Across Asia, wild animals are forced to perform in circuses, street shows and theme parks. Tigers jumping through hoops. Monkeys riding bicycles. Bears spinning in circles. These acts may draw ...

Moon bears in China face serious challenges from habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, illegal trafficking of animal products, and the demand for bear bile. As a vulnerable species, their future ...

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Animals Asia’s journey began with one bear’s paw. Discover our story and 25 years of kindness in action across Asia.

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 ...

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 ...

Visiting Animals Asia’s bear sanctuaries Animals Asia’s award-winning bear sanctuaries in China and Vietnam aren’t open to the public every day, but we’re always moved by how many of you want to visit ...

Animals Asia moved 101 moon bears from a former bile farm in Nanning, China to their Chengdu sanctuary in a historic rescue.