Sunday September 13, 2009, 2:23 pm



We need your help to convince the Vietnam government to enforce the law and release these bears into our care. Join our campaign now and send us your letter for presentation to the government.

You can use our sample letter below, and either:

1. Copy and paste the Sample Letter below into your email and send to info@animalsasia.org

2. Print, sign and mail/fax to your nearest Animals Asia office

We need original emails and letters to prove that there is widespread international support for our campaign.

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- send to info@animalsasia.org

The Honourable Prime Minister
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Mr Nguyen Tan Dung

Dear Honourable Prime Minister,

I would like to congratulate the Vietnamese Government on your endeavours to help Vietnam’s endangered species of Asiatic black bear, and for working in partnership with Animals Asia Foundation to close down bear farms across Vietnam and confiscate illegally-held bears.

In September 2007, 80 illegally-held bears were identified on farms in Quang Ninh Province. Under Vietnamese law they should be confiscated and transferred into the care of a suitable bear rescue centre, such as the one established by the Central Forest Protection Department and Animals Asia Foundation in Tam Dao National Park.

I am concerned to hear that so far only one of these 80 bears has been confiscated and the other 79 are still being held illegally on these farms. I also understand that these farms continue to extract bear bile illegally and sell the bile to overseas tourists, which is a clear contravention of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of which Vietnam has been a signatory since 1994. Illegal bear bile extraction was captured by Vietnam TV1 and shown on national TV in early June 2009.

The Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Dao National Park has the capacity to receive the 79 bears and Animals Asia has signed an agreement to look after these bears, on behalf of the Vietnamese Government, for the rest of their natural lives. Animals Asia has committed staff and funds and is prepared to take full responsibility for the bears’ veterinary treatment and ongoing management. The Vietnam rescue centre has taken in 29 bears to date and it is ready to take the 79 bears from these farms.

I understand the Central Forest Protection Department in Hanoi has been enormously helpful in encouraging the confiscation of these bears and working with Animals Asia in the construction of the sanctuary which has been developed to hold at least 200 confiscated bears.

Following widespread international publicity of the plight of these 79 bears, all of whom are clearly held in violation of the laws of your country, I write to ask that you order they be confiscated and transferred into the care of Animals Asia’s Moon Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Dao National Park.

Yours sincerely,

Name and nationality:



OR YOU CAN WRITE YOUR OWN LETTER AND EMAIL IT TO ANIMALS ASIA.

Points to include in personal letters:

1. There are currently 79 bears held illegally on farms in Quang Ninh province.

2. The bear farmers continue to extract bile illegally from these bears and sell it to tourists.

3. Under Vietnamese law, these bears should be confiscated.

4. Animals Asia Foundation has a rescue centre in Tam Dao National Park, which is ready and waiting to receive these 79 bears.

5. Animals Asia will provide veterinary care and a sanctuary for the bears for the rest of their lives

Sunday September 13, 2009, 2:23 pm


Animals Asia country offices:

Australia Post Box
P.O. Box 275, Blackwood SA 5051, Australia Toll free: 1800.666.004
Tel: 08 8270 1955 Fax: (08) 8270 5176

Email: info@animalsasia.org

Germany Office
Franzstr. 5 D - 80802 Munich Germany
Tel: +49-(0)89-33 99 56 40 Fax: +49-(0)89-33 99 59 50

Email: info@animalsasia.de

Hong Kong Head Office
10/F, Kai Tak Commercial Building 317-319 Des Voeux Road, Central,Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2791 2225 Fax: +852 2791 2320

Email: info@animalsasia.org

Hong Kong Post Box
P.O. Box 374, General Post Office, Hong Kong

Italy Office
P.zza San Marcellino, 6/5 A,16124 Genova (GE), Italy
Tel: +39 010 2541998 +39 010 8680709 Fax: +39 010 2545137

Email: info@animalsasia.it

New Zealand Post Box
P.O. Box 6679, Auckland, New Zealand
Toll free number 0800 728 323

Email: info@animalsasia.org

UK Office
3 Ashleigh Meadow, Tregondale Farm, Menheniot, Cornwall PL14 3RG, UK
Tel: 01579 347148 Fax: 01579 347343

Registered charity No. 1086903
Email: info@animalsasia.org

United States Office
300 Broadway, Suite 32, San Francisco, CA 94133-4587, U.S.A.
Tel: 1888 420 BEAR Fax: 1

Sunday September 13, 2009, 2:51 pm
Email sent, signed , and noted
Thanks Cher

Sunday September 13, 2009, 4:46 pm
Done, my friend.

Sunday September 13, 2009, 6:11 pm
THis is so disgusting. it has to be stopped. this is so inhumane and barbaric.

Sunday September 13, 2009, 6:53 pm
Noted & email sent ~ Thanks Cher

Sunday September 13, 2009, 11:29 pm
Will do/ Thank you, Cher, for the article and the instructions.

Monday September 14, 2009, 12:30 am
noted and on it's way Cher!

Monday September 14, 2009, 3:53 am
All e-mails sent, thanks Cher.

Monday September 14, 2009, 7:48 am
Signed petition. This is the single most soul destroying animal abuse there is, it touches me like no other abuse story. I can hardly look at the pictures. I cry every time I have to deal with this issue. Moon bears are the saddest animals on this planet, I look at their eyes behind those coffin cages and I can feel the pain a mental anguish. Please, everybody sign this petition.

Wednesday September 16, 2009, 4:36 pm
All emails sent

Wednesday September 16, 2009, 5:43 pm
Email sent. Thanks Cher!