Wildlife S.O.S has rescued its 500th sloth bear; only six short years since the first ‘dancing bear’ arrived at one of its sanctuaries in India. And it’s all been possible with the support from Free the Bears Fund, Australia and International Animal Rescue, UK.
To read more about this wonderful, life-changing project, please see our PROJECT
INDIA page.
There is a bear in a small cage. Feel his confusion, sadness and despair.
There are people who live in a country with no welfare system, the only food,
shelter and income, that which they provide for themselves. These people too are
in a cage: a cage constructed from poverty.
There are people thousands of miles away who feel anger and despair when they
think of captive bears, and the countries that exploit their wildlife. Counter
productive feelings that slowly form into the bars of a cage, which holds both
heart, and mind prisoner.
In a small area in Asia people work to save bears. Once poachers, they have been
given the opportunity to protect the very animals they once sought to capture.
Such projects radiate hope for the future: hope for sustainability of both
wildlife and community alike. Hope, which allows us to escape that first cage:
that of mental despair.
In doing so we can approach the second cage, insert the key and release the
village from its cage of poverty. That which once held the desperate and poor is
removed to reveal people employed and able to feed their families, functioning
as a proud, self-respecting part of the community.
Take the hand of the local villager and together approach the third cage, that
which holds the bear. As he is liberated see the bear stretch and run: safe and
protected from now on.
Free the Bears Fund challenges you to liberate your mind, to explore sustainable
alternatives towards the illegal wildlife trade and treat with compassion those,
who by the very situation of their birth, find themselves in an impoverished and
desperate situation.
Join us as we implement proactive conservation initiatives,
which aim to protect, preserve and enrich the lives not only of bears, but those
who live alongside them. By combining compassion for our fellow man with a
belief in the dignity and beauty of nature, Free the Bears Fund knows that this
approach is the key to the future!
Join us as we use this key to Unlock the Cage of Darkness....
Bear of the Month, May 09
Mrua—a little bear with a lot of heart. Learn about
Mrua here
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