Giles tells his story, in his own words... "I started out in my career with animals as a 16-year-old volunteer in a wildlife sanctuary and went on to become a zookeeper.
I then worked with some of the world’s most endangered big cats, including Sumatran tigers. For me, it’s about both looking after them in a captive environment and supporting their conservation in the wild, which is what led me to Laos in South East Asia, setting up a sanctuary for Sun and Moon bears.
They are facing a tough time – they’re caught in the wild, then sold to bear bile farms where they’re treated appallingly or kept as trophy pets, which isn’t a much better alternative.
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