Sumatras Last Tigers - The Secrets of Nature

all over Southeast Asia Tigers are under attack development is destroying their habitat and the gangs of poachers kill them for profit direct poaching of Tigers is probably the single greatest threat to Tigers across the world as their world contracts Tigers turn into man killers human retaliation is brutal Tiger populations are crashing towards extinction but in this nature reserve in Sumatra Tiger numbers are increasing the man behind this unique conservation project is an Indonesian tycoon Tommy without her anymore vibe forests lab conservation rate is number one Tommy's plans are controversial he wants to return Tigers to the wild even if they are men killers there are villages close to the Nature Reserve other people under threat now Tommy's plans have reached a critical stage a decision must be made whether or not to release this tiger Bundy and her cub in front of the world's media Ponty is a suspected man killer we'll Tommy's experiment helped save the Sumatran tiger or will panty and her cub go on the rampage the somach and Tiger is among the most endangered species on earth just 400 of these beautiful savage animals survive in the wild Tiger numbers are eaten away by the destruction of their habitat and by poachers supplying the market for traditional medicines but a revolutionary plan to save the Sumatran tiger is underway in the tumbling Nature Reserve on the southern tip of Sumatra the project is backed by a maverick Indonesian businessman Tommy we're not her humbling part of the Bukit Barisan Nasional park is one of the most diverse tropical environments in the world covering an area almost 3/4 the size of Singapore the Reserve is a laboratory for an audacious experiment to preserve one of Indonesia's most threatened species the Sumatran tiger Tommy came here first in 1995 that's way too their pollution for the last 15 years Tommy has been building a refuge for the Sumatran tiger he has the backing of the Indonesian government but his plans are radical and according to some conservationists controversial the first step was to remove the biggest threat to Tigers in the area humans when the project started hundreds of people lived illegally inside the reserve eking out a living by hunting and farming to say that on Sonia says Sudha MooMoo Arkin or annyeong Dingle Dingle de oficinista de or Dingle in the hamburgers kaboom Sudha lebih daripada leemarie kookaburra guar Gamla Buchan illegal staying illegal logging saravana c'mon c'mon tada Tommy resettled the villages and many were angry about the move young banana thumb bling Sarah's Esiason Tyrion Polamalu one Adana tumbling a maternity buttress Ibaka born Perdue Lee Bruce Morton but Tommy eventually won over most of the villages through his foundation he has built a school in the clinic in return villages play a part in conservation [Music] but if Tiger numbers increase as Tommy plans the villagers could pay a deadly price for living so close to tumbling for now they seemed resigned to the risk [Music] Jalan Melampo Anika Chile named voila kata is al hamdulillah [Applause] [Applause] the plan to resettle local people has been successful for Samaras animals the numbers of species like the sambar deer close to extinction in neighboring countries have rocketed [Music] there are big herds too of another threatened species the Asian wild water buffalo [Music] particulate and I got bikes Rapinoe male recover then when a temple periodic event or a karate redeems you didn't remember did Adam again development and hunting threatened animals like these all over Southeast Asia it's rare to see so many in the wild but they are not here to be admired they are prey for Tigers the story of the tiger rescue began eight years ago far to the north in Aceh province Sumatra was once known as the Emerald of the Equator but over the last 50 years the huge island has lost almost 70 percent of its rainforest the pulp and paper industry palm oil and coffee cultivation gal pop huge tracts of forest it is a catastrophe for wildlife and above all tigers the loss of their natural habitat forces Tigers closer to people hungry animals now roam plantations and villages searching for food with deadly results for both species when tigers attack human retaliation is swift and brutal in Sumatra more than 250 Tigers have been killed and at least 100 captured Medusa Kabul moussaka monguno Masaryk hakuna PR and Benetton can be done here Poonam a llama momulla manushya deborah para você sabe moo moo newly Magnum Ora hunters and their dogs rounded up 12 Tigers and locked them in cramped cages one of them was this female Bundy conditions were so bad that seven Tigers died eventually the arch a government contacted Tommy yo Montana Messiah Anna get out get out attempt a teeny then I have stock my cannon by neck - beer by the water buffalo by next column item Judy sukira McCain hollien bike and talk with mom we are America did he say welcome them Tommy agreed to take in the surviving Tigers everyone was a suspected man killer but moving Tigers more than 1500 kilometers to tumbling was no easy task so the Indonesian army was brought in to assist when the Tigers were delivered they were kept in a rehabilitation center here they can be studied and some prepared for release these suspected man killers are known as conflict Tigers releasing conflict Tigers is the most controversial aspect of Tommy's plan tumbling in his view is not a zoo the Tigers should not be held captive forever he that leader began breeding Italy they became familiar I mean genican tabby we send back them to the nature rehabilitation is challenging and for the people who live in and near the reserve potentially dangerous will the Tigers kill again in the last few years five conflict Tigers have been released one was the female captured in RJ Bunty