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DAVID ATl'EN BOROUGH:
Here, in the heart of Africa,

lives one 0f this great continent's most
extraordinary yet misunderstood animals.

Animals that only thrive
through remarkable team work,

and through the strength and skill
0f their leaders.

Painted wolves, once known
as Cape Hunting Dogs,

are one of Africa's
most threatened predators.

Their packs require huge areas
of territory in which to hunt.

But today, because of human pressure,
their world is shrinking fast.

And whereas once neighbours
could live together in relative peace,

today there is intense rivalry
between them.

For more than two years,

our team here in Mana Pools in Zimbabwe,

have been following the fortunes
of one of the last great families.

We join them at a moment
when competition between mother

and one of her daughters is boiling up,

threatening to not only shatter
a long-established peace,

but to tear apart the whole family.

This is Tait,
the family's ruling queen.

She 3 a mother and a grandmother.

For year; she has used her position

to keep the peace within her
sprawling family.

But Tait is now old.

Her powers are waning.

Tait still controls
the very best hunting territory,

the rich lands on the banks
0f the Zambezi.

But she 's surrounded.

T0 the east
lie the dangerous lion pridelands.

T 0 the south, forests full of hyena.

And to the wesz', a pack led by
one of Tait's daughters, Blacktip.

For many yearg Blac/(t/p has lived
in peaceful coexistence with her mother,

each with enough territory to survive.

But Blacktip 's pack has grown huge.
It's now 30 strong.

For the first time,
she needs more territory

if shat to feed her growing family.

Normally, a daughter would not invade
her mother's territory.

However, with h yenas ruling
t0 the south,

and humans having taken
the hunting lands to the west;

Blackfip has no choice

but to turn her sights east,

towards her mother's lands.

Where, after a morning's hunz',
Tait and her pack are resting.

Blackf/Qoic pack outnumbers her mother's
by more than two to one.

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An ambush!

Against these odd;

Tail' is powerless.

Retreat is the only opt/on.

This has now become
Blac/(t/p 's territory.

A brief but bloody battle.

Tail' and her pack are now homeless.

She retreats eastwards.

But this is dangerous country.

This river marks the boundary between
her own territory

and the lion pridelands.

In her long life,
Tait has explored every part 0f Mana.

She knows that this is too perilous
a place to make a home.

Lions will search ouz' and kill pupp/eg
and even adults, if they get the chance.

For now, itk the only place to hide.

But Tait must keep her family safe,

well away from the 26 lions
that rule here.

Three months have passed
since Blackt/p 's takeover.

And all these lands
are now firmly under her control.

Blac/(t/p 's pack have spent
a great deal 0f time scent marking,

establishing their
new territorial boundaries.

And Blackfip and her family
have fed well

0n what was her mother's lands.

But now, it's the dry season,
and the landscape is changing.

The ground is dangerous for hunters
who rely on speed.

Deep footprints left by elephants
in soft mud have baked as hard as roe/c

And a painted wolf putting a faaz' wrong
could seriously damage itself

The impalas' ability to leap over
the worst of the pot holes

now gives them an edge.

In these conditions, Blac/(t/jczis pack
will find it hard to feed themselves.

But the size and strength of the pack
might enable her to catch

a totally new kind 0f prey.

A large male baboon is strong,

almost twice the weight
0f a painted W012'.

And armed with huge canine feet/r.

The great size of Blac/(tip 3 pack

means the large males can 't defend
their troupe against them all.

The meal has been hard-won.

But discovering this new possibility
has come at just the right time.

Blackt/ja won more
than just hunting lands

in her battle to claim Taifs territory.

She secured the safesz' place
to raise puppies in all 0f Mana Pools.

And sure enough, Blacktip has
a new litter of five hungry pups.

Their father is babysitting them today.

Everyone is impatient for the return
0f the hunting party.

While they wait, the pups discover

that there's more to the world
than just their pack.

Strange giants.

There 's no rest for Blackt/p.

She n02' only leads the hunting trip;

but, as the alpha female,
she's the only who breeds

and pro vides milk for the pups.

It's not just milk.

They're already eagerly eating meat.

