Celebrities have flocked to support Animals Asia's 'No Bear Left Behind' campaign

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Some of the most famous celebrities in the world are coming together to put an end to bear bile farming in Vietnam, where bears, trapped in small cages, are subjected to a painful method of extracting bile use in traditional medicine.  Ricky Gervais, Judi Dench, Peter Egan and Lesley Nicol are just some of the famous faces sponsoring a bear and raising money to build a brand-new sanctuary to save the last 300 bears trapped on bile farms in Vietnam. They say ‘No Bear Will Be Left Behind’.  They are working with Animals Asia and the Vietnamese government to end bear bile farming in Vietnam – farm by farm, cage by cage - until there is no bear left behind. Right now, these bears are trapped in tiny cages, in some cases little bigger than they are, unable to turn around or stand on all fours. They exist in unimaginable pain through the bile extractions and most were poached from the wild as cubs, brutally torn from their mothers to spend their entire lives in inhumane conditions.  Video: Animals Asia

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00:00 The end game begins here, thanks to almost 30 years of hard work.

00:18 Thanks to Animals Asia, the Vietnam government has agreed to end the awful practice of biofarming.

00:24 There are hundreds of bears still trapped in biofarms waiting to be rescued.

00:30 Now they're building a sanctuary so that they can rescue the remaining bears.

00:34 It's going to provide a safe and lush home for every bear.

00:38 Finally, all those bears still trapped in farms are going to be rescued.

00:44 Once the last bear is saved, he's told we'll be over.

00:47 So please, raise your paw now for the moon bears.

00:53 And together, we can make sure that no bear is left behind.

00:58 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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