Please join me in caring for our adopted Moon Bear, Jigsaw!
JIGSAW at Animals Asia's Tam Dao sanctuary, Vietnam, March 2011
In 2009 I created this website to help rescue a beautiful Moon Bear from its horrific life on a bear-bile farm. Like thousands of other Moon Bears across Asia, it was living a life of torture, imprisoned in a tiny cage and being regularly milked for its bile via extremely crude and unhygienic extraction methods. The extracted bile is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In 1998 Jill Robinson founded the Animals Asia Foundation to rescue and rehabilitate these bears and for many years I have supported its work. Animals Asia now operates two Moon Bear sanctuaries, one in China and the other in Vietnam.
In November 2009 I decided to do something more substantial so I committed to the rescue and ongoing care of one of Animals Asia's bears. I set up Adoptamoonbear.com and, in just over twelve months, with the help of many people like you, raised the required $14,500 to assist Animals Asia rescue and begin the rehabilitation of a lovely young male bear in Vietnam.
Today Jigsaw is enjoying his new life at Animals Asia's bear sanctuary situated in the Tam Dao National Park, a few hours from Hanoi, Vietnam, free from the pain and suffering of his past!
When Animals Asia rescues a bear, it commits to the bear's care for the term of its natural life. Our continued sponsorship supports Animals Asia in honouring this commitment to our cheeky, fun-loving Jigsaw.
Join me now and help give Jigsaw the healthy, happy life he deserves.
Hi everyone! Jigsaw here, off to a great to start to 2019: Our Vietnam Director Tuan Bendixson was honoured with an Order of Australia for his contribution and dedication to animal welfare in South East Asia! Go Tuan!
And my new puzzle is up and ready to receive your support. Check it out here
On the way we rocketed past a massive fuNraising total of $100,000 over 9 years!! I’m still pinching myself – never in my wildest dreams did I think I would raise this sort of money.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who has donated over the years and helped us reach this extraordinary milestone!!!
Very exciting news here in Vietnam with the 200th bear rescued by Animals Asia! Remember, I was the 39th bear rescued in 2010 so we’ve come a long way since then. And the most important news is that the Vietnam Government has decreed that it will be illegal for people to own bears by 2022! Yeah!
Meanwhile I’m SUPER excited because my 2018 puzzle is almost finished – only TEN pieces to go!! Woo Hoo!! Will you help me finish it!
Hi Everyone! It’s a Big Year ! Not only have more bears been rescued but Animals Asia is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! And….. we are well on the way to reaching a MASSIVE fuN-raising total for Jigsaw of $100,000 in only 9 years!!
Woo Hoo! We’re all finished! Thank you everyone for your support! But if you’re thinking “Bother, I missed out…” then don’t worry!!! You can still donate a pot of honey!!
It was so coooool this year because the final pieces were donated on the same day as the anniversary (Dec 14 2010) of raising the initial money to rescue me!!
My name is Sal and I have created this site to bring awareness to the plight of the beautiftul Moon Bears of Asia. Together we can make a difference by raising money to care for our adopted Moon Bear Jigsaw.
In the photo with me is my own little moon bear. Our border collie Gemma lived a wonderfully happy 17+ years. She was my mascot right through the fuN-raising for Jigsaw and then decided her job was done. She passed away in December 2010, the day after we finished raising the initial money to rescue Jigsaw but I know she has gifted her happy, joyful spirit onto him! Below is a Progress Thermometer that shows how much money we have raised since we started, late in 2009! WOW!! Impressive! To all our supporters, thank you for your generosity and PLEASE, KEEP YOUR DONATIONS COMING!! Bears like to live a long time :o)
