Articles, updates and blogs about Animals Asia’s campaign to urge the Vietnam government to help rescue the last 150 bears ...

Animals Asia's CEO Jill Robinson talks about why 2026 is a pivotal year for the last 150 bile bears in Vietnam - and why we ...

Our sanctuary in Chengdu, southwest China, is Animals Asia’s first – and China’s only – rescue centre for bears formerly farmed for their bile. Hidden among peaceful bamboo forests, it’s a safe haven ...

… Jingle Bears, Jingle all the way! And boy did Jingle and friends enjoy their festive days in our sanctuaries, after our sensational carers decorated their enclosure with all things nice. In China, ...

I’m Niki Wu, Bear & Vet Team Director at Animals Asia’s China bear sanctuary. This month I celebrate my year work anniversary. Reflecting on it, I feel like everything in my journey so far has led me ...

Every year, we spend hours making bear-appropriate decorations, pack gifts of dried fruit, nuts and other treats into beautifully wrapped boxes, decorate the enclosures, and then watch the fun this ...

Well-known supporters have rallied behind Animals Asia’s mission to free the last bears still trapped on bile farms in Vietnam – proudly wearing the Free the Final Bears campaign T-shirt and sharing ...

Following a period of intense negotiations in early 2025, Animals Asia secured agreement for and part-funded a landmark nationwide survey of all remaining bear farms in Vietnam. The surveys, conducted ...

Last year Animals Asia broke ground on our second bear sanctuary in the beautiful mountainous region of Bach Ma, which will be home to the last 300 bears who remain on bile farms in Vietnam. After ...

After two decades of confinement on a bear bile farm in Phung Thuong village, moon bears Nang and Mua have been rescued by Animals Asia and transported to our new sanctuary in the serene Bach Ma ...

Patients at the Chengdu Emotional Disorder Center in China were visited earlier this month by two very important guests. But Li Dabao (meaning ‘Big Treasure’) and Xuebing (‘Ice Cream’) are no ordinary ...