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Namibia.
One of the driest places on earth.
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Yet home to a huge
diversity of animals.
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Here are elephants, cheetahs,
lions and rhinos.
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Animals that are disappearing
elsewhere in Africa.
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But this animal paradise
faces multiple threats.
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So a team of local farmers,
biologists, business people,
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and volunteers are working
to combat the challenges
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while working around the clock
to protect this refuge of the giants.
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From the air,
Namibia appears to be a wilderness
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free from the impact of humans.
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And that's true
for much of the Namib Desert
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that lies inland from the Atlantic coast.
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It stretches more than 2,000 kilometers
from north to south.
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Towns and villages are rare
in this harsh land.
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Here, wild animals have more space
than in many other African nations.
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Yet some elephants and rhinoceroses
shelter inside the national parks.
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Many of the gray giants have sought refuge
in Khaudum and Etosha National Parks.
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Etosha is one of Africa's largest
conservation areas,
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covering an area of over
22,000 square kilometers.
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A vast sterile salt pan takes up
a quarter of the park.
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Resources are scarce
and the cause of many conflicts.
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But Etosha is not as wild as it appears.
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It's fenced in and locals drink
from artificial watering holes.
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The reason?
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The national park is surrounded
by cattle farms.
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Lions frequently escape
through holes in the fence
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and attack livestock,
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leaving approximately 40 lions
shot dead or poisoned every year.
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Not only lions are killed.
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One source reported that in a single year,
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poachers in Namibia
slaughtered 125 rhinos.
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The killing of rhinos for their horns
is on the rise here.
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But Namibia's wild animals
face another age-old problem.
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The giant herds of goats,
sheep, and cattle.
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Hundreds of thousands
of small farmers and their families
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depend on these domestic animals.
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The soil is often poor,
and herds graze across huge areas.
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Areas that were once
the domain of wild animals.
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To predators,
domestic animals are easy prey.
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Cheetahs naturally hunt
small antelope, rabbits, and birds.
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They're also fond of goats
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and so they've become
a target for farmers.
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It's a major worry.
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A century ago, 100,000 cheetahs
roamed across Asia and Africa.
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Now, only 7,000 remain.
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And Namibia is home
to a third of the survivors.
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Come on, tiger!
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Laurie Marker, a US biologist,
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has come to the defense
Come on.
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of Namibia's cheetahs.
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She founded the Cheetah
Conservation Fund or CCF,
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which devotes itself to the research and
protection of cheetahs across the world.
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They are actually Africa's
most endangered big cat.
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About 80 percent of all the cheetahs found
are found outside protected game reserves,
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which leaves them very, very vulnerable
to human-wildlife conflict.
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Issues facing them
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are not only that of the livestock,
but also that of the wild game,
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which, in Southern Africa,
has a huge amount of value.
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So the cheetahs are actually kind of stuck
between a rock and a hard spot
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in the fact that very few of them
are found in protected game reserves
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and there's too many lions, hyenas,
they steal their young,
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steal their food, kill the young.
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And with that, they get pushed out
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and that puts them
in conflict with humans.
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Casualties of the conflict with humans
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are treated in CCF's operating room.
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The Fund organizes seminars for farmers
and education programs for schools
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to counter the clash
between people and cheetahs.
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The facility is part
of a larger conservation area
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at the foot of the Waterberg Plateau.
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Grassy land like this
is perfect habitat for cheetahs
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and a rarity in modern Namibia.
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Well, these cubs came in when
they were about 3 weeks of age,
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so they were very small
and they had to be bottle raised.
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Their mother had been killed
on the other side of the mountain,
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in an area called Okakarara,
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so they have been called
the Okakarara ambassadors.
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Coming in at that age,
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they'll never will be able
to go back out into the wild.
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They are very tame,
as you can see.
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They are purring.
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Raised on a bottle,
they just think people are okay.
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They are not pets.
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Uh, these cats don't make good pets,
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and it's actually a big problem
for this species
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because people think
that they could be a pet.
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The CCF currently cares
for 36 orphaned cheetahs of all ages.
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Daily feeding ensures
the animals keep fit and healthy.
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The cheetahs have to run hard and fast
before food is thrown from the truck.
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These cheetahs are permanent residents,
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but others have been
successfully returned to the wild.
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The Fund has helped create
a stable cheetah population
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in Southern Namibia.
