Welcome to the Save the Bears Meme.

We believe that we can save the world one bear at a time and in time, make the world a better place. Rome wasn't built in a day, Thor did not become myth in a decade, and humanity did not become civilised in a century. We can make a difference and we need to start somewhere. Here is one starting point.

Spread the word on the cruel practice of bear bile farming and help free bears all around Asia who are still locked in tiny cages with a catheter permanently stuck in their side to drain bile for their captors to sell. It is terribly painful, as I can personally attest, having one stuck in me while in hospital and then removed, and truly no way to live. Bears in these farms live in these cages for their whole long lives, unable to stand up or even turn around. It is a despairing and agonising life for these intelligent animals.

Although bear bile is said to cure a series of therapeutic woes, experts say that the same can be achieved by herbal medicines. This kind of cruelty should not be tolerated for a mere therapeutic remedy, especially when herbal replacements can be used. This has been reiterated and emphasized many times.

Animals Asia Founder and CEO, Jill Robinson has worked tirelessly to free bears in China from this terrible life. Together with the Chinese Government, over 200 bears have been freed to date and many farms closed down.

Animals Asia has built a sanctuary for these bears and provide veterinary care as well as help rehabilitate the bears to live out their lives with dignity and happiness. It is a lofty and very commendable effort.

There is still much to be done.

Visit Animals Asia Foundation and find out more about the China Bear Rescue.

What can you do to help the bears:

1. Tag your friends to join this meme.
2. Tag and pledge to help spread the word or donate to help the bears.
3. Befriend a bear.
4. Start your own blog or website on saving bears.
5. Download this button below to use on your blog or website (right-click, save as, upload to your own server and link back to this blog).

I would like to think that we are in a period of enlightenment. For most of the developed world, we have shelter, food, and general safety. With our basic needs met, we no longer need to toil all day hunting or gathering for food, nor do we need to nurture the animals we rear for their milk, eggs, and eventually meat. We have become estranged from the world we live in.

We now hunt animals for sport, abuse them for non-essential non-sustenance foods like fois gras and sharks fin, factory farm them with no concern at all for their welfare. We have in a sense, lost our humanity in our quest for civility.

We can help turn things around.

Many people are unaware or simply blissfully ignorant of how their food, medicines, remedies, cosmetics, and skincare arrived in their care. By putting out memes, repeatedly, we can change perceptions and perspectives on the cruelties of animal trade.

Come. Let's change the world together.

This works like most memes on the Internet but we'll kick it off with a twist.

SAVE THE BEARS, SAVE THE WORLD MEME

Join the Save the Bears, Save the World Meme and pledge an action that will help free bears in China from being farmed for their bile.

It is a terrible life for them in cages so tiny they cannot stand or turn. In addition, catheters are permanently stuck in their side to drain bile from them.

Help Animals Asia rescue and rehabilitate these bears. Let them live out their lives with dignity and happiness in a sanctuary.

List yourself and your friends you have tagged here and add their permalinks (optional: and pledges):

1. Mephala
2. figur8
3. Jude
4. John
5. Deirdre

Pop by their blog and say, you've been tagged and include a permalink to this blog post.

Tag complete.

Now it is time for them to reciprocate. Ask them to copy the entire section from the title to 5. and tag 5 of their friends. Of course participation is not compulsory but it would certainly be helpful.

Happy tagging!