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Programme Monthly Review –October 2016 Captive Animal Welfare – Cat and Dog Welfare – Moon Bear Protection -PRED Dept.

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Animal Welfare Department

October 2016 Vietnam 1. Anti-Animal performance campaign

Investigations at Saigon Zoo, Suoi Tien Amusement Park, Dam Sen Tourist Park and Can Gio Monkey Island Biosphere Reserve

Campaign letter sent to Can Gio Monkey Island Biosphere Reserve calling for an end to the circus performances (copied to UNESCO offices in Paris and Hanoi)

Campaign letter sent to Dr Lam, Vietnam Zoo Association calling for an end to the circus performances at Suoi Tien Amusement Park & Dam Sen Tourist park as this violates VZA policy

Discussions via Wild Welfare with Dr Lam, Vietnam Zoo Association with regards to the use of elephants in shows at Saigon Zoo

2. Cetaceans in captivity – Danang Dolphinarium development Online petition opposing the development of the dolphinarium

https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/danang-dolphin-petition.html signed by 16,131

3. Captive Animal Management Programme

Captive wild animal welfare cases

o We received reports of a sun bear suffering at the Suoi Tien Amusement Park. We visited the park to obtain video footage and photos and have written to the director to offer advice and support to improve the bear’s welfare

o A monkey has been rescued by a dog shelter in HCMC and we are liaising with the shelter to have him moved to Cu Chi wildlife rescue station and provided with a suitable enclosure

Vietnam Elephant Initiative (Animals Asia, Wild Welfare, North Carolina Zoo, Elephant

Care International)

Animal management advice

o Erin Ivory (Elephant Manager, NC Zoo) has provided further

recommendations on the management of both Gold and Jun to improve their

welfare

o Erin has produced a ‘Behaviour & Health’ observation form for ECC staff to

complete daily

Facility advice at Elephant Conservation Centre o VBRC construction team are building an e-fenced enclosure for Jun and Gold

Veterinary advice at Elephant Conservation Centre

Susan Mikota (Veterinary Director, Elephant Care International) and Dr Willem Schaftenaar (Rotterdam Zoo vet) have provided further recommendations on the diet for Gold

Hanoi Zoo

o Animal Management o Emily & Harry (volunteers) working with the keepers, have

o Provided sleeping baskets within the civet cat enclosures o Started to implement the bear, tiger, lion & macaque enrichment

calendars o Constructed scratching poles and platforms for the lions and tigers

https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/danang-dolphin-petition.html%20signed%20by%2016,131


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o Education department

Theresa (volunteer) is offering advice to design signs for visitors to be respectful around the animals

Saigon Zoo o Contacted the zoo to offer advice and support via Erin Ivory, Elephant Manager at

North Carolina Zoo for their elephants which appear undernourished and

exhibiting negative behaviours

New safari park developments

o A letter has been sent to newly open safari parks to introduce Animals Asia’s work

in collaboration with VN Forest to develop ‘national standards on the keeping and

husbandry of captive animals’, which would be applied to all facilities with wild

animals, once ratified by the government

Suoi Tien Amusement Park o A letter was sent to Suoi Tien to offer veterinary help for their sun bear

Dam Sen Water Park o A letter was sent to Dam Sen water park to offer veterinary help to treat a bear

with a skin problem

Phu Quoc Safari Park o Met with the Animal Director and Head of Zoology Department to discuss potential

to collaborate on animal management and veterinary training programmes and an

AW concept education initiative

4. Animal Welfare Education

o Public Education

Number of Vietnamese Animal Welfare Facebook followers; 17,919

Total number of people VN facebook messages have reached; 52,070

Issues raised:

Topic Subject Number of Readers

Animal cognition Can Your Dog Tell What Time it is 163

Primate Personalities 2,847

Opinion piece White tigers – the not so colourful truth 2,788 Animals should not be held in shopping malls 1,930

Captive and wild animal welfare issues

Indian Animal Welfare Board urges central government to prohibit use of elephants for performance

3,555

Elephant Dies While Giving Tourists a Ride in

Scorching Heat

1,518

Should Animal Abuse be Considered a Violent Crime 2,199

How Grassroots Work to End Bear Bile Farming is Helping Vietnam Stop the Cruelty for Good

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TripAdvisor Will No Longer Sell Tickets to Places That Hurt Animals

2,535

Sick Tiger Cub Rescued from Circus Makes Incredible Recovery

1,273

Zoo Teaches Chimp to Chain-Smoke to Entertain Visitors

2,800

Byculla Zoo loses Humboldt Penguin 3,023

Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism requests the ending of violence at festivals

546

Pizza – the world’s saddest polar bear 800

Farm animals & promoting vegan diet

In the Past 24 Hours, More Than 23 Million Animals Were Killed. This Is Why.