It has been four months since
Tait and her pack were forced into exile

here in the lion pride-lands.

Compared to her home territory,
there is not only more danger;

but there 3 much less prey.

Yet, remarkably, even here,

Tait has managed to keep
every member of her pack alive.

But she is nowhere t0 be seen.

The rest 0f her family are waiting
close t0 an abandoned aardvark burrow.

And this is why.

Tail' has spent the last three weeks
hidden underground.

She has managed, against the oddg
to produce her eighth litter.

Two tiny puppies emerge
for the very first time.

Honey badgers.

They are notoriously aggressive,
and a danger to the pups.

Taiz"s youngest daughter, Tammy,
has never seen one before.

But her instinct tells her
to drive them away.

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And this gives Tait the chance
t0 get her pups to safety underground.

This year, bath Tail' and Blackf/p

have produced far fewer puppies
than e ver before.

Perhaps this is the first sign that
the conflict between the two packs

is threatening the future
0f the entire family.

Twice a day, Tait has to lead her
hunting party 0n a risky journey

to the banks 0f the Zambezi river,
where the prey gather.

But it is also the very heart
0f lion territory.

She must sneak them
into position undetected.

Then, it's in and out
as fast as possible.

The pack need to Work fasz'.

All that effort'
for a few mouthfuls of food.

The puppies will g0 hungry today.

And the pack
has been dealt another blow.

Again it's Tammy, Tate's youngest
daughter, who spots the problem.

Tammy's sister has fallen.

She has broken a leg
stumbling into an elephantis footprint'.

For mosz' animal; this would be the end.

But the family won '2' just lea ve her
to fend for herself

Painted wolveg perhaps more
than any other animal,

care for pack members
who are old 0r injured.

Taifk family will protect and feed her

while she herself
cannot join in the hunt.

The dry season turns to drought.

The great buffalo herds are 0n the move.

F000' and water are becoming
increasingly scarce.

A ll 0f Mana 's inhabitants
are now drawn towards the Zambezi

and the few pools that remain
along its banks.

The drought also means that it's time
for Blackt/p and her pups

to leave their den behind.

For the pups
this is their first adventure.

Now the pups are 0/0' enough
t0 follow the adults,

Biackt/p can resume marking
the new boundaries of her territory

to consolidate her takeover.

On the far eastern borders
Blacktiz; picks up a familiar scent.

It's 0101 but unmistakable.

Her mother.

This disco very
has an extraordinary effect on Blacktip.

She can tell from this smell
which direction Tait took.

Blackt/p stops territorial marking
and instead sets off in pursuit

0f her mother.

It seems that Blackt/p is going
to try and drive Tait out 0f Mana

once and for all.

But she 's taking a huge risk by going
into territory she doesn 't know.

Hyenas.

On moonless night;
the pack would normally rest up

somewhere safe until dawn.

But instead Blacktip leads them,
marching 0n into the gloom.

N0 one wants t0 be
the straggler in the dark.

The family bunch together
much more closely at night.

And now, 75 h yenas are tracking them.

A ttack may be the besz' farm of defence.

Blackt/p thinks
she 's got the upper hand,

but she s let her pups get separated.

The puppy is lost.

Heads down, tails down,
they seem to mourn.

For hours, they march in silence.

A solemn process/on.

Despite her loss
Blackt/p drives her pack 0n,

far beyond the boundary
of Tait's old territory.

Tracking her mother into a place
she 3 never been before,

deep into the heart
of the lion pridelands.

Taiz', remarkably, has now managed
to keep her pack safe from the lions

for eight months.

Her injured daughter is 0n the mend.

The family have been protecting her
while she recovers.

They only survive here by being
on constant alert for signs 0f danger.

And today if is the wind
that carries a warning.

Blackt/p is coming.

Fore warned Tait isn '1' going
t0 risk an attack.

The pack turns tail and runs.

The temperature has reached 50 degrees.

Still, Blackfip pushes
her pack 0n in pursuit.

They're closing in,
less than a mile behind Tait.

But, finally, the heat is jusz' too much.

Blackt/p is forced t0 call a halt.

But danger is approaching.

The pack has scattered!

And now the lions
will try to pick off the puppies.

