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Milestones
2011 The Year of the Rabbit
medicine practitioners from around the world ahead
In 2011, we celebrated 20 years of Dr Dog, Asia’s
of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine’s
irst animal-therapy programme. Jill Robinson and
Congress at the Hall of Westminster. We also
her golden retriever, Max, started Dr Dog with a organised and funded a panel discussion on
visit to a paraplegic boy in the grounds of a Hong
endangered species at the Congress.
Kong hospital.
October: Animals Asia partnered with the University
of Edinburgh to hold a seven-day workshop in
animal welfare for 236 inal-year veterinary students
in Chongqing. We also held a two-day workshop in
animal care at our Chengdu sanctuary for 32 animal
managers and veterinary-care personnel from zoos
and safari parks across China.
October: Our China team offered emergency (and
months of follow-up) veterinary care for hundreds of
dogs taken in by a Chengdu shelter after the rescue
of 800 dogs by animal-welfare groups.
November: Almost 10,000 Chinese internet
Animals Asia brought 30 bears to safety in 2011,
including our 100th Vietnam bear, “Dream”, who users entered our World Animal Day online photo
competition to promote love and respect for
was rescued from a farm in November along with
companion animals. Hundreds more joined our
13 other bears, many of them missing limbs. This
brings to 381 the total number of bears rescued in events around mainland China and Hong Kong.
China and Vietnam at end-December 2011 — 277
in China and 104 in Vietnam.
March: The Vietnam National Administration of
Tourism warned travel companies they risked losing
their licences if they took international tourists to
buy bear bile.
April: Jill was awarded an honorary doctorate from
the University of Zurich for her contribution to animal
welfare. She is now oficially “Dr Jill Robinson MBE”.
June: We hosted Asia’s biggest animal-welfare
forum, the 4-day “Asia for Animals Conference 2011”
in Chengdu, Sichuan province, the home of our China
bears. At the conference, we launched the Animals
Asia Welfare Awards (also known as “The Andrews”
in memory of Andrew, our irst rescued bear).November: Animals Asia hosted the visit of the
China Association of Zoological Gardens to the UK
September: We held our third Humane Dog to meet with international experts in captive-animal
Management Workshop for oficials and welfare management and discuss exchange programmes
groups, with this year’s focus on the control to improve the welfare of animals in Chinese zoos.
of canine rabies.
December: Seven more Chinese pharmacies joined
our Healing without Harm campaign, bringing to
September: Animals Asia co-hosted a reception
40 the number of pharmacies in China that have
pledged never to sell bear bile again.at the UK House of Commons for key traditional
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