Providing Sanctuary for Wildlife Confiscated in Illegal Trade
IFAW not only addresses the potential loss of wildlife and the threat of species
extinctions on a global scale, we also support efforts to meet the immediate
needs of individual wild animals confiscated in illegal trade.
At the Pan Yu Sanctuary in southern
China, IFAW helps provide care and sanctuary for Asiatic black bears, or Moon
bears, confiscated by Chinese CITES authorities from “bear bile”
farms.
In Moscow, Russia, we joined together with Moscow State University
to create the CITES Animal Shelter, a model "center of excellence"
designed to care for and shelter wild animals confiscated by Russian Customs
officials.
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An Asiatic brown bear, or Moon Bear, surrounded by bamboo. Photo: © IFAW/ R. Sobol
