Rick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam
Summary
Musician Rick Wakeman performed a piano concert for 150 rescued moon bears at a sanctuary in Vietnam. The event aimed to raise awareness about the cruel treatment of bears kept for bile extraction, a practice recently banned in Vietnam but still ongoing in some places.Key Facts
- Rick Wakeman played live piano music at Animals Asia’s bear sanctuary in Tam Dao national park, Vietnam.
- The sanctuary houses 150 rescued moon bears, many of which were kept in cruel conditions for bile extraction.
- Bile is taken from bears with needles for use in traditional Chinese medicine.
- Vietnam recently banned bear bile farming, but some bears remain in small, cramped cages.
- Wakeman has sponsored rescue bears since 2016 and adopted a young bear from the sanctuary.
- The moon bear population has dropped dramatically due to illegal wildlife trade and bile farming.
- The concert was intended to encourage the Vietnamese government to free the remaining 125 bears still held in cages.
- Wakeman believes animals respond to gentle, melodic music and hopes the bears enjoyed the concert.
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