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It released 13 cheetahs in Erindi,
a private game reserve.
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One of them, Chester,
needs a new transmitter collar.
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First, Chester is shot
with a tranquilizer dart.
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Good, yeah, we got him.
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It takes about 15 minutes
for the drug to take effect.
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Okay.
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A nice shady spot.
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An experienced team
replaces the collar.
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The transmitter will allow
the researchers to track Chester
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and learn about his territorial
and hunting behavior.
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- See the new collar?
- Yeah, it's quite flattering, isn't it?
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Very interesting.
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- Let's see how this goes.
- It's got two.
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Well, the top's usually the GPS.
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Chester is measured,
weighed, and examined.
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Laurie removes a damaged tooth
to prevent infection.
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- She's allowed to do on her own.
- Yes.
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And then monitor what it looks.
If it doesn't improve...
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Chester's friend
is getting worried.
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Male cheetahs form hunting partnerships,
a bond that lasts for life.
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The patient is laid in the shade
while the anesthetic wears off.
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Cheetahs here are used to people.
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In fact, they would not survive
in the wild without human help.
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Laurie's work with cheetahs
benefits safari operators.
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They can find the animals
by means of the transmitters
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and the cheetahs will not run away
at the first glimpse
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of a horde of tourists.
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Let's go.
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These little heroes may hold the future
of Namibia's cheetahs in their paws.
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The puppies are brought up by mom
for two months before they go to work.
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Anatolian shepherd dogs
are ideally suited to life in Namibia.
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The climate here is similar to Turkey,
where they come from,
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and they're used to guarding
the same animals, sheep and goats.
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The dogs grow up as part of the herd,
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and will eventually defend their family
tooth and nail.
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This farm has almost 400 sheep and goats.
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For 75 dollars, the CCF
provides it with a guard dog.
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Cheetahs used to attack during the day
while jackals hunted the flock at night.
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But not anymore.
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The Anatolian sheep dogs
have put a stop to the predator attacks.
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It is a great improvement.
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Because from the jackals, we did not
get any loss since we get this guy.
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This guy came 2014.
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From there, we never lost anything,
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but before, we used
to lose maybe 10 in a year,
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goats or sheep.
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Approximately 170 CCF shepherd dogs
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are now in action all over the country.
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In Namibia, human and animal life
is shaped by the extreme climate.
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Without the annual rainy season,
no life could exist here.
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When the rains flood the dry riverbeds,
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the natural underground reservoirs
are full for months.
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Plants and animals come out
of a state of suspended animation.
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Plants suddenly produce leaves,
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while ponds are filled
to overflowing with tadpoles.
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Bullfrogs, weighing as much
as a kilogram, mysteriously appear.
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They spend only a few weeks on the surface
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before retreating underground
to avoid the dry season.
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The wet interlude is short lived.
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Desert lions are famous
for their ability to survive
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the extreme conditions
of the Namib Desert.
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These lions can live
with little or no water.
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This female has just killed an oryx.
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The antelope's flesh and blood
will satisfy her need for liquid.
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Namib lion prides are protected by staff
from the Desert Lion Conservation project.
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They use transmitter collars
to study the lions.
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The organization tries to improve
relations between lions and humans.
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But it doesn't always work.
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In 2016, four lions were killed.
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Three of them had eaten poisoned meat
that had been laid out as bait.
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Farmers living
on the fringes of the desert
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are suspected of setting the trap.
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Despite occasional setbacks,
the project has had some success.
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Local people have a sense of pride
in the lions,
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in part because they attract tourists,
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and that brings much-needed money
to the region.
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These animals are unlikely to enjoy
a similar level of popularity.
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Wild dogs are the farmers'
most feared adversaries.
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If a pack of wild dogs
gets into a paddock,
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the result is invariably a massacre.
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No surprise then that
African wild dogs face extinction.
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This enclosure belongs
to the Harnas Wildlife Foundation,
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a private organization in central Namibia.
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It's dedicated to caring for injured
and orphaned wild animals.
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Everybody already knows
this is the African wild dog.
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Forty-two wild dogs are kept in
several large enclosures at Harnas.
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One, two, three.
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The chaos is deceptive.
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In fact, feeding is determined
by a strict hierarchy
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headed by the alpha females.
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Wild dogs were once found across
much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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These days, Botswana, Zimbabwe,
Namibia, and Zambia
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have notable wild dog populations.
