Well just over a month ago I visited the 3 animal sanctuaries run by Animals Asia in Vietnam. Firstly to see my "son" Olly bear at the Tam Dao sanctuary near Hanoi, then the two relatively new sanctuaries; Yok Don elephant sanctaury and Bach Ma the second bear sanctuary. Bears are rescued from the vile bear bile farming business which is one of the cruelest things we do to animals today. The elephants are rescued from the illegal logging and tourist "rides" trades. See animalsasia.org for more info or feel free to message me! xx
My "son" Olly on top duffing up a bear called King Darb named by the actress Lesley Nicol (Mrs Patmore, Downton Abbey). Just fyi, my Olly was rescued as a cub destined to be caged for years and have his bile extracted. So in one way he was lucky, never made it to a bile farm. However, he sadly probably saw his mother killed in front of him as he was kidnapped from the wild.
A few other bear images:
The one in tyre is "Sassy" a sun bear - also caught to be milked for bile!
Last image is of a female elephant we walked through forests with at the Yok Don sanctuary.
Lastly, any of you beautiful people near Guildford, UK, I am having a fund raising party Sat July 12th with rock covers band, great food and a cheap bar - message me