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Pauline Cockrill
Pauline Cockrill
Pauline Cockrill
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Hi there!
Feeling a little caged? Recent restrictions have given us a glimpse of what life is like locked in & stripped of basic freedoms. If you think 18 days is bad, can you imagine 18 years in a tiny cage, standing on iron bars & mutilated to extract bile?
Free the Bears is a charity close to my heart. Many of the bears we rescue have suffered this fate. With all sanctuary visits & events cancelled due to COVID-19, there's a massive gap in our fundraising so we needed to get a little 'covid-creative'.
So we’ve devised a NIGHT IN A CAGE fundraiser and on 9 May I'm spending a night in a cage (I have a free aviary now that Storm Boy the Possum has been released). Along with other supporters from around Australia and worldwide we’ll be raising funds for Free the Bears to feed and care for hundreds of rescued bears.
I’d really love you to support me and this worthy cause.
Donations made through this platform are secure and will be remitted directly through to my charity of choice.
Thanks so much for your support!
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Free The Bears Ltd
Free the Bears mission is to protect, preserve and enrich the lives of bears throughout the world. Over the past 25 years we've helped rescue over 950 bears. We currently operate rescued bear sanctuaries in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos and care for over 230 rescued bears. We've helped bring the centuries old Indian 'dancing' bear tradition to an end, removing over 500 bears from the streets of India and providing alternative livelihoods to the nomadic Kalandar gypsy families who had forced the bears to beg (the first Kalander student recently graduated university).
We work closely with our government partners to strengthen wildlife laws and enforcement and run education programmes which have helped hundreds of thousands of people learn of the importance of wildlife conservation. Our research and cub care programmes are world leaders, providing invaluable learnings which will help conserve the vulnerable bear species we work with - sun bears (the world's smallest and least understood bear species), moon bears (or Asiatic black bears) and Indian sloth bears.
Free the Bears began after our founder, Perth grandmother Mary Hutton, learnt of the horrific practice of bile extraction of caged moon bears in Asia. Since this time we've rescued many bears from the bear bile trade and prevented the industry getting a foothold in Cambodia. In the coming years we hope to see an end to bear bile extraction and farming in Vietnam and Laos, where just under 1,000 bears are still kept in terrible circumstances.
Despite our achievements, we have a long way to go to ensure the bears and other wildlife of SE Asia are protected and preserved. With limited suitable habitat available, our commitment to the rescued bears at our sanctuaries is lifelong, which can last up to 40 years. This requires a huge financial commitment - any help you can give is greatly appreciated. Please donate or register as a Bear Carer, and please come to visit our sanctuaries and see what we've been able to achieve. Thank you.
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