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Short stories to
spark your child’s
imagination
Discover what happens to Jamie and his dog, Puff, when an unexpected visitor turns up in ‘The Red Balloon and Other Stories’.
The magic of life really exists!
Find out what the secret is that Roland reveals at a boarding school. Enter the caves where demons live. Visit the house on the hill and see how John finds magic on a dull and rainy day…
This selection of short stories will spark the imagination of children, wherever they may be hiding!
An interesting read full of difficult moments and positive outcomes to impart hope and inspiration to the young reader.
Meet
Lorenza
Writer of a variety of published poetry, various newsletters and articles for animal welfare, winner of the York Food Festival Poetry Competition and the recipient of two bear fundraising awards, Lorenza loves to spend her time writing stories like these to inspire children and fundraising for bears that need help, who, like children, enjoy and deserve their freedom!
MY WORK FOR BEARS
In 2005, with the support of the Animals Asia Foundation fundraising team, I set up a ‘Bear Group’ in North Yorkshire.
I no longer had the responsibility of looking after an animal companion, so I thought I could do more for animals if I entered the world of fundraising for them.
I had contacted Animals Asia to ask about setting up a group to fundraise, after seeing the unbelievable cruelty that was going on in parts of Asia for bears and other animals. Since then, this ‘Bear Group’, has raised thousands of pounds for a truly valuable cause.
THE ANIMALS ASIA FOUNDATION SAYS:
“The focus of our Bear Bile Farming programme is to rescue bears from the bear bile industry, provide life-long care for rescued bears at our award-winning sanctuaries in China and Vietnam, and work towards ending the industry in Asia.
Over 10,000 bears – mainly moon bears but also sun bears and brown bears – are held in captivity on farms in Asia to have bile extracted from their gall bladders on a regular basis, for profit.
Most farmed bears are kept in tiny cages, sometimes so small that the bears are unable to turn around or stand on all fours. Some bears are put into cages as cubs and never leave them, existing for up to 30 years under these conditions. Often they grow too large to be removed through the cage door upon rescue, and bear the scars of the tight cage bars on their bodies. This not only has a severe impact on their physical health, but also on their psychological well-being.
Bear bile is collected by means of various, invasive extraction methods, all of which cause massive infections in the bears. Most farmed bears are starved, dehydrated and suffering from multiple diseases and malignant tumours that contaminate their bile and ultimately kill them. Very few receive appropriate medication or any type of veterinary care. Animals Asia has also seen instances of old or very sick bears – those who fail to produce bile – simply left to starve to death in their cages.
Traditional medicine practitioners agree that, although used for thousands of years in traditional Asian medicine for ailments relating to liver and gall bladder conditions, it is not necessary to use bear bile: there are readily available herbal and synthetic alternatives with the same medicinal properties.”
AAF engage with the traditional medicine community and other users of bile to promote herbal and synthetic alternatives and reduce demand.
Help these bears go from…
Bear bile farm…
To sanctuary.
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