After almost 12 months of careful negotiations, a bear farmer finally agreed to release the last two moon bears still held in ...

Our founder and CEO, Jill Robinson is widely recognised as the world’s leading authority on the bear bile industry, having worked to end it since 1993. The bear bile industry is extremely cruel. Right ...

On 23 May 2025, Sen the moon bear – named after the lotus flower, a symbol of renewal in Vietnam – was freed from a cage he had known since 1998. Held captive for over two decades in Nghe An province, ...

Animals are being captured and exploited every day. Animals Asia has helped thousands, but there is always another animal in need of our help. Please donate today. Find out more about our ...

Across Asia, wild animals are forced to perform in circuses, street shows and theme parks. Tigers jumping through hoops. Monkeys riding bicycles. Bears spinning in circles. These acts may draw ...

China’s cats and dogs face enormous challenges. Many are homeless, at risk of illness, or stolen from loving homes to be illegally sold into the dog meat trade. But change is sweeping across the ...

Animals Asia began with a simple but powerful belief: that animals deserve kindness, compassion and a life free from suffering. Since Jill Robinson founded Animals Asia in 1998, we’ve worked to ...

In the summer of 2021, Animals Asia moved 101 moon bears from an ex-bile farm in Nanning, China to our Chengdu sanctury. The three-day, 1,200 km journey was eight years in the making – and nothing ...

In another world-first, Animals Asia is leading the way in animal welfare by creating a role focused on animal sentience. We’re delighted to announce that Dave Neale, formerly Animals Asia’s Animal ...

We’re delighted to share that another precious moon bear has arrived at our sanctuary in Vietnam’s Bach Ma National Park. Misa, a female Asiatic black bear who has spent over 25 years in captivity, ...

Judi Dench, Priscilla Presley, Stephen Fry, Alan Cumming, Chris Packham and rock legend Slash are joining more than 30 stars to sign an open letter to the new Prime Minister of Vietnam today. The ...

Dr Jill Robinson MBE, founder and CEO of Animals Asia, has been awarded one of the first-ever Jane Goodall Hope Awards at the Hope Gala in London last night, Monday 23 March 2026. Presented by the ...