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# The Karelian Bear Dog: Protecting people and bears
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/indie-alaska/episode/the-karelian-bear-dog-protecting-people-and-bears-wjeava/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:54:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:27:47.000Z
- Description: The Karelian Bear Dog: Protecting people and bears from each other | INDIE ALASKA
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Indie Alaska, Season 10, Episode 8, #ZZZ_Episode_c9ea3b76-8f9d-436b-a922-53bdd18c34fa, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b067a74e-4d91-45e4-9d7b-ab093441ccaf, #v1.16

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.