Free the Bears in Perth, Western Australia | Non-profit organisation

Free the Bears

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9244 1096

Address: PO Box 1393, Osborne Park DC 6916 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.freethebears.org

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25.01.2022 Thanks to the UK Embassy in Laos for co-chairing the recent Laos Taskforce for Illegal Wildlife Trade meeting attended by Free the Bears CEO Matt & congratulations on 65 years of diplomatic relations with Laos. #FreetheBears #EndBearBileFarming #ukinlaos65

23.01.2022 Anyone out there joining Night In A Cage 2021? We'd love to hear from you with pictures or video as you prepare your cages. Despite being in her 80s, our amazing founder Dr Mary Hutton will be spending her Night In A Cage on May 29. We'd love to have more supporters join Night In A Cage. It's very easy & a lot of fun. Many are planning their 'Night In A Cage' for May 29 - there's still time to GET INVOLVED (sign up today!). Please visit this link to learn more: https://freeth...ebears.org/pages/events PLEASE sponsor our founder Mary Hutton here: https://night-in-a-cage-2021.raisely.com/mary-hutton #NightInACage #GetInvolved #MakeADifference #Fundraiser

22.01.2022 Happy #SunBearSunday. Mary, Noy & Pandy are loving their new enclosure. Sun bears are the world's smallest & most arboreal bear species, spending more time in trees than all other bears, & the girls are making full use of all the climbing structures & enrichment furniture in their enclosure. We're still under strict lockdown in Laos & unable to reach the 2 moon bear cubs we were supposed to rescue last weekend. Good news - the endangered Indochinese grey langur & critically e...ndangered Sunda pangolin we recently rescued are both responding well to treatment & we're hopeful they'll make it. Thanks for your support. Enjoy your Sunday! DONATE TO HELP: https://freethebears.org/pages/donate #MaryChristmas #MarytheSunBear #LuangPrabangWildlifeSanctuary #BearsAboutTheHouse #EndWildlifeCrime

22.01.2022 Hello everyone, I would like to thank everyone who took part in the walk last Saturday. It was a most brilliant effort. Our branches across Australia and others around the world were involved in walking & raising funds for the bears - thank you to you all. Our 20 Perth volunteers braved a chilly and windy morning, including a dog and baby, and began their walk with gusto. Sacha and Paul wore our famous bear costume and during their walk the sun came out and it began to heat ...up. I am sure they both shrunk in the suits as they completed the 10K’s running around Lake Monger three times. Personally I would like to thank everyone who sponsored me, that was so kind. I am afraid I did not go too far but my excuse is, for every step I took, the wind blew me backwards, but I was with everyone every step of the way who were giving their very best. To date our wonderful walkers have raised just over $28,000 with funds still coming, what a wonderful effort! The bears thank you so much! Love and hugs Mary https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/mary-hutton

21.01.2022 Happy #MoonBearMonday from Laos Rescues #89 & #90 in the Cub Nursery at our #LuangPrabangWildlifeSanctuary. Have a great week & #BeABearCarer (here's how! https://freethebears.org/pages/bear-carer)

20.01.2022 LIVE with the rescued #moon #bears at Bear House 2 of our #LuangPrabangWildlifeSanctuary with a special glimpse of our rescued golden jackal. A HUGE bear hug and thank you to all of our wonderful supporters participating in the WALK to FREE THE BEARS as well as all their kind sponsors. It's been an #AWESOME effort, #THANKYOU! Many have already completed their challenge, some are part way through and some have their challenge coming in the next few weeks. It's not too late to join, SIGN UP TODAY! https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com

14.01.2022 Happy #MoonBearMonday. Laos Rescues #82 & #83 are siblings who had spent 7 years in a small cage fed only rice & corn before we rescued them late last year. They are now much healthier & happier at our #TatKuangSiBearRescueCentre in #LuangPrabang, #Laos. They've even been adopted, welcome Teddy & Honey (special thanks to their mum Vicky). Catch up on all the news from our sanctuaries with the latest Bears' Print newsletter, click here to get it: bit.ly/3kvrif2 #FreetheBears #ThankYou #WALKtoFREETHEBEARS

12.01.2022 With only limited stock (& time) remaining, order your 2021 calendar, Christmas cards or Christmas gifts TODAY! For a great alternative, ethical Christmas gift, send a loved one a GIFT FOR BEARS. Create a beautiful e-card which will be emailed to your loved one with details of their gift to be given to a rescued bear (you can schedule the date for the e-card). Choose the SEND AS A GIFT option. GIFTS FOR HUMANS: https://freethebears.org/collections/gifts-for-humans... GIFTS FOR BEARS: https://freethebears.org/collections/gifts-for-bears See more

