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"Joan of Arc on the battlefield for life"

During the 'Beef Noodle Festival' held in conjunction with Taipei Food and Travel Festival, a girl holds a large poster, with no fear standing in this catastrophic field for cows, pleading for the innocent animals ......

Some disdain her, some try to provoke her, some try to 'enlighten' her but she is determined and stands firm to wake up the world!

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Do you remember when we featured the little puppy who wouldn't leave his dead sister's side after she was killed by a car back in November? We have great news!! The pup has been rescued by moonbears.org, an organisation that campaigns to end the bear bile farms in Korea. The little dog has been named Sal (short for Salvation) and is currently in quarantine in Hong Kong. You can help moonbears.org with their work and learn more by donating here:-…

For tirelessly defending the rights of animals, Kolkata resident and vegan Beas Mukherjee will receive the Outstanding Activist Award from PETA on International Volunteer Day (5 December).

In her seven years as a volunteer, Beas has filled key functions at PETA protests in Kolkata. This includes helping to find volunteers to sit in cages outside the Alipore Zoo to protest keeping animals in captivity and…

Downton Abbey actress Lesley Nicol was interviewed on UK Daybreak about her involvement with Animals Asia and their work to rescue bears from the bile farming trade in Vietnam & China.
The quality of the video is not 100% but the message is still there.

Downton Abbey actress Lesley Nicol was interviewed on UK Daybreak about her involvement with Animals Asia and their work to rescue bears from the bile farming trade in Vietnam & China.
The quality of the video is not 100% but the message is still there.

Zhang Luping, is the founder of Beijing Human and Animal Environmental Education Center (BHAEEC) and is a billionaire.

BHAEEC is located in a special compound in Changping district, where Zhang lives with more than 700 homeless dogs and cats, all of which receive her care and attention. Farmers and volunteers pluck weeds, so there will be fewer mosquitoes to bite the animals.

"I am a…

After dawn, despite their tiredness overnight from rescuing the cats at the trafficking hotspot, volunteers transferred all the cats out of the sacks and crates into separate cages. The total number of cats is confirmed to be more than 80 (instead of 100 previously mentioned) and they have been admitted to Guangjing Pet Clinic at De Zheng Bei Lu, Yue Xiu Qu, Guangzhou.…

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China;

In the early hours of this morning, members of GDTB (Guangdong Volunteer Centre) uncovered a truck load of cats at an illegal cat trafficking hotspot at Zeng Cha Lu, Li Wan Qu, Guangzhou, Guangdong. With the help of the police, the vendors signed an agreement to…

The cats rescued from the trafficker in Shanghai have been taken to the vet hospital for health checks, vaccinations, desexing & to be put up for adoption. Those with collars on are waiting to be reunited with their owners. 

Cat owners have been uploading their missing cats photos to Weibo,…

Cages of cats, rescued from the truck by activists are already settling in at the vet hospital. Tomorrow they will be given a health check then will be desexed, vaccinated, etc. 

The other cats on the truck were taken away by other activists.

One of the activists wrote on Weibo "Many cat owners…

Activists have intercepted a truck with 600 cats at Mei Ling Bei Lu, Shanghai. They are calling on Weibo urging more people to rush to the scene. While some confront the traffickers, othesr are giving the cats food and water. Many cats have collars on...…

Joyce Cheng, a singer, writer, actress, and performer from Hong Kong sings this beautiful song with the message urging couples who fall in love to be responsible pet owners and never abandon their pets if they break up. Joyce is the daughter of Hong Kong comedian Lydia Shum and singer/actor Adam Cheng.

English translation by NT.

Subtitles added by Hand In Hand With Asia’s Animal Activists.…

This story of a 3 month-old puppy who refused to leave the side of his dead sister after she was hit & killed by a car has been shared many times on Weibo . 

The heartbroken dog lay with the female puppy for two days until a kindhearted person buried her.

Witnesses in Pixian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, said they saw two dogs, a grey one and a brown one, lying in the middle of the street.…

Cat lovers in Beijing have not given up hope for justice. Demonstrators gathered in front of the Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks condemning the brutal killing of cats on parkland at Temple Of Heaven. They are urging people to come forward and join them in…

Typhoon Haiyan has caused devastation in parts of the Philippines, leaving people homeless and causing death to others. The situation is upsetting but there is help on it's way. Animals are also affected by the Typhoon. Many have also died but others have been left disoriented and scared. Organisations from overseas are helping but it is the grassroots organisations that are there now and can help these animals. Giving…

More than 400 dogs were rescued from Yulin Dog Meat Festival in June 2013. 2 different groups purchased dogs from the trafficker, Du Yufeng was one of the groups with the monks who helped her. The priority was to save as many dogs as possible because a lot of the dogs were sick with distemper and other illness. Many died after arriving at Shangrao farm. Some died at the vet hospital. …

Every evening at 5pm be it rain or sun shine, this 83 year old lady will pull a trolley to deliver food to stray cats. She has been doing this for a few years. These stray cats have all become her good friends. If you are touched with this act of kindness, please share this story, let love spread far and wide.

Photos sourced & translation by NT.…

While on one side of the city in Beijing a psychopath has killed cats, on the other side of the city people have built an apartment for cats.

Xiluoyuan Housing Authority built a cat house at Yangqiao Beili Xiaoqu housing area. Stray cats of this housing area will be able to have a warmer winter living in a brick and cement building. Spreading positive energy, love and promote harmony.

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“Poachers have almost entirely wiped out the tiger populations in places like Vietnam and Cambodia ” says Shariff Mohamed, the senior programme officer (Species Conservation Team) at WWF-Malaysia. “It is only a matter of time before they turn their eyes to Malaysia.” Shariff & Aslan Mohamed are part of WWF-Malaysia’s tiger monitoring team and they have been carrying out camera trapping to determine the population status in tigers in…