num_pages: 40
description: For years Jasper a moon bear lived a miserable existence held captive in a cage by bear farmers in rural China. The farmers extracted the bile from Jasper's body and sold it to be used in traditional medicines. It's a horrific practice and conducted on thousands of moon bears each year. But now Jasper has the chance to be free and live a life away from pain and torture. In 2000 Animals Asia an animal welfare organization rescued Jasper and other captive moon bears taking them to its Moon Bear Rescue Centre. Here veterinarians attended to the bears' wounds hoping to give them some chance of a peaceful existence in the animal sanctuary. But after so many years of abuse Jasper's wounds both physical and mental are extensive. Can Jasper mend his body and mind and finally enjoy the life he was meant to live?
language: English
title: Jasper's Story: Saving Moon Bears
publisher: Sleeping Bear Press