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Captive Animal Welfare

elephants unchained
education means prevention

Our ongoing work with Hanoi Zoo saw conditions for its animals In 2015, Animals Asia began an ambitious project to
continue to improve in 2015, with three Asian elephants inally bring animal welfare into even more Chinese classrooms

being released from chains.
by collaborating with Evergreen Centre for Sustainable
Development, a not-for-proit education organisation in Beijing.
These elephants had spent most of their lives at the end of By “training the trainers” and building an army of animal

one-metre-long chains. Now they can wander in their grassy ambassadors, we can reach even more schools, teachers and
enclosure and even bathe in water.
young people.

Animals Asia has been working with Hanoi Zoo for two years We’ve already trained 40 educators, who are now touring
to improve facilities, train staff and introduce enrichment for schools in Beijing. We hope to extend the programme to other
the animals.
cities as it develops and eventually get our message into every

classroom in China.
These elephants are among hundreds of wild animals in
captivity in Vietnam and China who are living vastly improved Animals Asia trained
lives thanks to your support.
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Because of your kindness, we can provide training
workshops and sessions with species specialists to school teachers on animal
welfare concepts and how to
encourage zoos to place greater emphasis on animal teach them within the school
welfare. This means better animal management and animals
receiving enrichment like climbing structures, food puzzles curriculum.

and raised platforms.
‘
Reaching young people in schools is

probably the most important aspect of

our work. It will be this next generation

making crucial decisions about animal
welfare in the future whether they grow

up to be high oficials making laws, or

parents deciding whether to take their

childrentoacircusthathasperforming

’wild animals.

Sisi Li
It's hard to imagine the misery and despair the elephants had
endured, chained in one spot most of their lives.
Animal Welfare oficer, Chengdu

Now these majestic wild animals are free to roam and even bathe. It's your kindness that ended their torture.

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