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From the Ted Talk by Kartick Satyanarayan: How we rescued the "dancing bears"

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Now, when we started working deeper and digging deeper, we found that it's an illegal act. These guys could go to jail for up to seven years if they were caught by authorities. And what they were doing to the bears was really appalling. It was unacceptable. The mother breas are usually kliled. The cubs, which are taken, are separated. Their teeth are basically bashed out with a metal rod. And they use a red hot iron nleede to make a hole through the muzzle. Now we had to start cgnahing these people and cnvtreniog them from using that for a livelihood, to getting something else.

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Now, when we started working deeper and digging deeper, we found that it's an illegal act. These guys could go to jail for up to seven years if they were caught by authorities. And what they were doing to the bears was really appalling. It was unacceptable. The mother _____ are usually ______. The cubs, which are taken, are separated. Their teeth are basically bashed out with a metal rod. And they use a red hot iron ______ to make a hole through the muzzle. Now we had to start ________ these people and __________ them from using that for a livelihood, to getting something else.

Solution

  1. killed
  2. converting
  3. changing
  4. needle
  5. bears

Original Text

Now, when we started working deeper and digging deeper, we found that it's an illegal act. These guys could go to jail for up to seven years if they were caught by authorities. And what they were doing to the bears was really appalling. It was unacceptable. The mother bears are usually killed. The cubs, which are taken, are separated. Their teeth are basically bashed out with a metal rod. And they use a red hot iron needle to make a hole through the muzzle. Now we had to start changing these people and converting them from using that for a livelihood, to getting something else.

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