# John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers

In his home of Namibia, John Kasaona is working on an innovative way to protect endangered animal species: giving nearby villagers (including former poachers) responsibility for caring for the animals. And it's working.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 15 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science, Nature
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/JohnKasaona_2010)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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