More than 10,000 bears – mainly moon bears, but also sun bears and brown bears – are kept on bile farms across Asia. The bears are subjected to regular bile extraction. The bile, which contains ...

Spread over an area of 11 hectares, the sanctuary has almost 30,000 square metres of semi-natural outdoor enclosure space designed to stimulate the bears’ natural behaviours. There are five double ...

Bear bile has been used for thousands of years in traditional Asian medicine. It contains high levels of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) known to be useful for treating liver and gall bladder conditions.

The truth about animals in circuses is that they are abused and endure lives of complete misery, while some are even poached from the wild, purely for entertainment. Circuses around the world continue ...

You can help Animals Asia in a number ways - from sponsoring a bear to holding your own fundraiser. Click on the menu on the left for ways to support our work. Alternatively, sign up to become a ...

We operate bear sanctuaries in China and Vietnam where bears are rehabilitated and cared for and where our bear teams gather vital evidence of the effects of bile extraction.Our world-class bear ...

Every year, tourists from around the world ride elephants while on holiday in Southeast Asia. Here’s why you should never take an elephant ride. In Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, ...

There are many ways that you can support charitable giving, either by donating as a corporation or by fostering programmes that encourage your employees to donate. Corporate community involvement and ...

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 ...

What better way to celebrate the onset of spring warmth and sunshine in Vietnam, than with the rescue of three more bears to our Bach Ma Bear Rescue Centre.

Our rescue team thought they’d seen it all. Collectively our sanctuary teams have rescued hundreds of bears from bile farms, and cared for hundreds more. They’ve had decades of experience with broken ...