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SARS shuts live markets, may change Chinese menus

June 12, 2003 By Merritt Clifton

           HONG KONG––Animals sold in the live markets of Guangdong province,  China,  suffered first and worst from the conditions that afflicted the world with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic of the past nine months––but Asian animal defenders are hopeful that a legacy of the epidemic may be the end of live markets for […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Food & agriculture, Wildlife Tagged With: Guangdong, live markets, Merritt Clifton, SARS

Care for bears in China

April 17, 2002 By Merritt Clifton

BEIJING,  HONG KONG,  SHANGHAI––China cares about bears.  That was clear from nationwide outrage erupting in February 2002 after a 21-year-old engineering student poured sulfuric acid and caustic soda over five bears at the Beijing Zoo  to see if bears are really stupid. International Fund for Animal Welfare representative Zhang Li offered help to the zoo […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Cultural, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, bear bile, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton

Tapping the wells of kindness in China and southern Asia

January 17, 2001 By Merritt Clifton

       HONG KONG;  PAN YU,  Guangzhou,  China––Two burly Asiatic moon bears at a time lick strawberry jam from the hands of Jill Robinson,  42,  at the prototype Animals Asia Foundation sanctuary in Pan Yu,  China.  Four more bright-eyed bears watch,  as eager for their treat as any dog,  yet with patience too.  Another […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Cultural, Wildlife Tagged With: Animals Asia Foundation, bile farm bears, Jill Robinson, Merritt Clifton

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