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Just 5,000 wild dogs remain in the wild.
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There are few species of animal
that do not, at some point or another,
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arrive at Harnas to be fed
and cared for, including entire herds.
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At Harnas, it quickly becomes clear
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just how little habitat remains
for wild animals across all of Namibia.
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Predators like these caracals
are permanent guests.
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They cannot survive
in the surrounding farmland.
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Just slowly throw it over, okay?
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Nope?
Nope.
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The Harnas Wildlife Foundation
is home to an entire pride of lions,
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the sanctuary's
most spectacular residents.
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One, two, three.
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The lions were among
the first orphans taken in at Harnas.
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These lions can't be released anywhere
in Namibia.
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Locations such as zoos are already taken.
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For the past 30 years, the work here
has been more about compassion
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than conservation.
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For farmers, leopards
are almost as hated as wild dogs.
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When a mother leopard is killed,
her cubs are left to starve.
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If they're lucky,
they will be taken in at Harnas.
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It's a time-consuming task
looking after leopards.
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When they are bigger,
they will be moved to an enclosure
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protected by an electric fence.
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Eric, he is so angry at you. Great.
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Each leopard has its own pen.
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If kept together,
they might fight until death.
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There's hope that in the future,
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cattle farmers will not have
to kill the animals
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to protect their livestock.
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WOMAN 1: Yeah.
WOMAN 2: Yeah.
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- Fine?
- Okay.
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Painstaking observation has shown
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that leopards will only attack cattle
younger than 3 months old.
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If the cows are locked away
during this critical age,
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then leopards will probably
seek out easier prey.
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Namibia's Kunene Province
in the northwest part of the country
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is one of its wildest areas.
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Here, riverbeds fill with water
only after rare rainfalls.
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This is desert elephant country.
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Elephants have
a well-developed sense of smell
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and can detect underground water
over great distances,
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even in apparently dry river beds.
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But during periods of extreme drought,
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even these desert experts are at a loss
and may need help from humans.
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Water is extracted from great depths
using a windmill.
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In a drought, this precious commodity
often leads to conflict
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between all those
that desperately need it.
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Like herds of goats,
often all that the people of Kunene own.
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Thirsty elephants know no fear.
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But humans are scared
of these powerful creatures.
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A wall of concrete
is all that stops the elephants
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from destroying everything.
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Hendrick Munembone of EHRA,
Elephant-Human Relations Aid,
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examines the scene of a crime.
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In the course of a battle over water,
elephants have killed several cattle.
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So what happened
four days ago in the afternoon,
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a group of elephants found
these three lonely moving bulls
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at the water point.
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And because of that aggression
that elephant now getting,
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they start fighting the bulls
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and, apparently,
they knocked this bull down,
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and afterwards,
they saw the bull standing up,
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tried to run away after they killed
the one immediately at the water point.
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EHRA works to help
both human and elephant populations.
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Hendrick coordinates
with the local authorities
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and records every incident.
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They are walking around,
and it looks like they are aggressive.
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They want something
that is inside our fence.
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And I stand between my two beds,
and I start to pray.
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And I told my boy not to breathe.
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I said to him,
"Don't breathe, don't breathe
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because the elephants are here
next to our room."
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First, they destroyed the water tank,
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and, secondly,
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this corrugated iron house
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because we put our grass
and our dairy feed in that house.
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I was very, very, very afraid.
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I was shivering and praying.
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I said, "God, please don't give me
over to the elephants, please."
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New settlers need help,
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and EHRA holds courses to teach them
the basics of elephant behavior
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and ways to keep elephants
away from property.
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So, through my trainings,
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I learned the other way of using chilies
to keep an elephant from touching
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very much important asset of the family,
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like when people having their food,
even the meals, the pumpkins people eat.
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Elephants can smell them,
and they can try to touch it.
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So that's why we train people
to use chilies, which is cayenne peppers.
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You cook them with an old engine oils,
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and then you paint that specific room
where you keep-- you store your food.
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One of EHRA's most important tasks
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is to help people and animals
get through dry periods.
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When the rains come,
the elephants spread out.
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And in some areas, there's less conflict.
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EHRA is staffed in part
by volunteers from all over the world.
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They sign up
for a one or two-week adventure
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and provide valuable extra manpower
and have some fun as well.
