GINA MOON - KOREA
World Animal Day Ambassador
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GINA MOON, FOUNDER OF MOONBEARS.ORG
 
     
 
 
 
 
EMAIL:
 
g.moon(at)moonbears(dot)org
 
   
WEBSITE:
   
   
TELEPHONE:
 
+852 9037 0612
+8210 4735 0363 (mobile)
 
   
ADDRESS:
 

MoonBears.org
PO Box 167
Sai Kung
Kowloon
Hong Kong

 
 
 
 
AIMS / MISSION STATEMENT:
 
 

To save 1600 farmed bears in Korea and to transfer them to safe sanctuaries for the remainder of their lives.

 
 
 
 
OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN:
 
 

- Established moonbears.org web page at www.moonbears.org enabling education and fundraising via website.
- Produced VCDs, brochures and letters about Korean bear farm industries and distributed to all the embassies in Korea as well as the UN.
- Set up signature campaign at go petition.
- Letter of protest to President Lee Myungbak against allowing bear meat to be made legal. A number letters to the Korean environment Minister also.
- Meeting with animal and environmental organisations such as KMPL, Green Korea, WSPA, From Care etc.
- Presentation at KMPL Seoul seminar in 2008 and an international bear conference in San Francisco in 2009 to promote the cause of Korea’s moon bears.
- Visit to Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) centre in Chengdu, China. Also visits to bear breeding farms in Korea.
- Letter to Ambassadors, media groups in Korea regarding the harmful effects of consuming bear bile.
- Supported the publication of a children’s book, "Ura's World", to educate the public about moon bears in Korea.
- Radio interview in Seoul to talk about bear farms and a bear called Miracle. Sent protest letters to SBS TV regarding a show about an abused bear cub. Also an interview with radio RTHK in Hong Kong regarding the Korean situation.
- Protest letter to to Korean airllines regarding tourists visiting bear farms in Vietnam and also wrote to Incheon Airport customs regarding tourists bringing in bear products.

 
                   
   
 

Presentation at San Francisco International Bear Conference in 2009

  Visit to Animals Asia Foundation Centre in Chengdu, China  
     
  Visit to Korean bear breeding farm   At the Peter Singer seminar in Seoul, Korea