Ep 20 - Jill Robinson - Ending Bear Bile Farms

Jill is the founder and CEO of the incredible non-profit organization Animals Asia. She heads Animals Asia's team of over 300 enthusiastic staff.

Jill founded Animals Asia in 1998. This was five years after an encounter with a caged bear, on a farm in southern China, changed her life forever. Ever since, there has been no going back.

Animals Asia is one of the only non-profits that is close to reaching the goal they set out to achieve -  to end bear bile farms. This is an admirable achievement -  only through intervention, education, and perseverance can one achieve the results Jill has.

To date Animals Asia has saved over 600 bears, giving them a second chance at life and a life worth living. Jill has the only bear sanctuary in China, which in itself is an achievement, and has worked closely with the government of China to help these bears. She says we should not completely disregard & dismiss traditional Chinese medicine (which is where the bile is primarily used) -  but that the medicinal benefits these medicines do have can be easily replaced by ingredients from plants, eliminating the need to harm these animals.

Over the years she has seen a shift in attitude towards animals in China & the rest of Asia, When she started there were no animal nonprofits, now there are over 200. This is certainly a move in a positive direction.

I had a great time talking to Jill, and I urge you to listen to her talk about a plan 30 years in the making. Success in all forms does not occur overnight, it takes time & perseverance to achieve one's goals, Jill is an excellent example of this exact thing

Enjoy The Podcast!

Animals Asia - https://www.animalsasia.org/

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