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    Indie Alaska
            The Karelian Bear Dog: Protecting people and bears
                
                    
                        
                            Season 10
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 8
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Alaskans are used to seeing bears in their neighborhoods. Nils Pedersen and his Karelian Bear Dogs, Soledad, Rio, and Mardy work together to reduce human-bear conflict in Alaska. Nils is the Director of the Wind River Bear Institute, which was founded to provide innovative, non-lethal solutions to complex human-wildlife conflict issues.
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