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LETTER FROM

Jill Robinson

Dear friends of Animals Asia,

I’ll never forget the day our world collapsed in Vietnam. The

moment we received an eviction order – and faced having to

close our bear sanctuary, built with such care and compassion.

The eviction was totally unjust, so despite the stress and

anxiety, we refused to bow to pressure and launched our Stop
the Eviction campaign. Our decision was backed by good people

across the world – friends who rallied behind and supported us

as we began what would become the ight of our lives.

For nearly two years, the 77 local staff at our sanctuary feared losing their jobs and having to

put the 104 bears they cared for back into cages while another sanctuary could be built. Then in
January, good sense and justice inally prevailed when the Prime Minister of Vietnam announced

that we could stay.

It’s with endless thanks to you that we can now expand our original sanctuary to

rescue more bears, and continue our work in both Vietnam and China to

end bear bile farming once and for all. Bear bile farming is now a major
talking point in China and the people are saying a loud “no” to the cruelty.

Our work to help the bears – and many other animals – continues because of the kindness of people
around the world. Thank you again and again for helping us to heal our broken bears and, at the

same time, move all of our work ever forward . until the cruelty ends.

With grateful bear hugs,

Jill Robinson MBE, Dr.med.vet. h.c.

Founder and CEO

Animals Asia

PS: We achieved so much in 2012. Let’s make 2013 an even better year for the animals. Please turn

to pages 14 and 15 to see how you can help.

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