Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Oliver a brown bear (most of the bears rescued are Asiatic black or moon bears) was probably born in 1979 (the same year as me). Shortly afterwards he was placed in a cage in a prone position and "milked" every day for his bile. This is a very painful procedure.

The cage was too small for Oliver to move around so he lay like this for a long time, a very, very long time. He lay there throughout the 1980's while I grew up and enjoyed primary school. For me the 1990's flew by in a rebelious teenage haze and still Oliver lay in pain in that same cage in the same position that he always had.

The millenium came and went and the "naughties" for me brought a family and a career and yet the days months and years still passed filled with frustration and pain for Oliver as he remained trapped. Then one day (Wed 21st Apr 2010) a team from Animals asia took Oliver from his cage and gave him the care and freedom that he didn't know existed. Just thinking about an intelligent creature like this trapped and helpless spurs me on to complete my challenge so that Animals asia can carry on rescuing these animals and working to end bile farming. I'm carrying a cage with a toy bear inside up Snowdon on Sep 1st 2012, the cage weighs 30kg (one kg for each year Oliver lay trapped)

So please dig deep and donate now - thankyou, Dave