Rick Wakeman plays a private piano concert for 150 rescued moon bears
Yes, the keyboardist from Yes performed a grand-piano concert at a Vietnamese sanctuary—with rescued bears as the audience.
Musician Rick Wakeman performed on a grand piano for more than 150 rescued moon bears at an Animals Asia sanctuary in Vietnam.
Why this is wild
The audience consisted largely of bears rescued from bile farms. The event was staged as both an unusual concert and a way to draw attention to Vietnam’s remaining captive bile bears.
The bigger thing hiding underneath
Vietnam has made substantial progress toward ending bear-bile farming, but Animals Asia says roughly 120 bears remain in private captivity.
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Bile bear farming
What bile farming is, the welfare concerns, and where the law stands country by country, including Vietnam.
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Animals Asia
The charity that runs the sanctuary where the concert took place and campaigns to end bear bile farming.
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