Jill Robinson explains the complex journey behind each bear rescue — and how decades of quiet progress are bringing lasting ...

After 20 years in cobwebbed cages, Nova and Lyra were finally freed. Their time with us was heartbreakingly short, but filled with safety, dignity, and love. Their journey reminds us what’s at stake - ...

On 27 July, our “Click for Love” photography exhibition kicked off at Fanghua Street, Chengdu. The exhibition will run until 20 September. For the first exhibition this year, we chose Beilei Community ...

Our founder and CEO, Jill Robinson is widely recognised as the world’s leading authority on the bear bile industry, having worked to end it since 1993. The bear bile industry is extremely cruel. Right ...

Ending the bear bile industry in Vietnam, Animals Asia’s second sanctuary enters its final construction phase.

When moon bear Bärli arrived at our sanctuary in 2010, he was a sight for sore eyes, but now he’s a “model” bear. Poor Bärli was transferred to Animals Asia’s Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in 2010 and ...

Autumn temperatures have descended on Animals Asia’s China Bear Rescue Centre, but the sanctuary kitchen is as hot as ever. This is where meals for over 50 staff – dedicated to caring for over a ...

Today is the first day of Remember a Charity Week in the UK. We’re thrilled to once again partner with this meaningful initiative – creating an opportunity for everyone to take a moment to consider ...

Bear rescuers will today rescue seven moon bears from bear farms in Quang Ninh, Vietnam, bringing the province a step closer to being bear bile free. A team from international animal welfare NGO, ...

Pickle Nicol was one of 132 bears discovered in 2013 on a former bile farm in Nanning, China. Though bile extraction had stopped two years earlier, the legacy of cruelty lingered. When the new ...

When Amara first came to Animals Asia’s Vietnam sanctuary in 2011, she wouldn’t eat all of her food. She had just been rescued from a bear bile farm in southern Vietnam, and wasn’t used to this new ...

We are heartbroken to bring you the news that our ‘small but mighty’ Caz, arguably our Vietnam sanctuary’s most iconic resident, has passed away at the age of 18. Ten years after Animals Asia rescued ...