11.01.2022 PLEASE sponsor Mary: https://night-in-a-cage-2021.raisely.com/mary-hutton Our fearless founder Dr Mary Hutton OAM has been fighting for over 26 years to end the suffering of sun bears & moon bears in bile farms & the illegal wildlife trade. On May 29th, Mary will spend an uncomfortable Night In A 'Cage' to raise awareness & funds to rescue & care for bears in need. Despite being in her 80s & suffering from pain herself, Mary will tell you that her suffering is nothing compar...ed to that of the bears. PLEASE sponsor Mary here:https://night-in-a-cage-2021.raisely.com/mary-hutton Thank you for your support! #NightInACage #FreetheBears #MaryHutton #PleaseHelp

10.01.2022 Bertie, Boo, Meowsers and Bun Bun have graduated from the Cub Nursery at our #TatKuangSiBearRescueCentre to an outdoor training enclosure at our #LuangPrabrangWildlifeSanctuary in Laos. Nervous at first of the new space, they are quickly gaining confidence. Enjoy. #FreetheBears #EndWildlifeCrime #EndBearBileFarming

10.01.2022 #Congratulations & #ThankYou to Pauline, Helena & Mel for their awesome efforts today completing their #WALKtoFREETHEBEARS. Are you ready for a challenge? SIGN UP today for your WALK or other challenge to help raise awareness & funds to rescue more bears from bile farms: https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com To sponsor Pauline: https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/pauline-cockrill Or sponsor Team South Australia: https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/t/team-south-aus #FreetheBears #EndBearBileFarming

09.01.2022 Happy #MoonBearMonday, hope your week is as relaxing as Didi's (& if it isn't, perhaps a Pina Colada in the forest may help?). Thanks for your support to protect, rescue & care for endangered moon bears & sun bears in need. #BeABearCarer https://freethebears.org/pages/bear-carer

08.01.2022 The new generation of conservationists in Vietnam are filling us with hope! Two key members of our small Vietnam team, Bich & Ha, recently attended an 'Empowering Women In Conservation' conference by Vietnamese wildlife charity, WildAct. It was a very powerful & important event, building community amongst Vietnamese conservationists & addressing the issue of gender-based violence in conservation. WildAct also funded our recent rescue of a moon bear who had been caged for 20 years (but sadly passed away shortly after) & subsequently raised additional funds for the bears in Vietnam. It's so heartening to see homegrown wildlife organizations leading the way in the fight to preserve Vietnam's incredible wildlife. Thanks WildAct

05.01.2022 Happy #SunBearSunday, please enjoy a relaxing Sunday with our latest Bears' Print newsletter containing a special message from Mary & updates from all of our sanctuaries. Download your copy using this link: https://bit.ly/3kvrif2 Have a great day & thank you for your support! #BeABearCarer #FreetheBears #EndBearBileFarming https://freethebears.org//bears-print-november-2020-read-a

03.01.2022 Happy #SunBearSunday from #MaryTheSunBear LIVE. Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters who have supported us by donating, volunteering, participating in or supporting our fundraisers, sponsoring a bear, buying merchandise or even sharing a Facebook post. Everything we have achieved is thanks to you. If you are not already a Bear Carer and would like to become one, learn more here: https://freethebears.org/pages/bear-carer #ThankYou #BeABearCarer

03.01.2022 Rescued moon bear cubs at play in the cub nursery!

02.01.2022 CAMBODIA BEAR SANCTUARY! Our first live stream! Our Volunteer Coordinator Jen takes you on a mini-tour of our huge #CambodiaBearSanctuary. The sanctuary & enclosures are so big that it takes a while to get around & find the bears...but you're in for a real treat, around the 55 minute mark Jen comes across our amazingly unique golden moon bear Brandy, who jumps into the swimming pool, plus shows you sun bear nests in the trees around the 21 minute mark. You'll never have seen anything like this before! Enjoy & #BeABearCarer https://freethebears.org/pages/bear-carer #sunbear #moonbear #FreetheBears

02.01.2022 We're down to the last week of our #WALKtoFREETHEBEARS November fundraiser. We've had incredible support - thank you to everyone who has participated & donated & good luck to the supporters completing their challenges in the week ahead. Great news! Your fundraising efforts have already allowed a bear house at our Vietnam sanctuary to go ahead (it had only been partially funded) & additional funds will go towards a new bear house in Laos (we still have a way to go to fully fun...d this). These bear houses will allow more bile farm rescues to occur. Some of our supporters are posting inspiring updates on their fundraising pages: Steven the cycling pumpkin recruited a Canadian brown bear: https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/steven-robertson Erin completed her 10 mile walk: https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/erin-fox Mandy completed her walk with her gorgeous 20 year old dog Cookie (who rode in a pram): https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/mandy-broughton Sheila's been swimming 1km a day: https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/sheila-peake Sharon has already completed 350 miles: https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com/sharon-williams Vicky's over half-way through her 10,000 squat challenge & has smashed her fundraising target: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/vicky-pollard If I've missed your update on Facebook or elsewhere, apologies as I don't have access to all. A HUGE BEAR HUG & THANK YOU to everyone for your incredible efforts! It's not too late to sign up - set your own challenge & help raise awareness of bear bile farming & raise funds to build more bear houses & rescue more bears! https://walk-to-free-the-bears.raisely.com