S8. E21: Dr. Krithi Karanth: Rewilding India
“One of the things that we've noticed is when these animals repeatedly show up, that's when people really get frustrated, up to a point where they may leave loose electrical wires in their field. And when the herd or the animal comes back the next day, they get electrocuted. So you want to keep people from flipping out and doing something crazy, right?”
- Krithi Karanth
Dr. Krithi Karanth is Chief Conservation Scientist and Director at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, in Bangalore, India, and is Adjunct Faculty at Duke University and National Centre for Biological Sciences.
She has spent the past 24 years doing research in India and Asia, much of which has focused on the many issues surrounding the human side of wildlife conservation.
Krithi has served as editor for Conservation Biology, Conservation Letters and is currently Chief Editor for Frontiers in Ecology and Environment- Conservation Section.
Her conservation and research work has been featured in three award-winning BBC Series - The Hunt, Big Cats and Dynasties, and documentaries by CBC and PBS. She has co-produced four documentaries: Wild Seve, Humane Highways, Wild Shaale and Flying Elephants. In 2020, she co-starred in Save This Rhino: India by Disney Hotstar and National Geographic.
The work that Krithi and her colleagues at the Centre for Wildlife Studies are doing is changing everything for the animals and the humans with whom they share land throughout rural India. We in the US could (and should) learn a thing or two from their work, especially when it comes to building tolerance for wild animals and creating solutions for sharing the land.
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