Last year Animals Asia broke ground on our second bear sanctuary in the beautiful mountainous region of Bach Ma, which will be home to the last 300 bears who remain on bile farms in Vietnam.

After decades of campaigning and rescuing bears, the image of what Vietnam will look like without bear bile farming is at last coming into focus.

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A slow, damp start…

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A barrage of rain…

The construction workers donned ponchos and tried to continue working, but there was so much surface water it made it impossible to lay foundations or build walls. They even tried to catch up by working at night, but even when the rain stopped for a while, operating heavy machinery in the dark brought its own issues and challenges.

Construction begins in earnest 

Step by step, phase by phase

The sanctuary will be built in three stages: Stage One will comprise two double bear houses with four enclosures, quarantine area, vet hospital, bear care building, bear management office, and all essential supplies such as power and waste.

Bringing the last bears home

AAF rushes to complete construction as soon as possible because, while they’re building, those 300 bears are still languishing on bile farms across the country. They don’t know someone’s coming for them. They can’t understand that help is on the way, that as soon as humanly possible AAF will be rushing to their side to bring them to a place they could only have ever dreamed of.

Going as fast as they can, but there’s still so much to do. 

AAF and the bears still need your help. Please, will you help us build the second and third part of our new sanctuary, so we can go and get those last, desperate bears before it’s too late?

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The sooner we build the sanctuary, the sooner these bears can live out the rest of their days just as the 680 bears we’ve rescued before them have: surrounded by friends, lush surroundings, and an endless supply of love.