Crescent was stolen from the wild as a cub. She never knew freedom – only the cold metal bars of a rusting cage. Her paws never touched grass. Her fur never felt the sun.
After 23 years of unimaginable suffering, Crescent was finally rescued. But as our team prepared to take her to safety, a man rushed over and shouted: “Do not give them that bear”… “Kill it. Cut off its paws.”
This is the horrifying reality for many of Vietnam’s remaining bile bears.
Even as progress is made and more farmers surrender their bears, the black market still lurks – ready to profit from every claw, paw, and drop of bile. Every rescue is a race against time.
Please, will you donate today to help protect Vietnam’s last bile bears? Your gift could mean the difference between rescue and ruin. Between life and death.
Right now, terrified bears are trapped in cages, waiting for rescue. You can be the reason a bear like Crescent gets to feel grass beneath her paws – instead of being lost to the cruelty of the illegal wildlife trade.