The last dancing bear in India is finally off the streets. This has been a long hard fought campaign.
Great news for Christmas and congratulations to Alan Knight OBE and all the organisations for all the hard work, its an incredible thing you have done, truly amazing.
If you havnt already checked out the amazing story or IAR's website then please do as without IAR and especially Alan our own hospital wouldnt exist.
Well done mate!
Here is the message I recieved from Alan today:
Alan and Raju - The last dancing bear - Raju - safe in the Sanctuary
Dear Jamie
Well we did it! Thanks to wonderful supporters like you, every last dancing bear in India is safely in our care. Our partners Wildlife SOS in India have worked tirelessly over the past seven years to achieve this incredible goal and we are indebted to them for guiding this project along the road to success, in spite of the tremendous obstacles and challenges they have faced along the way.
Today we join our partners at Wildlife SOS, at Free the Bears in Australia and One Voice Association in France to celebrate what we have achieved together. And we applaud the Indian Government and its hardworking officials at the Forestry Department for giving the project their full-hearted support and assistance.
Well we did it! Thanks to wonderful supporters like you, every last dancing bear in India is safely in our care. Our partners Wildlife SOS in India have worked tirelessly over the past seven years to achieve this incredible goal and we are indebted to them for guiding this project along the road to success, in spite of the tremendous obstacles and challenges they have faced along the way.
Today we join our partners at Wildlife SOS, at Free the Bears in Australia and One Voice Association in France to celebrate what we have achieved together. And we applaud the Indian Government and its hardworking officials at the Forestry Department for giving the project their full-hearted support and assistance.
The icing on the cake!
The BBC News channel is broadcasting a half hour documentary about the project on four separate occasions over the holiday period: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pwryf
The BBC News channel is broadcasting a half hour documentary about the project on four separate occasions over the holiday period: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pwryf
This will be an opportunity for us all to relive the bears' journey from a life of pain and suffering on the streets to contentment and calm in our sanctuaries. Do tune in if you can - and please tell your friends to watch too. What better way could there be to celebrate Christmas and the end to our Year of the Bear!
A heartfelt thank you for all your support during 2009. My best wishes for a very merry Christmas and a New Year filled with more animal rescue successes!
A heartfelt thank you for all your support during 2009. My best wishes for a very merry Christmas and a New Year filled with more animal rescue successes!
Alan Knight OBE
Chief Executive
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