Buy a bear rescue kit, help free a bear from suffering
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A rescue kit gives inspectors the tools they need to identify, rescue and safely transport bears trapped on bile farms - helping them begin a new life in a sanctuary.
How your support helps free bears from bile farms
Thanks to compassionate animal lovers like you, bears like Na are finally free from the cruelty of bile farming. After 20 long years in a tiny cage, Na now lives safely at FOUR PAWS sanctuary, cared for and surrounded by kindness.
But 153 bears are still trapped on bile farms Vietnam. Your support can help rescue them.
One powerful way to help is by funding a bear rescue kit. Each kit provides the essential tools that inspectors rely on to prepare for safe rescues, including identifying bears in need, assessing conditions on farms and making sure every step is in place for bears to be transported safely to a sanctuary.
What’s inside a bear rescue kit?
Microchip reader: $12
In the current system, bears can be kept by farmers as long as they are microchipped and not used for bile extractions. Your gift could help fund the use of a handheld microchip reader so inspectors can check all bears on farms are microchipped, reducing the illegal bear trade and identifying any unregistered bears in need of rescue.
Campaign for freedom: $25
153 bears are still trapped on bile farms due to legal loopholes and owners who may not understand the harm captivity is doing. Your gift could help our inspection teams talk directly with bear owners, encouraging them to release their bears to sanctuaries or rescue centers without the need for forced confiscations.
Inspection visits: $180
In order to find illegally held bears and start the process of removing them from captivity, we need to conduct regular inspections of farms. Your gift could help pay for our inspection team to visit farms still operating to monitor conditions and find illegally held bears.
Journey to safety: $47
When inspection teams find unregistered and unmicrochipped bears, your gift could help ensure they are safely removed and transported to a sanctuary or rescue center.
Total rescue kit price: $264
Every kit brings us closer to ending cruel bile farms for good. Together, we can give every bear the chance to experience freedom, safety and the natural life they deserve.
Help save bears from suffering
Donate today to help fund a rescue kit and free the remaining 153 bears in Vietnam.
Your support makes rescues like Na’s possible. You help push governments to shut down farms and enforce bans. You fund the monitoring programs that inspectors rely on to track bears and hold their owners accountable. And you make sure that when bears are finally freed, they can be transported safely to sanctuary, where they have space, care and the chance to heal.
There has never been a better time to act. Until December 31, 2025, every gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $150,000.* That means your generosity will go twice as far to help end bear bile farming and bring as many bears as possible to sanctuary.
* Your gift will be matched up to $150,000 until midnight (EST) on December 31, 2025, thanks to The Alan and Patricia Koval Foundation, Sakura’s Hope Foundation, Highbury Foundation and Sharon Stephenson. The first month of new monthly gifts will be matched until the match is met. Every dollar raised beyond the match will help protect even more animals.
Banner photo: World Animal Protection