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Support

The stars who shone for us in 2015

Celebrity support has never been so strong, with the likes of
Ricky gervais, matt Sorum, ozzy osbourne, moby and the cast

of Downton Abbey all getting behind our campaigns. our very
sincere thanks to all the fabulous stars who shone so brightly
for the animals in 2015.

An incredible group of high-proile Australians came together in

2015 to raise awareness of our work by starring in a new TV ad
campaign. Our sincere thanks to Rachel Ward, Peter Northcote,
Jamie Durie, Arj Barker, Dr Katrina Warren, Simon Bryant and

Anjali Rao for giving their time to appear in the ad alongside our
founder, Jill Robinson. Special thanks also to Brian Daly of The
Proverbials for writing, directing and providing the score and to
David finnegan of Sense 6 for ilming and editing.

German comedian Bastian Pastewka starred in an emotional

video about the bear bile industry. Terra X star and TV presenter
Dirk Steffens provided the voiceover for our irst TV commercial.
This was produced free thanks to producer Hagen Biewer and

sound studio LofT Hamburg. The ad has been aired on different
channels and has reached 2 million viewers to date.

German actress Jasmin gerat wore our T-Shirt to show off her
baby bump in a photo shoot for popular magazine GALA. Others
who spread the word about our work include Germany's No 1
cartoonist Uli Stein, bestseller author Charlotte Link, actors

Andreas Hoppe and oscar ortega Sánchez , actress minh-Khai
Phan-Thi, vegan cook Björn moschinski, TV presenter Bettina
Böttinger and Julia-Niharika Sen and musician Rolf Brendel.
Thank you to Jasmin Gerat who proudly displayed her

baby bump to raise awareness.
Grateful thanks to our Asia Patron, superstar Karen mok, who has

been a loyal supporter of Animals Asia for many years. Karen’s
compassion for animals always shines through when she lends her
voice and celebrity status to raise awareness of our work.

franz Di Cioccio, lead singer and drummer for PFM (Premiata
Forneria Marconi) continued to speak out for the animals and raise

awareness about our work. PFM is the most popular Italian rock
band worldwide and the only one to make it into the Billboard
USA charts. From 1970 to date, PFM have released a number of

successful albums and held nearly 6,000 shows.

Sincere thanks to our UK Patron Virginia mcKenna oBe and UK
Ambassadors (and Downton Abbey stars) Peter egan and
Lesley Nicol. We're very grateful also to Rula Lenska and Rick
Wakeman for helping to make our summer fundraiser at London's

Plaisterers Hall such a success.

Our special thanks to Animals Asia’s US Ambassadors, former
Guns N' Roses drummer matt Sorum and actress Ali macgraw
for giving so generously of their time. And a big thank you also to

actress/model maggie Q.

And to those who gave their support to our Let a Bear Sh!t in
the Woods Campaign, you rock. Thank you matt Lucas, moby,
Sharon and ozzy osbourne, Steve-o, Duff mcKagan, Simon Le
Bon and Anthony Kiedis.
The irrepressible Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are among

the stars creating a buzz for the bears.

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