Although the Vietnam sanctuary is not officially open to the public, the team offer open-day guided tours for small groups of pre-booked visitors twice a month. As part of the centre’s public ...

Bear Bile Farming 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, ...

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Five things you need to know about bear bile farming 1. Bear bile does have medicinal uses Bear bile has been used for thousands of years in traditional Asian medicine. It contains high levels of ...

Welcome home, Nang and Mua 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 ...

Facts about bear bile farming 1. Bear bile does have medicinal uses Bear bile has been used for thousands of years in traditional Asian medicine. It contains high levels of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) ...

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Bear Sanctuaries 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 ...

Every year, we spend hours making bear-appropriate decorations, pack gifts of dried fruit, nuts and other treats, decorate the enclosures and watch the fun this brings to our rescued bears. READ MORE ...