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End Bear Bile Farming

11 bears rescued

In 2012, nine rescued bears arrived longer look after her and who were 22 Sept: Ricky and Joey

at our sanctuary in Tam Dao and thankfully unwilling to sell her to a were handed over to us by Lai

two in China. Sadly one young bile farm.Chau forestry oficials who
bear we named “Girl” was so sick coniscated the tiny male cubs

that she passed away shortly after 15 May: Eugi was handed over to from smugglers near the Chinese
her arrival.border.
us voluntarily by a man who had
purchased him as a 7kg cub. After
13 Dec: Bon Bon, a timid and
Vietnamkeeping Eugi in a small cage in a
dark shed for 10 years, the ageing nervous young male, arrived with
11 Jan: The irst arrival of the year us after being coniscated from a
owner had found it increasingly
was Tieu Long – Little Dragontrader in Central Vietnam, close
dificult to care for him and had to the Cambodian border. Bon
– a young male handed over todecided to give him up.
us by Son La forestry oficials Bon had been looked after by

who had coniscated him from a 24 May: Girl, a tiny and extremely police for a year before he came
farmer keeping several illegal wild to us.
sick bear, was handed to us by
animals.
the owner of a small circus. Little
more than skin and bones on her China
9 Feb: Isis, a friendly young
female, was transferred to us after arrival, she passed away within a 7 Dec: Two young bears, Wan
matter of days, despite the team’s
being coniscated by the SonCai, a male and Holly, a female,
attempts to save her.were handed to our Chengdu
Tay forestry oficials. The family
who had owned her had kept her Bear Rescue Centre after being
31 July: Cat Ba, a healthy young
isolated in a cage for six years.coniscated from villagers by the
female – and the last bear held on Sichuan Forestry Department.

20 April: Song Long, a 13-year-old Cat Ba Island – was coniscated The villagers had apparently
female, arrived with us after being and handed to us by the Cat Ba found them in the wild as cubs.

kept as a mascot in the backyard forestry oficials, who were also
of a company for her whole life. responsible for rescuing all of the
Clockwise from top left: Tieu
She was handed over to us by her other bears previously held on Long, Isis, Ricky, Bon Bon, Joey

owners, who felt they could nothe island.and Holly.

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