There 3 only one adult with the pups.

That won't be enough to save them.

But this might.

Buffaloes and lions
are always in conflict.

T 0 charge in alone is very unusual.

But it? certainly saved the pups.

Blackf/p and her pack have been
halted in their tracks.

Blackt/pk pursuit 0f Tait

has exposed her family
t0 too many dangers,

too many risks.

The pack are desperate t0 help,

but there is nothing they can do.

The pursuit 0f Tait is aver.

Blackt/p 3 pack run.

They run, and run.

Mile after mile.

Puppies in tow.

All through the day,
all through the night.

All the wa y home.

The territory they stole, abandoned.

The conflict is over.

It cost too much.

Tait and her pack
can already sense Blackt/p 's retreat.

For the firsz' time since
the beginning 0f the conflict;

they appear relaxed.

Soon, their keen sense of smell

will tell them their stolen territory
is no longer occupied.

It won '2' be long until it's time
for Tait's pack to also go home.

But Tait will not be joining them.

For se ven-and-a -/1alf year;

she 3 been their leader,
their matriarch.

And now, as their exile
finally draws t0 a close,

she has ensured her pack
still have a future,

a real chance
t0 reclaim their old territory.

Before her pack could,
at last; head home,

age finally caught up with Tait.

T00 010i too slow,

she was no longer able
to evade the lions.

Her alpha male refused to abandon her.

Together, they died in the pride-lands.

Taitk pack are left leaderless.

But the story doesn't end
with Taiz"s passing.

Life-giving rains follow the drought.

Hard times are quickly forgotten
in times of plenty.

And the story takes another twist.

On their way home, Ta/t's pack
attract a band 0f roving males.

And with these reinforcementg

they not only reclaim
some 0f Tait's old territory,

but also perform a ritual
never witnessed before.

M/ith these haunting calls
they are choosing their new leader.

And the chance
to continue Taitt bloodline.

Six months later,

hidden away in a secluded pan'
of the forest,

a litter 0f se ven tiny puppies.

They're born to Tammy,
Tait's youngest daughter,

and now heir to Taiz"s throne.

M/ith these new arrival;
and the new male;

Ta/tis 0/0' pack has bounced back
to 23 members.

Tammy now leads a pack that is
once again a force t0 be reckoned with.

Back in the west
with the conflict long over,

Blac/(t/p has produced
70 healthy puppies of her own.

Balance has finally been restored
to Tait's dynasty.

There are only 6, 600 painted W01 ves
left in the w0rla'.

T0 date, we count 280 descendants
from Tait's bloodline.

Taiz"s contribution f0 the survival
0f this species is unparalleled.

Her dynasty feels secure.

For now, at least.

Of all the animals
featured in this series

painted W0! ves range over
the greatest distances.

T0 document the unfolding story
0f Tait and Blackt/p,

the team first needed t0 find them,
and that required help.

This film is essentially undoable

without people
who really know the dogs.

Principally Nick and Henry.

Nick's been working
with the dogs for years.

Not only does he know
how to track them incredibly well,

but he also knows their habits
and their behaviours.

S0, for 20 years,
I've been watching these dogs,

and when you're sitting on the ground
and you've got them

running around you, and they're
totally unfazed by you,

that's a great experience.

ATl'EN B0 ROUGH: Nick Murray can identify
all of the 97 painted wolves

that the team saw on the floodplains.

But there's one individual
that he knows better than any.

We've been interacting with Tait

for literally ten-and-a -half years
0f her life.

With each successive litter
that she has,

we've got to know all 0f those dogs

when they come out of the den
and spend time with them.

Nick's knowledge of
who is related to whom,

meant the team knew that it was Ta/t's
own daughter who was challenging her.

Whaz' was unfolding in fronz' 0f camera
was a family drama.

The crew not only have
a team of trackers,

luckily the filming coincided

with a research project.

The reason for collaring the dogs
is to aid our monitoring of the pack.

Because we 're actually able
to physically follow the dogs

so we can record their m0 vementg

their territory size,
where they're going.

And that builds up a picture
0f their land use.

ATl'EN BOROUGH: In open landscapeg
these collars can transmit for miles.

