The Great Bear Rescue

Across Armenia beautiful brown bears are being locked up in small, squalid cages, surviving on scraps and filthy, stagnant water. Right now, these beautiful bears are kept in restaurants, factories and bus depots and used as a tourist attraction. Many of them relieve their boredom and frustration by pacing endlessly to and fro, banging their heads against the walls or climbing up the bars, searching frantically for an escape route. And many of them have spent years behind bars, enduring a lifetime of misery in appalling conditions.

Our goal is to free all these tortured bears in Armenia and, after thorough veterinary checks and assessment, rehabilitate and eventually release those that are physically and mentally equipped to fend for themselves in the wild. Those that are not viable for release will be given a permanent home in sanctuaries where they will be well cared for, well fed and have the freedom to express natural bear behaviour.

We require funding for the transport of rescued bears to their new enclosures, as well as for veterinary treatment, food and ongoing, long-term care of those bears that can’t be released. The rescue and rehabilitation operation comes at considerable cost. Your donation today will go towards rescuing and moving the bears to a safe place where they will be cared for with compassion and respect. Please help us rescue these bears before it’s too late.