two of the group were radio collared to track their movements if any of the Tigers approached the villages an alarm would be raised overseeing the release program was veterinarian dr. Bhagwat I'm very lucky because I am the part of the release to monitor tiger before the release and to monitor the tiger after the release we learn so many things like before surprisingly that the tiger swim like three kilometers to the sea and go back again and we learn how many weeks that the tiger fouled their concert home range after six months the radio collars stopped working though punty was occasionally recorded on camera traps the plans seem to be working the Tigers stayed away from the villages no one was attacked then came another twist in punty story 13 months after her release she was spotted close to the rescue center and she seemed to be in distress yeah but we are on this Peter will address the center done for the Sarah to come yet the Omkar on bridge I wanted a normal now locate Okami sank up a mass of america me check Tara Natasha retina the pan black area to a DeLuca and there was another big surprise no button lucania practicum potential to become epicardium normal Eric under the water at only imagine he dumped a ton honey rhythm remembers maracanã game rawhide about me hey I got this was a breakthrough a conflict Tiger released into the wild had made it and delivered Cubs but the fact that punty had returned to the center raised questions had she been ready for release but now they had a unique chance to observe tiger cubs growing up [Music] the cubs were three males the Rangers called them Padilla Tobin and Benton tiger cubs are surprisingly vulnerable they are born with sealed eyes and ears and four days have trouble getting on their feet about half of all tiger cubs born in the wild will die before they reach maturity and they depend on the mother tiger camellia international bike and iron the commissionaire quinoa tiger Khurana any book of evil a mother Tiger is a formidable force her protein rich milk will quadruple a single Cubs weight in its first month the tumbling staff have to keep holding the Tigers instincts to hunt and kill an animal pampered in captivity cannot hope to survive in the wild I mean buddy can't and oh come on what about Kate oh there was a picked up Kamali auntie must pass on this skill to her cubs the plan worked in the first year of life a healthy human baby will gain 25 times its birth weight panties carbs will put on over 100 times their birth weight as the cubs mature for Tommy and his staff are tumbling the question is can Ponte and her Cubs be released you [Music] [Music] in the tumbling Nature Reserve on the southern tip of Sumatra a remarkable experiment has begun to save the Sumatran tiger conflict or man killing Tigers are being rehabilitated so that they can be released back into the wild but it's a high-risk plan hundreds of people live in villages in or near the reserve releasing the Tigers could put their lives in danger backing the experiment is Indonesian tycoon Tommy Renata his first move was to resettle people who are living illegally inside the reserve Yamuna River one orang charity gala - Senora durable perguruan miracle minute angry Bru Sagara kuda Pingala maximum bloopers m re more little man he Dhupia little a stress then remember to geogebra' apena rabbi in the world of illegal animal trade Tigers have immense value and to protect the ones at tumbling Tommy has recruited a team of armed Rangers Pantera an international NGO based in the United States and focused on the conservation of wild cats assists with their training biologist dr. Robert pickles visits tumbling to hone the range of skills I've got to know them personally I've been out in the woods with them and it's been great cuz I can understand how difficult their job is you know it's it's pretty brutal in the forests you have to cross raging torrents you have to sleep in muddy cesspits there are leeches everywhere you know they're doing a hard job most of these men are local one is a former poacher su-kam toe was a hunter a foot soldier in a massive global business hareem Oh gotcha tan beta decay toll on the day under Montoya saya telah Peru Ottoman Bruno I'm a quorum hurry now since he stopped poaching and joined Tommy's team tsukamoto has provided invaluable information about the world of the wildlife poacher he describes how he and other poachers would spend long periods in the forest until they snared the most valuable prize it's gotta get the muscle get the Blauman hots here get that bloom glue our poachers have different methods to get their prey many use homemade guns and our expert constructors of traps poachers attach snares to trees in areas known to be Tiger territory a trigger mechanism is buried in the ground nearby disguised with branches and shrubs [Music] be snares are lethal as a tiger patrols his territory it will step unaware of the hidden trigger and the trap will be sprung shut often snapping around the poor for the animal the consequences are extreme pain and ultimately death this footage taken in northern Sumatra shows what happens when a tiger is ensnared [Music] this animal was trapped for days as suffering was severe - señor burro saya tidak Puna a second opinion Cassie han-soo mobi Ratan Tata kita boo Kaluga Thomas Alton delegate Oh dream on yeah yeah Gretzky toss some Buddha spoke a lot buddy kita I'm Billy Chappelle omnious I'm debugging in middle pool Anya pull it pull it get down you are poachers are the lowest tier in a vast and illegal business it is fueled by Chinese demand for traditional medicine and the desire for trophies [Music] it's serious organized criminals which are in mind all this it's not poor local farmers it's you know the big boys and they're set they're starting to send out international teams to all the countries