前Yes乐队键盘手Rick Wakeman在越南谭刀国家公园的Animals Asia熊类保护区为150只获救月熊进行了钢琴音乐会演出1。Wakeman为此次演出创作了新的钢琴曲目，旨在提高人们对月熊困境的认识1。这些熊曾被残忍圈养以提取熊胆，而Wakeman自2016年以来一直赞助救援工作，最近还收养了一只20个月大的新熊1。
尽管保护区内已有150只熊获得救助，但仍有125只熊被关在旧熊胆养殖场中，其中每月有4只死亡1。熊胆被提取用于传统中医，这些熊在恶劣条件下被关押长达10至20年，无法转身1。虽然越南已禁止熊胆贸易，但仍有一些熊被关在狭窄的围栏中1。此次音乐会也向越南政府呼吁释放仍被困的熊只1。
全球范围内，亚洲黑熊数量在过去30年内下降了近三分之一，而熊胆贸易已成为东亚非法野生动物贸易中第四大市场1。
Renowned keyboardist Rick Wakeman, formerly of the band Yes, staged a piano concert for approximately 150 rescued moon bears at the Animals Asia sanctuary in Tan Dao National Park in Vietnam 1. For this performance, Wakeman composed new piano pieces specifically to raise awareness about moon bears that have been subjected to cruel captivity for bile extraction 1.
The concert served as a call to action, with Wakeman urging the Vietnamese government to release an additional 125 bears still confined in former bile farming facilities 1. The sanctuary currently houses 150 bears, though the animals in the older facilities face dire circumstances—held in cramped conditions for 10 to 20 years with no room to turn, and experiencing a mortality rate of four deaths per month 1. Wakeman has championed the rescue efforts since 2016 and recently adopted a 20-month-old bear 1.
Moon bear bile has long been extracted for use in traditional Chinese medicine, despite Vietnam's ban on the bile trade 1. This exploitation represents the fourth-largest illegal wildlife trade market in East Asia 1. The broader conservation crisis extends across the region, with Asian black bear populations declining by nearly one-third globally over the past three decades 1.
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