AAF'S CHINA BEAR RESCUE PETITION - Please support the Rescue :o

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December 3, 2000

 

Dear China Bear Hearts,

 

Animals Asia Foundation is *doing* the impossible. Having secured the release of 500 Moon Bears from the worst bear bile farms in China this past July The Rescue has begun! 63 bears have been released so far from their harrowing confinement and are now in the care of AAF thanks to what can only be characterized as the brilliant negotiating tact and skill of AAF's founder Jill Robinson. >

 

Please go to http://gopetition.com/info.php?petid=97 and kindly sign AAF's petition to thank the governmental agencies that are cooperating with them to encourage their continued agreement to end the farming of bears in China forever.

 

With the warmest of wishes this holiday season - thank you!

 

Kate (ox) Danaher

San Rafael, CA

94901 USA

 

" If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. "

-Thomas Edison

 

 

http://gopetition.com/info.php?petid=97

 

Petition:

We the undersigned thank the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) and the Sichuan Forestry Department (SFD) for releasing 500 bears and we petition that they continue closing down bear farms, promote the sale of herbs and synthetics and fulfil their pledge to bring bear farming to an end.

 

Petition Name: China Bear Rescue - Positive Action

 

7 Signatures (please support AAF's efforts!)

 

Category: Animal Rights

Region: Global

Recipient: China Wildlife Conservation Association, Beijing

Web-site: http://www.animalsasia.org

 

Description/History:

The Animals Asia Foundation in Hong Kong has signed an agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA) and the Sichuan Forestry Department (SFD) to free 500 bears on the worst farms in Sichuan Province and to work together to bring bear farming to an end. This " China Bear Rescue " has actually begun with the release of the first 63 bears that are now in the care of Animals Asia at a temporary rescue centre in China. The facts on bear farming: The official number of farmed bears in China is 6,992 (less now with 63 in the care of AAF). Bear bile is not an aphrodisiac - it is an efficacious medicine with a 3,000 year history, but one which is totally replaceable with herbs and synthetics. In the market today, there is an oversupply of bear bile which is why the farmers are looking for new markets, hence the placing of it in ridiculous things like shampoo and " Bear Bile Soda " !!!! Some bears have been in these terrible cages for upto 22 years. Bear farming also exists in Vietnam and Korea. The CWCA and SFA are doing the right thing and paving the way towards the end of bear farming. Money raised from advertising on this petition will go to help the Animals Asia Foundation fund and build the sanctuary for 500 rescued beautiful Moon Bears - a first major step in bringing bear farming to an end forever.