within taiga range and they're slipping under the radar as oil palm workers and they're just lacing areas with snares direct poaching of tigers is probably the single greatest threat tigers across the world today this lucrative trade is driving many animal species to the edge of extinction Adama Lee harima at open am po you can keep Adam daddy Humberto harima a Papa Gator su-kam toe was eventually caught himself and jailed for three years when he was released he was offered the chance to become a ranger poacher turned gamekeeper Dante and Lulu Skaro science' stephanie judith eita sayonara LP director Han and say a minimally diversifying the sensitivity the Ranger teams patrol tumbling for ten days stretches these are called smart patrols and are based on a deep knowledge of the jungle and the ways of their enemy the poacher each job Joel oxido hence the team Sumatra adela system on to attend efficacy Tom want mañana de lapin on Sarah wilt until Umbra dama attentive Ecosse della paura flora and fauna sathya Plaga kita sakaba general theta if the harus items 1 SOT oh yeah the to eat at a rapid to hell identification Lockwood team that criminal telemovie this is a vast area of dense jungle where it is easy for poachers to hide tumbling is surrounded by ocean on three sides so the Rangers must defend the reserve from both land and water Ranger e to porta dos Manos de Parma at the Phrygian tan man but the Sir Peter Peter aquavit asperity rambutan yeoman Rican competent Kapadia salut root for aquitine de criminal automatic Adela Mouton they commit amount committed amo guten Kamini pajama only black and black young it apart on Java today it doesn't take the ranges long to find a poacher's trap each one discovered and destroyed could mean another animal saved don't get again on awash I got this ammonia okay Tiffany alipio Sonia to forget what you wanted but at yeah done Caillou Whitney Young Green done in Toronto longer handle so what they do yeah very nice for the evening but there's a a remote organizer that super teeny yep a second prawn down he wanna produce on Domino pass Kankakee net editor let smack in front down yeah I got some a chemical that's a deed oh okay the location is recorded and then the trap is destroyed but the day isn't over yet just moments later one of the Rangers spots the poacher gang enjoying some R&R Sandra Nikita Menem you can peruse it I can we have some wanna see - a second is a Pakistani Mambo Yamanaka topical ascending upon guru little pena target omelet rotten Kamini Tita a topi tomando Mauna Kea pierogi Chaka Chaka Khan 14 a psychopath opposite Pumbaa stranger mundo mala who can Linda can paint one dinner backup arrives immediately most poachers are armed and dangerous back up slide repeat operator Here I am free watch it bamboo roof on guru young a dirty hootenanny harsh to come separate ready another suitor minutiae reporter worrisome young Nick Mallory unit and get the three months are very cheap paris kita we do we can get a manga you can Chanukah me some new worker indonesia in Akutan putana kara the operation is a chilling reminder that tumbling and the rare animals at shelters remain vulnerable to the international poaching trade Tommy's Rangers must be ever vigilant especially as the hour of release comes closer at the tumbling nature reserve in Sumatra the plan to release conflict Tigers in the wild reaches a critical stage this female tiger known as Ponte is a suspected man killer now she's being prepared to go back to the wild this will be her second chance released once before Bunty returned to the reserve where she gave birth to three cubs now three years old her cubs may also be set free [Music] but what challenges will these Tigers face in the wild [Music] Tigers are in dire straits at the moment in more recent years the problem has intensified because of the demand for Tigers for their own being Tiger expert dr. Robert pickles is in tumbling to train a team of Indonesian conservationists their task will be to determine how many Tigers are now roaming the reserve and how well they are doing we can see how stable the population is we can assess the body condition of the animals we can look at reproductive potential so are we seeing cubs always seeing lactating females this is all really important information that will tell us whether or not we're having an effect here whether we're being successful in our conservation dr. pickles can only stay a tumbling for a few days each year so once the training is complete the conservation team is on its own Tigers are fiercely territorial and will attack other Tigers that dare trespass in their terrain so before pantheon her cubs can be released the team must find out more about the challenges they will face after release to do this the team head deep into Tiger country to lay out a grid of almost 200 camera traps it's perilous work and the conservation team must be accompanied at all times by an armed Patrol led by Adi by you and Maria Etna the team search for physical evidence that indicates the presence of Tigers a male tigers home range is extensive and incorporates the territories of a number of breeding females Tigers prefer the path of least resistance so if you want to find them the best places to look are along mountain ridges rivers and trails and sure enough the Rangers soon find the evidence they are searching for from the length and width of these markings the conservation team deduce that a female tiger was responsible there's more Tigers often marked trails by spraying urine yeah no Yan Li needs long as he young must be a noodle the team has no doubt that this is a tiger Highway they can now set up their grid of camera traps culinary mana for honey nice an opponent or kita delegates algorithm but oh my Shannon can attract the traps are triggered when an animal crosses an infrared beam