Bear Caesar is finally free after having spent years locked in a torture vest

December 23, 2025 by Nadia

After being saved, her favorite activities included swimming and sunbathing, as well as digging — especially when the weather was nice and cool in the fall.

”She has now spent a dozen happy years with Animals Asia in Chengdu, enjoying swims in the sunshine as well as indulging her natural digging instincts – particularly when the weather cools in the autumn,” Animals Asia said.

”Seeing a bear shake themselves like this is always a moment full of awe – they’re such incredibly beautiful, powerful animals and none more so than Caesar,” Nic Field, director of the group’s China bear and vet team, said in a statement. ”To see her out in the sunshine – a dozen years on from her rescue – it’s hard to imagine her existence back then.”

Although Caesar was saved, it’s important to remember how much work still needs to be done to end animal torture.