AN INTERNATIONAL animal protection group set up to save bears and other animals from cruelty in China and Vietnam has thanked Worcester shoppers for their generosity.
Members of the Worcestershire branch of Animals Asia raised more than £300 from a street collection in the city centre on Saturday, July 29.
Animals Asia was founded in 1998 to protect and rescue moon bears, who are kept in tiny cages and appalling conditions in China and Vietnam, so they can be used for the extraction of bile from their gall bladders for use in Chinese medicine.
Christine Coldrick, Worcestershire co-ordinator for Animals Asia, said: “I would like to thank everyone who gave so generously and enabled us to collect the sum of £336.60.
“Since the charity was born we have extended our activities to the welfare of cats and dogs in China, where they are often abandoned and sometimes sold in meat markets.
“We have also extended to the protection of animals in the country’s zoos and safari parks, where they often suffer abuse.”
Visit www.animalsasia.org for more information about the charity.
Anyone who wishes to help with future fund-raising in Worcestershire can e-mail [email protected] for more.