161

Students Are Going Vegan, and It’s Helping Colleges Trim the Fat

2,052

Dairy farmers have tossed 43 million gallons of excess milk this year

2,921

Thinking of giving up red meat - half measures may end up increasing animal suffering

2,839

No mother should have to give birth behind bars. 223 Baby Cow Saved from Slaughter Won't Go Anywhere Without His Dogs

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Animal Welfare – the key of sustainable farming 246 9 Things You Wanted to Know About Eating Meat but Were Too Afraid to Ask

3,893

Promoting responsible pet ownership

This horrifically sad post is exactly why you need to consider adoption a life-long commitment

9,884

How Therapy Dogs are Helping People Through Difficult Times

3,019

6. Anti-Animal Cruelty at festivals campaign –

The Department of Local Culture, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have organized a workshop with provincial departments of culture, sports and tourism, where ‘brutal

festivals’ continue to take place. The ministry insisted that ‘brutal and uncivilized

festivals would not be allowed to be organized.

Nem Thuong Pig Slaughter

Online petition signed by 31,225

https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/vietnam-pig-slaughter-festival.html

https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/vietnam-pig-slaughter-festival.html


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China

1. Anti-Animal performance campaign

No Voice, No Choice international campaign signed by 41,659 http://novoice.animalsasia.org/novoicenochoice/

Anti AP ‘Freedom’ video on continual loop at Chengdu Zoo

Phone survey of Chinese zoos and safari parks to assess the number of animal performances across the country

243 facilities surveyed - 95 with AP, 148 without AP 39.1% of zoos & safari parks have AP 38.5% of CAZG member zoos have AP

Online opposition /awareness

o The use of animals in performances at

o Qingdao Wild Animal Park

o Zhuhai International Circus Festival

o Shanghai Wild Animal Park

o Chimelong Safari Park

o Nanjing travelling circus

o Lanzhou Wanda Plaza

o The pending import of Orca’s into Linyi Ocean Park

o The forcing of pigs off high platforms into water at a Liuzhou Tourist Resort

Nature University activities (co-ordinated with Animals Asia) (PLEASE DO NOT SHARE) Number of Elephant Rescue Corps volunteers is 157

Elephant rescue corp published story; o What does loneliness mean to an elephant? – the story of Asian elephant

Feifei in Tianshan Safari Park. Isolated since a very young age and held with inappropriate husbandry practices, in unnatural conditions, the elephant became very sick and died at 14yearsold.

‘I promise I will not visit animal performances’ sign-on page – Signed by 28,070

supporters

http://www.faa.eorg.cn/qm/

Online opposition / awareness

o Encouraging the public to contact Shandong Forestry Administration to

oppose the use of animals in performances at Qingdao Wild Animal Park

following exposure of poor living conditions and trainer beating a black bear.

o Exposed unsatisfactory response received from Liaoning Province and

Anshan City Forestry Department Forestry Bureau with regards to

opposition of animal use at the Jingdong Circus Festival

o Report to SFA on Liaoning Forestry’s neglect of Jingdong Circus Festival

o Open letter to the Ministry of Culture to appeal for an end to animal use

in International Circus Festivals

o Press event in Beijing and online open letter to the Governor of

Guangdong and State Forestry Administration calling for the closure of

Grandview Aquarium

o Openly criticized the hunting yard to be built in the future Lanzhou Zoo new

venue.

http://novoice.animalsasia.org/novoicenochoice/

http://www.faa.eorg.cn/qm/


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2. Volunteer network development Number of registered volunteers is 1,732 Investigations

o No development Sichuan Animal Protection Universities Alliance – 16 members

o Animal welfare education workshop held for SUAPA leaders to provide information on all animal welfare issues and help them to develop educational programmes within their universities.

