Animals Asia's founder and CEO Jill's festive blog features our rescued bears and elephants as they enjoy their wintery ...

On 23 November, Animals Asia’s Cat and Dog Welfare Team and Chengdu Fang Suo Commune opened the Love is the Only Cure – Dr Dog Retrospective Exhibition. Running until 23 December, it showcases nearly ...

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 ...

For decades, bears across Asia have suffered in silence – confined to tiny cages, their bile painfully extracted for use in traditional medicine. Although bile extraction is now illegal in Vietnam, ...

At Animals Asia, care doesn’t stand still. With every rescued bear, we learn, adapt, and refine our approach. Over two decades of experience have led us to develop pioneering methods that improve the ...

Years in captivity severely limit a bear’s ability to behave as they would in the wild. Denied stimulation, access to the outdoors and space, many arrive with limited curiosity and movement. But their ...

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 ...

They had waited 20 years in darkness. Cobwebs clung to the bars of their cages. Dust settled on their fur. Every day was the same – nothing to do but wait for the next awful thing to happen. When we ...

Animals Asia is deeply honoured to share that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE – one of the world’s most influential conservationists and a long-time supporter of our work – became the guardian of a rescued moon ...

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 ...

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 ...