十月金秋的一个周日，我们来到了黑熊基地，这里是由谢罗便臣女士创立的黑熊保护基地,同时她也创建了亚洲动物基金协会来拯救一些与月熊同样受到人类折磨的动物们。
月熊虽是国家二级保护动物，可是现在它们饱受抽取胆汁的折磨，只能生活在小小的铁笼里，没有任何自由。在我去到黑熊保护基地之前，这些是我所有知道的有关月熊生存现状的所有事情。
当我们走到黑熊基地外围时，透过栅栏我们看见了数只可爱的黑熊在里面悠闲自在地散步，感觉它们无比的快乐自在。但是当我们听完讲解后，我发现事情并不像我看见的那样美好。可怜的月熊，人类为了从它们身上抽取胆汁绞尽脑汁。人们利用软管导出胆汁，后来为了防止月熊抓挠腹部，给它们带上铁甲并将金属导管插入它们腹中来导出胆汁。这种对月熊既残忍又不公平的方法，应该让我们绝大多部分人好好反思一下我们的行为，并且思考我们应该如何去拯救月熊，以及其他同月熊一样饱受人类折磨的动物。
随后我们参观被救助的月熊白天玩耍，生活的地方，在这里我们可以看见一些独特的工具用来帮助被救助的月熊们做一些康复训练。草地上竖立着一些带孔的木桩，饲养员会在木桩中放一些食物，月熊则会通过寻找孔中的食物来练习站立。但是在参观的过程中我们也看见了一些令人伤心的场景，我们看见一头棕熊在角落里不停的摇摆着头，解说员告诉我们这是刻板反应难以根治，同时这也是人类残酷的行为给黑熊们留下的后遗症。
解说员讲述的一个故事让我难以忘怀，这是关于两只不同性别却又有相同遭遇的月熊。公熊是一只很健忘的月熊，他谁也记不住，可是唯一能牢记的仅有那只雌熊。雌熊是一只在冰冷的铁笼里度过了22年的老太太,他们在被救助后生活在了同一间笼舍里，渐渐得它们建立起了深厚的友谊，最后在雌熊死后半年，孤独的公熊也去世了。如此深厚的友谊，让我感触颇深。
本次探访让我对当今月熊的生活现状有了更深入的了解，我很难想通为什么人类要通过如此残忍的手段来达到自己的目的。月熊和人类是一样的，它们也是大自然中的一员，它们也应该有属于自己的自由而不是被人类关在冰冷，窄小的铁笼里，它们并不是生来就是为了给人们提供胆汁的而是为了欣赏大自然，体验自己的生活的！
尽管现在我们为黑熊提供技术、医疗上的帮助的能力有限，但是我们可以告诉更多的人黑熊的生活状况，呼吁人们停止购买胆汁，熊掌等制品，停止为了达到人类目的而伤害其他动物的产品！
石室中学北美课程2018级18班 周倩
Today,we went to Moon Bear Rescue Center the place to save moon bears and this was set up by Jill Robinson who has also established AAF (Animal Asia Foundation) to help those poor animals. The moon bears is the national second class protected but now they are suffered from taking the bile by humans，and they can only live in the small cages without any freedom.Before I go that is all I know about the recent situation of the moon bears,but after this time I think I have a deep understanding of today's moon bears's situation which makes me feel very sad!
When we arrived at the center of moon bear security. We saw amount of moon bears through the bamboo fence, they walk slowly on the grass and enjoy the beautiful sunshine,I thought them live happily there but when we listened to the commentator's illustrations,I realized things are totally different from what I think. They were so poor that humans tried everything to take bile from the moon bears bodies such as , put a flexible pipe inside their bodies or put metal pipes to take their bile out their bodies, and to prevent them to hurt themselves humans let them wear the iron vests which are very cruel and unfair for moon bears this should make most of us rethink our behaviours and think about what can we do to protect the animals maybe not only moon bears but also other animals which are in the similiar situation with them.
One of the stories that the commentator told us about two moon bears left a deep impressive to me. This story is about a male bear who forgot things quickly because he was hurt by humans,but the female bear is the only one that he can remember and never forget. The another female bear who was grew in a ice-cold cage for almost 22 years, when they were saved by the volunteers, they lived in the same place , gradually there is a strong relationship between them, but when the old female bear dead not too long male bear dead ,either.Their mightly relationship moves me a lot.
Then we went to visit the place they stay I the daytime , they live happily there, we can saw some special equipments there to help them do some recovery exercises for example, there are some timber piles with many holes on it which are for the breeders to put foods in them and practice them to stand. Also we saw some views make people feel very sad, we saw a brown bear stand in the corner and can not stop shaking his head the commentator told us this is called ' stereotype' which is very difficult for bears to recover. Also this is caused by humans' cruel behaviors that we did before to the bears.
This time I have a deeply understanding about today's moon bears's situation , I feel hard to understand how can humans did so cruel things to achiever their goals. Moon bears are as same as us , they are one of the members in our big natural family, they should have their freedom not be captivated in the metal , iciness and small cages, they are not born to provide bike for humans but for appreciate the nature and experience their own lives!
Though we are not older enough and we do not have the ability to provide the medical and technologies acid to them but we can tell more people about their situations and advertise more people to stop buying anything that are relate with the poor animals!
Shishi High School North Ameria Center Senior 2 Class 18-Karina
