02/12/2024
Will you help save the Phung Thuong bears like what you did for Dawn?
The most broken bear we’ve seen in years, Dawn was rescued from Phung Thuong, Vietnam’s last bile farming stronghold in 2023. Twenty years on bile farm, our bear care team were shocked and saddened by her behaviour. Dawn was emotionally shut down. She spent 20 years on a farm and over that time no matter what she did, whether she resisted what was happening to her or accepted it, bad things would happen anyway.
We’ve made a promise to Dawn that we will piece her back together. And today, we’re happy to see her confidently venture in the enclosure, feel the grass beneath her paws, feel the warmth of the sun on her fur, make her first bear friends, and she finally knows what it means to be a bear.
There are 87 bears like Dawn remaining trapped across 16 farms in the same region where Dawn was rescued from.
This Giving Tuesday, thanks to a generous group of donors, when you donate by 31 December your gift will be matched – pound for pound – up to £66,000, DOUBLING the life-saving power of your gift.
Please, if you can, give this Christmas and join this rescue mission for more bears like Dawn. Don’t forget, every £1 you give today becomes £2.
