Name: How we rescued the "dancing bears"
Uploaded: 2010-01-11T08:01:00Z
Duration: 3 min 45 s
Description: 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.

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.

Kartick Satyanarayan: How we rescued the "dancing bears"

How we rescued the "dancing bears"

A transformative journey from cruelty to compassion, as India's dancing bears are rescued and their handlers find new beginnings.

Innovative solutions, like vocational training and education programs, break the cycle of exploitation for both bears and humans.

India nears a historic milestone: the last dancing bear's rescue, ending centuries of barbaric practice and signifying hope and change.