But in the mixed habitat 0f Mana,

the signal often struggles
beyond 500 metres.

This is where Nick and Henry's
tracking skills really come into play.

Henry's been incredible on this.
His tracking is unbelievable.

Tracks are the key
to the whole game.

They tell the story.

ATl'EN BOROUGH: And it's Henry's
highly-tuned tracker senses

that allow the team to capture
the pivotal moment in the film.

The team are tracking Ta/tk pack

when they drive through a pile
of droppings from the painted wolves.

I recognised the smell
which is Blacktip not Tait.

ATl'EN B0 ROUG H: Blackfip
3 diet of baboons

is enough for Henry to be able
to tell the packs apart

simply by smell alone.

The team quickly switch from
following Tait's radio channel

to Blackt/p 3.

Right away we heard
the very strong "ping, ping,"

so we carried on down to the river.

Sure enough, they were right there,

which is an area
they'd never been before.

It was incredible.

And then Henry noticed

some lions approaching
through the grass.

Knowing that
there are puppies in their pack,

Ijust turned my head away
from the scene.

You know,
Ijust didn't want to see, um,

any of the pups getting harmed.

Ijust stayed with the lion,
and suddenly this huge buffalo

came into shot.

I think what was amazing for me

was t0 see the lions
interact with the dogs.

But to then catch a buffalo
under the very same tree,

thatk just ridiculous.

I tell you, Ijust like stood there
dumbfounded, mesmerised,

seeing the whole scene
that was going on.

It was like a dream, really.

ATl'EN BOROUGH:
T0 t/y to capture every aspect

of the unfolding sto/y,

it was sometimes necessary
t0 have five camera teams

working simultaneously.

We've got 52 cases of kit.

A Cineflex, a night thermal camera,
and umpteen other things.

It's very ambitious,
what we're trying to achieve.

Not wanting to miss a thing,

our teams follow both pack;

on the grounofl

and in the air.

One ground team with Tait,
the other with Blackt/p.

Employing the latest
in unmanned aerial camera technology

allows the crew to capture unique views

as the pack g0 about
their business undisturbed.

T0 cover more ground
the crew bring in a helicopter.

And as the days draw to an enofl

the latest ultra high-definition,
[0 w-l/'ght cameras

capture the act/on,

even when it's almost too dark to see.

And once complete darkness fallg
the night team take over.

A thermal camera can penetrate
the darkness with no need

for any artificial light.

You know, to get those shotg
it takes a lot of skill.

And that is not our skill,
that is our guide's skill.

Oh, there they are, over there.

The yield 0f shots has gotten
better and better on every shoot.

On the lasz' shoal'
we were with them every day.

And that's what's brill/am' about
being able to put true time in.

And it's tough, actually,
because you spend

day in, day out with these animals
for months and months and months.

And their lives become
very important to you,

and the story can be incredible.

But it's actually quite
an emotional roller-coaster

to see what happens to them.

ATl'EN BOROUGH:
This story 0f family rival/y

only began because Blackt/jo was unable
t0 expand her territory away from Taiij

and was forced instead
to invade her mother's lands.

The biggest problem facing
painted wolves today is habitat loss.

Basically, they're running out of space.

We have isolated National Parks
surrounded by human settlements.

In the modern world,
that means they're

running across roads,
they're hitting snares,

getting poisoned.

It's a... It's a tough world
out there for them.

70% of painted wolves

actually live outside
of the National Park system.

Their future is very bleak.
It's not looking good.

So the wild dogs of the Zambezi Valley
are lucky,

because these dogs can travel
from park to park, through corridors.

But that's not the case
in most areas in Africa.

If you came back in ten years' time,

I think Tammy's descendants
will still be around,

battling it out
against the lions and hyenas.

It's a tough life,
never mind the human conflict.

Painted wolves, individually,
may lack the nobility of a lion,

but the subtlety of their communications

and the complexity
of their social organisation

gives them a fascination
all of their own.

Surely they deserve to hold their place

alongside the great hunters
of the African plain.

Next time...

A tigress struggles t0 rear
her new family.

Rivals are trespassing on her territory.

Can she raise her cubs
through adulthood?