Lanzhou Animal Protection Universities Alliance – 10 members Fuzhou Animal Protection Universities Alliance – 6 members

3. Resource Development

Elephant, macaque & crocodile sentience and emotions posters produced in EN, CN and VN

4. Cetaceans in captivity (PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE PUBLICLY) Online petition to close the Grandview aquarium signed by 828,301

https://www.animalsasia.org/uk/media/news/news-archive/this-chinese-mall-has-become-a-prison-for-animals.html

Investigations of Guizhou Polar Ocean World and Shilin Ice Oceanic World Media coverage of Grandview estimated to have reached over 1.1 billion people. The first

story appeared in more than 300 outlets, the total viewes for the outlets we have numbers for is 1,139,873,000. MORE THAN A BILLION. For the second Grandview story, with the offer to rehome Pizza, the total number was 597,289,000. The story appeared in more than 370 outlets. The total number of views received is 1,737,162,000. This doesn't account for numerous websites that we don't have numbers for.

Produced 15 short video clips showing unnatural behaviours of captive cetaceans with commentary from investigation footage.

5. Import of wild caught apes (PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE PUBLICLY)

Drafting report on behalf of ARCUS foundation on the welfare of chimpanzees in Chinese zoos

6. Animal Welfare Education

School and University Education o Animal welfare presentations delivered at

Weiming school, Chengdu AHSPU – 96 students Shuangyanjing primary school – 48 students Sichuan International Studies University – 40 students Changan University, Xian – 40 students

o Sharing Nature, Chengdu We have negotiated a co-operation with Sharing Nature (a nature education

NGO) in co-developing animal welfare textbooks for primary schools. o Evergreen Centre for Sustainable Development, Beijing

Delivering animal welfare classes in three Beijing schools Public education

o Presentation on Animal welfare, environmental and health implications of consuming animals, delivered to 70 people at Teambition in Chengdu




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o Meatless Monday

Number of readings 4,135,00 Number of discussions 4556 Number of followers 160

o WeChat Number of readers 15,145 Presentation on Animal welfare, environmental and health implications of

consuming animals at Teambition in Chengdu Recruitment for Animal Welfare Education Officer in Chengdu Animal welfare workshop for Sichuan University Alliance students

o Weibo

Exposure of animal performances at Qingdao Wild Animal Park read by 122,000 readers

Opposition to the ivory trade and the use of elephants in circuses and for riding read by 74,000 readers

Review of presentation on welfare and human implications of consuming animals read by 65,000 readers

Number of Weibo post readers in October 2016

639,000

Total number of Weibo post readers in 2016

15,222,000

Animals Asia Animal Welfare Department posting Number of readers Oppose animal performance in Qingdao WAP and campaign for anti AP

122,000

RT FAA post and campaign for anti AP 24,000 Promote Dave's talk in Teambition 41,000 Oppose pig jumping in Liuzhou resort and campaign for anti-animal abuse

19,000

Oppose Zhuhai International Circus Festival animal performance promotion

16,000

Share TripAdvisor news that they have stopped selling tickets to abusive animal entertainment facilities

24,000

Review of Sichuan Colleges AW Union workshop 17,000 Oppose animal performance in Chimelong Interaction Circus by sharing Britta being awarded UK NHM award

20,000

Oppose Linyi Ocean Park importing Orcas 28,000 Promote college students' anti AP ground event 14,000 Oppose Nanjing's travelling circus 15,000 Oppose animal performance in Lanzhou Wanda Plaza 11,000 Oppose wild animal products trading and animal performance 18,000


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Meatless Monday posting Number of readers

To raise public awareness of hens being fond of freedom like humans

17,000

To raise public awareness about pig are opportunists 13,000 Review of Dave's talk in Teambition 65,000 To raise public awareness of hens can learn from each other 14,000 To raise public awareness of cows can live long and full live 14,000

China Cetacean Alliance posting Number of readers Photos of wild humpback whales 18,000 Tips on how to rescue whales stranded 14,000 Revealed the news that Linyi POW will exhibit 2 Russian orcas next Feb

23,000

Report on Chunmei and HSI’s press event re Grandview 60,000 Reply to Grandview’s announcement 80,000 Revealed Pizza’s videos on its stereotypic behaviour and HSI’s vet’s comment

27,000

Freedom for Animal Actors posting Number of readers Criticism of trainers abusing performing bear in Qingdao Safari Park

14,000

Share a story of an isolated elephant in Urumqi 1,908 Elephant rescue corp 1,272 Share the story of Xinxin the elephant in Badaling 10,000 Continue questioning Jingdong Circus Festival 2,600 What are the causes for female elephants’ killing babies 1,213 Criticize Grandview’s shopping mall zoo 13,000 Criticize Lanzhou zoo’s hunting yard in its new location 67,000

Statistics Weibo site No of Followers

Animals Asia 157,846 Freedom for Animal Actors 2,413 China Cetacean Alliance 6,317

