Animals Asia
Animals Asia is a nonprofit animal welfare organization that works to end bear bile farming and improve the welfare of animals across Asia through rescue, education, and policy change. Its work includes operating bear sanctuaries, improving captive animal welfare, and protecting cats and dogs in Asia.www.animalsasia.org
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Sep 9, 2026
ChrisHOST
And it goes back to, I don't know why it came up, but the bear bile.
ChrisHOST
Remember, it was Animals Asia, Jill Robinson, who led the charge on getting that banned.
ChrisHOST
Yeah, that was one
AngieHOST
of the most intense interviews I've ever done.
AngieHOST
The Vietnamese government's working really hard to try to rescue and close every bear farming facility by 2020.
AngieHOST
And they're working with a group called Animals Asia, which I'll highlight towards the end of the podcast too.
AngieHOST
That's really just a fantastic organization that's just trying to end bear bile farming and working really hard at doing that.
AngieHOST
Yeah.
ChrisHOST
So.
ChrisHOST
It says a lot of the cruelty of the practice.
ChrisHOST
And like Angie said, Animals Asia Healing Without Harm Program, which we're going to talk about, is leading an effort to do that.
ChrisHOST
I did find some good news, too, with I think it's Kybeo.
Rick WakemanGUEST
No humans, just bears.
Rick WakemanGUEST
I'm involved with Animals Asia, which we have an, a, a, a bear sanctuary down there.
Rick WakemanGUEST
Uh, 300 bears.
Rick WakemanGUEST
We've saved them from the bear bile farming.