Smudge is a lucky little bear cub with eyes that you can't help but love.
Animals Asia and their "Peace by Piece" campaign saved the cub with peepers that resemble real-life googly eyes. Bears like Smudge are often kept in poor conditions in areas such as China, where they are farmed for the bile they produce. The bile is used for certain traditional Chinese medicine.
Animals Asia is taking over custody and care of more than 130 bears from a former bile farming facility in Nanning, China, leasing the land and facilities. According to Animals Asia, this will be the largest rescue of its kind.
Little four-month-old Smudge will the be the last bear ever born into captivity at the facility. Thanks to Animals Asia, Smudge has a long, googly-eyed life ahead of him.