Kartick Satyanarayan: How we rescued the "dancing" bears

翻译人员: Xiaogeng Zhao 校对人员: Zoe Chen

Hi. For those of you who haven't seen dancing bears,

你好，给你们当中没有见过舞蹈熊的人看看

these are the dancing bears.

这就是舞蹈熊

In 1995, we started working on a two-year investigative research project

在1995年我们发起了一个为期两年的调查研究课题

to try and find out what was going on.

我们试着去调查事情的来龙去脉

Because the sloth bears in the wild were obviously getting depleted

因为野生的sloth熊数量显著下降，近乎绝迹

because of this.

正因为如此

This is the Qalandar community. They are a marginalized Islamic community

这就是卡拉海尔人，他们是一个不起眼的伊斯兰族分支

who live across India,

他们生活在印度的各地

and have been in India since the 13th century.

从十三世纪开始，他们就已经生活在印度了

We went about getting evidence of what was going on.

我们开始寻找证据来弄清楚到底发生了什么

And this is footage from a hidden camera in a button.

这是一段通过隐藏在纽扣里的摄像机拍摄到的画面

And we went in, pretending to be buyers.

我们进门，装作是买家

And we found this right in this very state, in Karnataka.

我们正是在这个地方，卡纳塔克邦发现了这样的交易

And the bear cubs were being harvested from across the country

熊仔从全国各地搜罗而来

and being sold and traded.

被买卖

These were being sold for about 2,000 dollars each,

这些熊仔卖价大约每只2000美元

and they are used for bear paw soup,

他们将被用来做熊掌汤的

and also being trained, later on,

可能将来还会被训练

to become dancing bears like the one you just saw.

成为你刚刚看到的舞蹈熊

Sadly, the family of Qalandars depended on this bear.

令人心痛的是，卡拉海尔人的生计却还要指望这些熊

The couple are barely 18 years old.

这夫妇俩还不到18岁

They already have four children beside them. You can see them.

你可以看见，他们身边却已经有了四个孩子，

And the economy of the family and their livelihood depended on those animals.

整个家庭的经济支柱，生活来源就是这些动物

So, we had to deal with it in a very practical and sustainable manner.

所以，我们必须要以切合实际并且有可持续性的方法来对待这个问题

Now, when we started working deeper and digging deeper,

眼下，我们展开了更加深入的工作，更深度的调查

we found that it's an illegal act.

我们发现（以熊为生）是违法行为

These guys could go to jail for up to seven years

他们可能会为此付出最高七年的牢狱之灾

if they were caught by authorities.

如果被相关部门抓住的话

And what they were doing to the bears was really appalling.

他们对熊所做的种种行为实在是骇人听闻

It was unacceptable.

令人无法接受

The mother bears are usually killed.

通常熊妈妈会被杀死

The cubs, which are taken, are separated.

熊仔们被盗走，各自分离

Their teeth are basically bashed out with a metal rod.

他们的牙齿会被用铁棍敲掉

And they use a red hot iron needle to make a hole through the muzzle.

然后，他们的鼻孔会被烧红的铁杵穿洞

Now we had to start changing these people and converting them from using that

现在，我们要开始改变那些人，让他们停止以做那些事

for a livelihood, to getting something else.

来谋生，去做其他的事情

So, this is Bitu Qalandar, who was our first experiment.

这是Bitu Kalander,他是我们的第一个“实验品”

And we were so unsure that this would work.

到底这能不能行?我们实在没有把握

We weren't sure at all. And we managed to convince him.

当时我们的确没有把握，但我们还是说服了他

And we said, "Okay, here is some seed fund.

我们说：“好，这是一些启动资金

Let's see if you can get something else." And we got the bear surrendered

看看你能不能做些什么”接着他把熊交给了我们

to -- we set up a sanctuary. We have four sanctuaries in India.

我们建立了保护基地，在全印度我们有四所保护基地

And now he sells cool drinks, he's by the highway.

他现在高速公路边卖冷饮

He has a telephone booth.

他经营一个电话亭

And then it started, there was no turning back after that.

当这一切发生时，再也没有回头路了

This is Sadua who came and surrendered his bear.

这是Sadua，他来找我们，把他的熊交给了我们

And now he runs a cattle fodder store and a grain store

而现在他经营着一个牛饲料店和谷物店

near Agra.

在印度北部阿格拉城附近

Then there was no looking back at all for us.

对我们所有人来说，这正是义无反顾的了

We gave cycle rickshaws.

我们提供人力三轮车

We set up carpet-weaving units,

我们建起了地毯编制单位

vocational training for the women.

为妇女提供职业训练

The women were just not allowed to come out of the community

这些妇女们以前是不允许离开住宅区工作的

and work with mainstream society. So, we were able to address that.

我们也在设法解决这个情况

Education. The kids never went to school.

教育。这些孩子从没有机会上学

They only had Islamic education, very little of it.

只有少的可怜的伊斯兰教育

And they were never allowed to go to school

他们的上学的权利被剥夺了

because they were an extra earning hand at home. So we managed to get education.

因为他们也要赚钱养家。正因如此，我们想办法提供教育

So, we sponsor 600 children education programs today.

如今，我们为600个孩子提供教育资助

We were able to ensure brighter futures for these people.

我们为他们光明的未来创造了条件

Of course we also had to get the bears in.

当然，我们还是要拯救这些熊

This is what happens to the bears when they come in.

这是当时熊刚来时的状况

And this is what we turn them into.

只是经过转变后的现在

We have a veterinary facility in our rescue centers.

在拯救中心我们有专门的兽医机构

So, basically in 2002 there were

大概的情况是：2002年

1,200 dancing bears.

有一万两千只“舞蹈熊”

We rescued over 550 dancing bears.

其中我们拯救了超过五百五十只

We've been able to ensure better futures for the people and the bears.

我们为这些熊和以它们为生的人们提供了更好的将来

The big news that I want to announce today

今天，我们有一个重大的消息要宣布

is that next month we will be bringing in

那就是，下个月

the very last bear of India,

印度最后一只舞蹈熊

into our rescue center.

也将要被我们的拯救中心收容

(Applause)

（掌声）

And India will no longer have to witness this cruel barbaric practice

整个印度再也不用目睹这种持续了上百年的残忍而野蛮的行为了

which has been here for centuries.

整个印度再也不用目睹这种持续了上百年的残忍而野蛮的行为了

And the people can hold their heads up high.

为此人们可以感到骄傲

And the Qalandar people will rise above all this cruel barbaric past

卡拉海尔人可以从他们一代代经历的残忍而野蛮的历史中走出来

that they've lived all their lives.

卡拉海尔人可以从他们一代代经历的残忍而野蛮的历史中走出来

And the beautiful bears can of course live in the wild again.

理所当然的，而那些美丽的熊可以重新在野外生活了

And there will be no more removing of these bears.

这些熊再也不会被捕捉被带走

And the children, both humans and bear cubs

这样我们的孩子们和小熊仔们

can live peacefully. Thank you.

都可以过上安静平和的生活了。

(Applause)

（掌声）