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Their reward
is evenings around a camp fire
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and magical nights under the stars.
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The Elephant-Human Relations Aid organization
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has been collecting data
on desert elephants for years.
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Volunteers help count the animals
and map out their movements.
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In the Kunene region,
the animals have more space to live.
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But in areas
with a larger human population,
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other solutions must be found.
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There's only one way
to keep elephants away
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from humans during a drought.
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You have to build wells
and artificial watering holes.
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Khaudum National Park
lies in the north of the Kalahari Desert.
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The large numbers of elephants here,
particularly during dry periods,
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are due to the wells.
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Around 3,000 elephants
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share the half a dozen watering holes
in Khaudum.
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The park's water holes deliver benefits.
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Elephants are kept away
from human settlements.
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And tourists are treated
to an unforgettable sight.
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In South Africa,
rhinoceroses are bred in large numbers,
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like these young white rhinos.
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These-- These creatures...
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Of course, large babies
need large bottles.
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Oh, my goodness!
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- Can we touch them?
- Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
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Oh, next bottle.
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Ah.
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While every year rhinos
are born in breeding stations,
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during the same period,
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poachers slaughter more than a thousand.
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A private wildlife reserve in Namibia
decided to host four South African rhinos,
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two bulls and two cows.
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The ultimate aim
is to create a breeding population.
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The reserve didn't want young rhinos.
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They wanted adults.
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So first, the rhinos had to be captured
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with the help of a helicopter
and a warden with a tranquilizer gun.
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The dart finds its target.
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The animal needs to be subdued,
not knocked unconscious.
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Next, the rhino has to be persuaded
into a truck.
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The blindfold, like the tranquilizer,
is to minimize stress for the animal.
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The rhinos require the help
of experienced veterinarians
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if they are to survive the coming journey.
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A 2,000-kilometer trip awaits,
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and stress is the greatest risk
during the entire operation.
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Okutala is a conservation area
near Namibia's Etosha National Park.
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The rhinos coming in from South Africa
cannot be released immediately.
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First, they have to spend some time
in an enclosure,
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adapting to their new surroundings.
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But moving them into their new home
is easier said than done.
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Using a complex system of doors,
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staff try to keep two tons
of bad-tempered rhino under control.
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Several weeks later,
things have calmed down,
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and all the rhinos
are living in a large enclosure.
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The rhinos are now hand fed
like domesticated animals,
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but the wardens remain wary.
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They have seen these animals
destroy steel doors and gates.
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Okutala, two years later.
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The enclosure is abandoned.
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At some point, the gray giants broke out
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and made their way
into the conservation area.
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Where they now live
is almost 24,000 hectares of wilderness,
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surrounded by a fence.
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The rhinos return to the lodge
and its watering hole
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and bring their babies.
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It all started
with four agitated white rhinos.
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Now, they have formed an extended family.
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And like any family,
they have their ups and downs.
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Elephants live in Okutala too.
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The Swiss veterinarian Simone Herzog
is responsible for the care of them.
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Her most recent patient
is a desert elephant.
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The 1-year-old calf
is a member of the herd
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causing trouble
for the farmers in the Kunene region.
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It's not clear why he has left
the other elephants.
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The calf is not the first elephant
at Okutala.
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There are three older foster children.
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They are in contact
through the railings.
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At the moment, the older animals
are more interested in him
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than he is in them,
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but he is becoming more interested.
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As soon as I think the time is right,
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I will let the friendliest,
most caring of the older elephants
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into the enclosure first.
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Then the others
will get the chance to know him,
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and eventually, all four of them
will be in the enclosure together.
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Initially,
this will only be during the day
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when I have the sense that they are aware
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that he is smaller
and needs to be cared for.
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Simone knows how to care
for such a young and weak elephant.
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Nutrition is important.
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Elephants can't process dairy milk,
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so she makes up a cocktail
of low-fat milk powder and vegetable oil.
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Come in...
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However,
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not even hand-made milk, walks together,
deworming, and vaccines are enough.
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This baby elephant
needs psychological nourishment too.
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He needs someone who can replace
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his mother, his aunts,
and his siblings in the herd.
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Little rain has fallen
at Okutala in two years.
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The country is a dried-out husk.
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The rhinos require extra forage,
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and truckloads of alfalfa
are delivered daily.
