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Nine Lives Saved, Because of You.

Once just numbers, their value measured in the amount of bile they could yield, nine more

moon bears have been saved, and named, because of your endless love and generosity...

W

hen our emergency rescue team reached the dust collected in the cobwebs at the top of her cage

farm near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the revealed she hadn’t even been able to stand up in years.

bears’ battered bodies told the stories of their Another bear, Dieu, didn’t even linch when she was

12 long years of torture — cracked paws, broken teeth, sedated. She just stared into space, resigned to her fate, as
head wounds, skin conditions and baldness, blindness, though needles and pain were what she’d come to expect

and mobility problems.
from life.

One bear, now named Soul, was found lying at the But thanks to you, nine lives have already changed

bottom of her cage with deformed back legs. he heavy
beyond their wildest dreams.

Meet the nine precious bears your kindness and love helped to save...

Soul
Cloud
Dieu (means cashew)

Jane
Xandu
Song Be (means little river)

Chom Chom
Binh An (means peaceful)
Wolfie

Back at the sanctuary, in the hands of our team who, for the irst time in their lives, begin to understand

of expert bear vets, carers and rehabilitators, our brave what kindness and love feel like.
soldiers are slowly beginning to come back to life.
We can’t wait to tell you more about these beautiful

he once-vacant stare of a bear defeated, has been bears as they overcome their trauma and their

replaced with the little twinkles we see in the eyes of bears
personalities begin to emerge.

With nine times the bear hugs for your kindness and compassion which

helped save, and name, these special moon bear friends. Thank you!

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