Tag archives for Asiatic black bears
Vietnam PM Grants Bear Sanctuary a Reprieve
Posted by Guest Blogger on April 2, 2013 
By Leanne Younes Moon bears ‘Mara’ and ‘Angus’ – two of the rescued bears at the Animals Asia sanctuary in North Vietnam – are free to enjoy their freedom a while longer, following a last-minute reprieve (see our previous post on this sanctuary). In an 11th hour decision in January, the Prime Minister of Vietnam,…
Endangered Moon Bears Harvested for Bile in Vietnam
Posted by Guest Blogger on December 21, 2012 
Video by Brendan McCarthy. Text by Leanne Younes Note: This story was first published on February 9, 2012, and it was updated on December 21, 2012 with new information In a blistering tin shed on the outskirts of Hanoi, rows of caged Asiatic Black bears pant with thirst and gaze despairingly through the bars. The bears…
Remembering the Ghost Bear & Rescuing the Moon Bears
Posted by Jordan Carlton Schaul of University of Alaska on July 14, 2012 Her photo is one of two that hangs above my desk. I am haunted to this day, only a month since the incident, but I know I will be haunted for the rest of my life. I let her down somehow—the world let her down. The two pictures that hang behind my desk are of …