7. Fundraising 30,000RMB received for 2016 animal welfare project


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General Animal Welfare education and awareness

Animals Asia website and facebook

Campaign posting Number of

views Number of

likes Number of

shares Think China does not care – these incredible young people will change your mind – FAA protest at Beijing Workers Stadium

9,700 4,100 1,049

Animal selfies break our heart – here’s how we stop them

1,200 440

Training a new generation of heroes to help Vietnam’s animals

1,000 105

Public education posting Number of views

Number of likes

Number of shares

Asia for Animals

1. AfA letters

Chairman of Lotte mart regarding sale of dog meat in Chinese stores

Hefei Wildlife Park regarding smoking chimpanzees

Yunnan Wildlife Park regarding use of infant orangutan in publicity stunt

Japanese & Burmese authorities regarding import of 4 elephants to Maruyama Zoo,

Japan (second letter)

2. AFA supporter newsletter

15,393 people signed up

Appeal for supporters to sign pledges and petitions

3. AfA Facebook followers - 4,369

4. AfA Animals in Indonesian zoos (in partnership with Scorpion Foundation)

Investigations

Kasang Kulim Zoo

Serulingmas Zoo, Banjarnegara

Gembira Loka, Jogjakarta

Mangkang zoo, Semarang

Lembah Hijau zoo, Bandarlampung, Sumatra

Mini zoo in Banten (Pandegelang)

Bali Safari & Marine Park


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Actions Scorpion Foundation requested Ministry of Environment and Forestry to

move a previously wild orangutan from Kasang Kulim Wildlife Park to an animal rescue centre for possible release back to the wild. http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Boy-Still-in-Kasang-Kulim-Prison-October-21-2016-.html

Scorpion Foundation requested the management of Serulingmas Wildlife

Recreation Park (TRMS Serulingmas) to improve supervision of the

orangutans in the wildlife park.

http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Supervision-of-Orangutan-in-

Serulingmas-Zoo-Needs-Improvement-October-10-2016-.html

Scorpion Foundation insisted the Wildlife Authority (BKSDA) in Yogyakarta

end cruelty to elephants in Gembira Loka zoo, Yogyakarta. The elephants

are chained by three legs causing them to be unable to move freely inside

their enclosure.Elephants are also used for riding. Scorpion also found

visitors freely throwing junk food to otters.

http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Scorpion-Insists-Wildlife-

Authority-to-End-Cruelty-to-Elephants-in-Yogyakarta-October-31-2016-

.html

5. AfA meetings

Met with the Myanmar Deputy Ambassador to the UK to discuss the pending export of elephants from Myanmar to Japan

Kaori (Japanese activist) met with Kyaw Kyaw Saw (Burmese political activist) and gained his support for opposing the export

6. AfA responses

Sarawak government responded to our letter regarding confiscation of Sun bears at

Miri Crocodile Farm. The government support an end to the use of the bears for

photo opportunities and the development of a new enclosure. They do not support

confiscation.

7. AfA good news

Lotte Mart have responded to say they will end the sale of dog meat products in their Chinese stores

http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Boy-Still-in-Kasang-Kulim-Prison-October-21-2016-.html

http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Boy-Still-in-Kasang-Kulim-Prison-October-21-2016-.html

http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Supervision-of-Orangutan-in-Serulingmas-Zoo-Needs-Improvement-October-10-2016-.html

http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Supervision-of-Orangutan-in-Serulingmas-Zoo-Needs-Improvement-October-10-2016-.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aus7GkC36VE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLTCOnBXyLg&feature=youtu.be

http://scorpionmonitor.org/content/news/Scorpion-Insists-Wildlife-Authority-to-End-Cruelty-to-Elephants-in-Yogyakarta-October-31-2016-.html




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Cat and Dog Welfare Programme

Say No to Cat and Dog Meat charity advertisement

Starting fromSince the beginning of October, Animals Asia’s Say No to Cat and Dog Meat

charity advertisement aired in nine cities: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Beijing,

Nanning, Nanjing, Guiyang, Haerbin and Changchun. Altogether 118 advertisements were

shown on screens near the bus station, the subway station and commercial streets, exposing

the truth behind the cat and dog meat black industry to more than 10 million people.

