Liberated Moon Bear Named After the Quantock Hills

Quantock, about to be freed & being fed by Jill  Robinson MBE, ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION’S founder

A Moon Bear Rescue charity, supporting Animals Asia Foundation, based in Somerset and now in its fourth year, has just had another bear named after a local area in recognition of its outstanding work.

This latest freed bear named ‘Quantock’, brought tears to the eyes of his rescuers when he arrived at the Bamboo Forest Sanctuary in Sichuan province in China.  His face and nose were in a terrible state.  His nose had become scarred and disfigured through years of having to push it through a tiny hole in a vain effort to reach his food left in a container below a hole in his cage. Over the years, because the hole was so small, he had not only scraped all the hair off his nose and up to his eyes, but he had also dug dents and craters all over his face.  This poor bear was in a pitiful state.

Imagine then his delight, when he was released from his cage, at being able to eat his food for the first time, unhindered.  The expression on his face brought joy and happiness to the Animals Asia Foundation’s team.  This story is just typical of so many of the rescued bears, who have been ravaged by years of torment and cruelty.

Since its formation four years ago, the Somerset Group, made up of members from Taunton and the surrounding area, has successfully sent out over £62,000 to Animals Asia Foundation in China and in total 139 Asiatic Moon bears have now been liberated from their rusting metal cages into bear sanctuaries. 

In the past few years, Animals Asia Foundation has been working tirelessly with the Chinese Government to get the practice of Bear Bile farming banned.  To read more about this appalling practice read The Bear Bile Trade

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