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Saturday, July 07, 2007
Organic Living: Save the Bears, Save the World

Now that Jack is 1, I have decided to involve him with saving the world, one animal at a time. Since my nickname for him is Bear and I feel passionately about bears, I have sponsored a bear called Freedom who was rescued by the AnimalsAsia Foundation from a life in a cage, catheter stuck in his side to extract his bile for a Chinese "remedy".
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Freedom is a female cub. As she stared out of her cage with frightened eyes we were shocked to see that both of her front limbs were missing as a result of traps which had caught her twice.

It took weeks of gentle encouragement before she would come to us from the safety of her new den - but, to see her now as she hops to the front of the queue to lick honey from our fingers, is a wonderful reward. Her den mates seem to sense her disability too and play gently with this sweet, forgiving bear.
Helping others brings a joy that is unparallelled in many other fun but thankless activities like surfing for goss (ahem), clubbing, well... anything hedonistic and temporal. It leaves a glow long after the fire has died. I hope to pass on the love of helping others, in particular animals, to Jack.

To befriend a bear or make other kind donations to the MoonBearRescue, visit the AnimalsAsia Foundation. For those with concerns, I have checked their financial statement and with an administrative spending of 6.8%, truly 86.1% of the donations go back to running the programmes. It is a worthy cause.

If you have a child, consider befriending a bear on his or her behalf. It will be a wonderful feeling for your baby to know he or she is helping an animal in need and better yet, possess ownership of that enduring act of kindness.

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Posted at 03:03 by mephala

jude
July 7, 2007   11:13 PM PDT
 
a wonderful post, mephala...freedom's profile really touched me. with your kindness, love and generousity guiding Jack, he cannot help but grow into a fine, fine man.
Mephala
July 11, 2007   04:45 AM PDT
 
Thanks Jude. :`)

Jack has inspired me to start something for the bears. See above... I hope it will help more bears.
figur8
July 12, 2007   12:40 AM PDT
 
Thanks dear... Gavin is going to do the same:

http://figur8.net/baby/2007/07/11/save-the-bears-save-the-world/
 

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