The three posters converted to advertisements came from the first and second prize works of

the Third Animals Asia Charity Advertisement design contest. According to media reports,

more than 10 million dogs and 4 million cats are sent to the table annually in China. In 2015,

Animals Asia released a series of in-depth investigation reports on China’s dog meat industry

chain. This serial investigation covered four years and uncovered the fact that there are no

dog farms in China, thus answering the question from media and animal protection groups

about the source of dog meat on the table: the dog meat in large supply is in fact from home

dogs or stray dogs being killed or stolen. We held the third advertisement design contest in

order to expose the truth about the dog and cat meat industry chain to the public, and inform

them of the various issues such as illegal activities, crime, food security, etc. involved so as

to encourage them to reach a sound decision to not eat cats or dogs.

Dog Management Work

To get an in-depth understanding of the situations and difficulties faced by local animal

protection groups with regard to dog management, since 2014, we have visited more than 30

cities. This month, we went to Shanghai, Nanjing and Gaoyou in Jiangsu province to learn

about the development and situations of its local groups. These groups include Shanghai

HomelessTa, WangAyi base in Pujiang, PPAR Shanghai, Shanghai FN Group， Nanjing

Pingan Afu, Nanjing Dog Shelter and Gaoyou Huguolongwang Temple Life Guarding Park.

These shelters have all encountered difficult situations and operate under different

circumstances, but they receive attention and support from local society at large and we will

continue to provide advice and assistance as needed.


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TNR project for stray cats

TNR training in Ningbo：

To help the stray cats in Ningbo and the growth of Ningbo animal protection groups, on October

29th, Animals Asia cooperated with Lucky Cats to conduct in-depth TNR training for the UTNR

team of Ningbo Nottingham University, the Care for Stray Dogs Association in Ningbo

University, NTNR team of Ningbo University of Technology and the Rescue Platform for cats in

Ningbo. Since its founding, the UTNR team in Ningbo Nottingham University has kept in close

communication with us and we have been following their growth. Now, although still a young

group, they have developed into a professional TNR team and have achieved a 60-70% de-

sexing rate for stray cats on the university campus, winning the approval and support of the

university. The UTNR team also share their working experience with other schools.

During the training, teachers from Lucky Cat shared their experience in the field of TNR. Staff

from Animals Asia also answered questions from the trainees. The topics discussed ranged

from TNR projects for cats to various aspects of animal protection. This training not only helped

the trainees to improve the implementation of their TNR projects, but also expanded the

development path of animal protection work for local groups. While addressing the issues of

stray cats on campus, the team also hope to transmit the concept of caring for animals, and

how to operate as a team.


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Conversation with Shanghai FN team and members of the community residents

committees

To move the TNR work forward in a positive direction, on October 31st, staff from Animals Asia

visited a community in Shanghai. We spoke with Mr. Lu, the leader of the community residents’

committee and volunteers from many communities. This community is the largest in which a

TNR project has been established by the Shanghai FN team with our support. This year, more

than 100 cats were de-sexed and the de-sexing rate reached around 70%, which basically

resolves the cat problem in the community. At the outset, the members of the committee knew

little about the TNR project and were against it, but now they have established a good,

cooperative relationship with the FN team.

During the conversation, Mr, Lu expressed his thanks to Animals Asia and the FN team, but

also mentioned difficulties the committee is facing in terms of financial shortage, lack of staff

and environmental problems rising from cat-feeding. The volunteers from various communities

also stated the difficulties that they have encountered and we discussed how to solve these

problems. Going forward, we will actively communicate with the FN team about taking

measures such as introducing a cat canteen, to conciliate the conflicts generated by feeding

stray cats. We hope that the TNR project will win more approval and the support of more

communities with the efforts of local animal protection groups.

Public Education and promotion

Highlights of Dr. Dog and Professor Paws activities in October

In October 2016, Animals Asia carried out 12 Dr Dog visits, 11 Professor Paws Cadet classes

and public education in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Hongkong.

The Dr Dog visits engaged more than 380 people and the Professor Paws classes and public

education activities benefitted over 850 people.


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Chengdu: A special Professor Paws activity

On October 21st, two Professor Paws, Hanhan and Apollo,

went to Chengdu TSI school and taught a special “care for

life and be kind to animals” class. Different from other

classes, this time, a group of UK Animals Asia supporters

and Jill Robinson, the founder of Animals Asia were also

among the students.

Guangzhou: touch you with my hands, Dr Dog in my

heart.

On October 22nd, Dr Dog Duobao and Dr Betty went to visit the kids

in Guangzhou Blind School. The children here are eager to learn

everything about Dr Dogs, but they were initially anxious being

unable to see the dogs clearly. To set them at ease, the volunteers

described each dog, “The dog near you is called Duobao and he is a

yellow boy with a strong body and short hair. The other dog with long

hair is Betty and she is a little, white beauty”. The kids listened very

carefully to the volunteers to learn how to touch and interact with the

Dr Dogs.