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So it's no surprise
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that the animals turn up
at the watering hole each day.
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Equally unsurprising are the battles
to show who's top rhino.
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Sadly, the rhinos are no longer safe
in Namibia.
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Poaching has increased over the years,
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and now, poachers target
both black and white rhinos
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in private and public lands.
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White rhinoceros conservation
is comparatively easy.
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They can be kept
in private conservation areas.
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The aggressive black rhinos
pose a far greater problem.
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This juvenile black rhino
has a real attitude
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and lets everyone know it.
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00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,800
The arena is a watering hole
in the Etosha National Park.
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Today, poachers pose a far greater threat
to this rhino than lions do.
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In Namibia,
there is one place with great hope.
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This mountain wilderness
is known as Damaraland,
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after the local tribe of the same name.
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Harsh mountains and rivers of sand
are home for the toughest of the tough.
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Wild animals here
enjoy the protection of the local people.
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They run their own sanctuaries,
known as communal conservancies.
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00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:24,640
The area is home to more black rhinos
than anywhere else in Africa.
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00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,920
But finding one is seriously challenging
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since the region spans
more than 20,000 square kilometers.
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Because of the aridity,
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this is on literally
the edge of their habitat
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when it comes to rainfall.
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So these rhinos are tough,
and when you see them out in the field,
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even out in this barren landscape
with not a single...
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or vegetation
that looks pretty parched, you know,
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they do pretty well,
all things considered.
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And one of their favorite
food species here is this...
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this sort of funny-looking
euphorbia species
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that is--
almost sort of looks like a Chia Pet.
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It's very--
It's got a toxic latex inside of it,
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but rhinos here have developed a chemical
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that's able to absorb and digest
this toxin,
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so they eat it
without much of a problem at all.
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Jeff Muntifering
and local trackers
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work for the Save the Rhino Trust.
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SRT plays a significant role
in black rhino protection.
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In the course of long walks,
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every rhino is tracked down,
and each sighting is recorded.
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When an animal reaches 3 years old,
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its horn is removed
so poachers are not attracted to the area.
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The trackers
come from the local communities.
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They are accompanied
by armed police officers.
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A firefight with poachers
could break out at any time.
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00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,880
Rhino horn is worth more than gold,
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making poaching a lucrative business
even when only a stump remains.
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00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:28,960
The patrol camps are well-hidden
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and spread across
the entire conservation area.
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Hi, guys.
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Simson Uri-Khob,
CEO of the Save the Rhino Trust,
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is responsible for overseeing
the training of the rangers.
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However,
one of his most important tasks
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is working closely
with the local communities.
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Simson believes that this, above all else,
is the secret of the project's success.
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00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:02,080
Communities are actually
the most important partners
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in rhino protection in our region.
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00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:09,840
So the conservancy was formed,
and they signed the agreements that say
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you take all the responsibility
for the wildlife that's in your area.
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Rhinos belong to the government,
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and the government
will have a say on the rhinos,
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but the rest is under yours.
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With more and more people
wanting to see the famous rhinos,
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communities are benefiting from tourism.
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The rhinos mean jobs and income
from entrance fees.
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Despite the best efforts
of the Save the Rhino Trust,
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poaching has become an issue
in Damaraland.
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00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:50,720
Well, it certainly escalated
the poaching threat,
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00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:51,760
and we knew it was coming.
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00:42:52,720 --> 00:42:55,120
But we're pretty satisfied that, you know,
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we've managed to keep things
under control.
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We've lost kind of, on average,
about six or seven rhinos a year
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in this area for the past three years,
which for us is tolerable.
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I mean, there is the Grootberg conservancy
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making about a million Namibian dollars
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out of rhino tracking tourism,
just rhino tracking activity.
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00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,000
So it shows that
rhinos can benefit people quite a lot
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although they can't sell them
or they can't hunt them
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for money or for meat and stuff like that.
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00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,880
But a rhino-- a live rhino is more worth
than a dead rhino.
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Conservancies are proving to be
a win-win endeavor.
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With poaching, ever-expanding farming,
and urban sprawl,
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Namibia's wild animals
face many challenges.
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But Namibia has demonstrated
admirable foresight
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with the introduction
of community conservancies.
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They, and the many private
conservation initiatives,
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provide a glimmer of hope.
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For now,
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Namibia remains the Sanctuary of Giants.
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