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How we rescued the "dancing bears"

Kartick Satyanarayan · TED

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Traditionally, the Kalandar community of India has survived by capturing sloth bear cubs and training them to "dance" through extreme cruelty. Kartick Satyanarayan has been able to put an end to this centuries-old practice, and in so doing discovered a lesson of wider significance: make the practitioners part of the solution.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDIndia 2009
Speaker
Kartick Satyanarayan
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment
Source
TED
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