Professor Paws Second Class activities

In October, Animals Asia’s video “Cat and Dog Welfare Around Us”

broadcast successfully in educational institutions in Shenzhen, Xi’an,

etc., and to date more than 40,000 people have learnt the correct

method of getting along with small animals through this video.

“Love Animal Care Life Education” in Shenzhen Beihuan Middle

School

On October 17th, 1,300 students from 30 classes of Shenzhen

Beihuan Middle School watched the “Cat and Dog Welfare Around Us”

video. We are delighted to see that Shenzhen Beihuan Middle School

is so committed to the transmission of the concepts of “Love Animal

Care Life Education”. As a way of saying thank you, we awarded this school the title of “Model

school of Love animal care life education” and we congratulated Shenzhen Beihuan Middle

School for being the first school in Shenzhen to win this title.


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Xi’an Love it Welfare Association

On October 19th, the students from Xi’an Red Sun Kindergarten enjoyed a special lesson about

Cat and Dog Welfare Around Us. The volunteers from Xi’an Love it Welfare Association also

brought the “Care for animals” activity to another two schools in Xi’an. In total 160 children

watched the video and learnt how to get along with cats and dogs.

Hainan Normal University

An Animal Welfare and Rescue course was presented by Libo for students in Hainan Normal

University. Libo has been working in the field of animal protection, especially wildlife protection

for many years. Libo recognized the positive educational effect of our video “Cat and Dog

Welfare Around Us” and he used this video as part of the course. The following is some of the

feedback from the students:

o This video absolutely made us understand more about cats and dogs and is

very effective to spread scientific facts about them to the general public. We

felt the obligation to promote this video, so that more people could watch it,

especially those that do not know how to get along with cats and dogs and

people who even misunderstand cats and dogs. - by Luoshuang

o This video introduced in detail the living habits of cats and dogs. After we

watched the video, we learnt how to get along with cats and dogs. - by

Chuxinyue


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Delivery of Promotional Leaflets

In October, Animals Asia provided promotional materials to three groups, sending out over

2,647 leaflets. These groups are: Xiamen Love Animal Education Association, Xi’an Love it

Welfare Association and Wuzhou Care for Cats and Dogs Micro Community.

If other organizations are also interested in organizing public education and promotion activities

themed with cat and dog welfare, civilized dog-raising and saying no to cat or dog meat, they

may contact us though [email protected] for materials.

mailto:[email protected]


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Moon Bear Protection Programme (China)

October 2016

1. Participation in the 9th Shanghai International Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine

and Natural Medicine

On September 19th, staff from the Moon Bear Programme attended the 9th Shanghai

International Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Medicine. During the

meeting, we learnt of recent developments in traditional Chinese medicine and predictions

for the future. We mainly focused our attention on relevant research in animal medicine

and synthetics for bear bile products.

2. CBRC - Xu Weizhou’s fans visiting Chengdu Bear Rescue Centre

Following the new idol Xu Weizhou's visit to Chengdu Bear Rescue Center last month, we

carried out various activities with his fan groups and received considerable donations.

October 20th was Xu’s birthday, and two local fans groups in Chengdu visited CBRC again

and donated 3,770 yuan.


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3. New media publications in October

In October, BRC Sina Weibo posted 3 messages. BRC Wechat posted 2 articles, of which 2 were original creations. The contents of the original articles are:

Bear Funny Stories: Brown bear calmly rescues a drowning crow

Monthly Bear News: Bear suffers from post-holiday syndrome and becomes online

celebrity from fighting for territory


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PRED department

1. Visits

In October, PRED dept. received 355 people. Altogether 27,595 Yuan was raised through

merchandise sales to the visitors.

2. New Media Publications

In October, AAF Sina Weibo posted 66 messages, and enjoyed 1,673,253 reads.

AAF Wechat posted 6 articles and enjoyed 116,955 reads.

3. Donation

October 2016, total donations: 19,135.97 Yuan

Among them: 3,780 Yuan from bank transfer, 11,755.97 Yuan from alipay, 3,600 Yuan cash

Annual total: 950,882.69Yuan.

4. School visits

Students from Chengdu Shishi High School visited CBRC. Through the visit, they understood

more about the rescue work of CBRC, and the animal welfare concepts advocated by Animals

Asia. They promised that they would do more promotion for Animals Asia.

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