before it was 6 years ago when she was much fitter and the Prague marathon is…

Could please spare a little more this festive season for the bears recently rescued from a bear bile farm in Vietnam. 

Please read Jill's appeal…

If you're in or near London over the New Year, why not join us for our Animal History of London walk and help us raise some of those so desperately needed funds. Since the recent rescue of 14 bears from a bear bile farm in Vietnam funds are urgently needed. 

One of the walkers who did our WAD…

Foundation Save the Moon Bears report 2011

Sponsor course for the moon bears

On March 13 this year the The-Hague “City-pier-city” run was kept. An annual event where many adults and many children participate. Two children of primary school Montessori Waalsdorp used this course for children who also were willing to do a charity for the moon bears. They have collected an amount of no less than 1,100 euros.

Action "A nice plan"…

Marko and Maria, two brown bears being kept as roadside attractions at Vsoja Restaurant, Tirana, were finally rescued and removed from their confinement on 16th November 2011. The operation, funded and co-ordinated by UK charity Hauser Bears, took 72 hours and routed through Macedonia and Serbia. The bears finally reached their destination at Zarnesti on Saturday morning, in good health and good spirits. The bears spent the weekend adjusting to their new…

I took part in the Animals Asia China trek last month, which took us to some of the remotest areas of China with the most stunning scenery.  The trek culminated in a visit to the Moon Bear Rescue Centre in Chengdu, which was as I expected very emotional.  I felt anger, sadness and immense happiness at the same time.  Anger and sadness for all the years of suffering of those rescued and all those still incarcerated in those hell holes and happiness for the rescued bears, who now live free of…

Hi Guys,

I am a student at University and planning to visit Bulgaria in January to film a Documentary about the Dancing Bears. My aim is to give an insight into how they were treated and to speak to animal rights activists that can talk about them on a personal level, for example, somebody that may have seen the Bears being mistreated.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

David

http://www.change.org/petitions/wwfobama-save-the-grizzly-and-stop-people-moving-into-grizzly-bear-territory#

http://bit.ly/n00qJ1

Please read this story published by the Daily Mail in the UK yesterday.  The BBC has also published it and was just as…

Thanks to your support of WSPA, our partners in Vietnam are exposing brutal bear bile tourism. As a result, the government has ordered an end to the practice, and threatened tough penalties for offenders.

Tour companies had been taking tourists to bear farms so they could watch the extraction of bile from live bears, and then purchase bile products illegally. Following the investigation by WSPA's local partner Education for Nature Vietnam, the government has now declared companies…

The BSBCC fundraiser was a big success. Thank you to everyone who attended, donated prizes or went to the causes page we set up and donated to the BSBCC. We were at $4050 when we closed on Sunday evening, but are now at $4152. I'm also thrilled that we have even more fans for the page which will make it much easier to have another fundraiser in the future. Keep asking friends to join the page. 

I especially want to thank Wendy Reese and Michele Chartier who stuck with this…

Miracle: a sad ending

Courtesy of moonbears.org, our partner in ending bear bile farming

An escaped moon bear from Kohwun Botanical Garden, Cheungyang- gun, Korea was shot dead on 31 Jan, 2011.

The male moon bear escaped from the Kohwun Botanical Garden Zoo by lifting the gate, and was hiding in a nearby cave only 700 meters away from the zoo.

When found, he had escaped the 30 hunters who followed him for 3 hours and died from 4 gunshot…