mission accomplished but the light is beginning to fade and tigers usually hunt in the evening so the team returned as fast as they can to base over the next few weeks the Rangers download hundreds of pictures from the camera traps snapshots of the Tigers world and endeavor to swaddle young Inari Wow get there to put video Harry more on your mark on me Jeremiah Jenny anybuggy warily Amaka a tiger stripes are like human fingerprints no two Tigers have the same pattern so each individual can be identified tracked and given a number the images can be used to build a detailed picture of Tiger behavior in the reserve to date the conservation team has identified 31 different Tigers in tumblings 50,000 hectares this density is impressive it's currently the highest in all of Southeast Asia but can tumbling absorb more Tigers like pumpy and her cubs there's not too many Tigers I wouldn't I would certainly not even say you know there's a lot of tigers if tigers here find that there are no territories they'd be forced to move elsewhere we're at the bottom of a long chain of mountains it's a nice long chunk of habitat and we know they can travel long distances the camera traps reveal more in some areas the tiger shares the same pathways through the jungle with other animals including humans regarding you know the people living either side of sampling you know we've been to all these communities there's very very little carnival conflicts if any back at the rehabilitation center pumpy and her fast-growing cups need to be assessed to find out if from when they might be ready to be released but they're or lightning one of the three cubs born in captivity is now three years old and is getting good reports from the man who knows him best Jukka numbers are katika ad or onomatopoeia yong-jo nato topical ariana.sea bentham Toppa Gurren million in syria undercut a deity dollar Alabama but before Pantheon petiole can be released they need to pass a medical checkup this is a job for specialist veterinarian dr. Bogle he has worked with Tigers for more than eight years he begins with a cub patear but Tigers are not cooperative patience Rizal and his team squeeze petite into a small cage so that they can get close enough to administer a powerful synergy then they wait no one wants to risk this ferocious animal suddenly coming round as soon as the team is confident but there is completely sedated he is wait [Music] but it comes in at a whopping 122 kilograms that's more than 100 times his birth weight the team nervously monitors the Tigers heart rate and breathing so far the sedation is holding dr. Bhagwat makes a series of checks as quickly as possible blood is taken to test for parasites that often exists in captive Tigers but the it also gets a thorough dental checks strong healthy teeth are vital if he is to survive in the wild for poachers these giant canines are coveted prizes every body part is measured and a microchip inserted under the skin so that Padilla could be tracked after he is released [Music] okay once all the tests are complete petit is given different drugs to wake him up he is young and strong and the effect is almost instant now it's his mother's turn Bundy is a much bigger challenge for the team she has had three previous sedation's than this time dr. Bhagwat must use a higher dose the drug takes much longer to work and dr. Baumann is becoming concerned that Ponty may not be able to cope I have to monitor how good is the respiratory cardia every minute the vet has good reason to be anxious less than 10 minutes into the examination but these breathing begins to weaken we found that Ponty breathe only six times per minutes the examination is not yet complete but now the tiger must be brought round fast it's better to stop and take what we have the data and to give antidote so auntie can be awaited I was Mike Mattek then dr. Bhagwat orders everybody to leave the cage he waits for punty to come round and she's taking much longer than normal Bundy at last Bunty shows signs of recovery [Music] she is still unable to move but minutes later she displays her fighting spirit again for dr. Beaumont but these reaction to the sedation raises troubling questions will she be strong enough to be re-released back into the wild [Music] a tumbling nature reserve at the tip of southern Sumatra Tommy we're not as ambitious plan to release two Tigers bumpy and her cub bethere into the wild has at last been greenlit by Indonesian government officials after months of waiting veterinarian dr. Bhagwat had doubts about punty who responded badly to sedation but the results of her blood tests reassure him she's good to go Tommy has come to tumbling to make sure the preparations are going well the release will be observed by government officials and shown live on Indonesian television date Oba Diah I'm Jackie although I shall be detail certainly the menikmati francois de Bourgogne suara ammonia a Lamia in Iran Villanova psychologist terapy a lot of thought has gone into where to release the Tigers so I began at the last stop mechanic but why did the policy to buy necessarily mecanim yeah Mesa mum what Tiger survived a key tomorrow it's autumn party to Adelaide the Puna think at uni and her ammonia messy salmon dream a scattergun hareem Oboro me matatini impala mahogany and and Palin continent Oh Paula pass on Sarah secure the chosen location is this open field as well as its natural advantages television cameras will have a perfect view of the moment of release Tommy checks on the camera hi it's built for the occasion Tommy has ordered wild pigs to be strapped to trees to entice the Tigers out of their cages nothing can be left to chance she opinion by 90% 90% no profession plus I can survive tell me what African mushy had a 10% loss - yeah I can't get a problem or todd halihan Didier 70 kg Las Vegas or Anaya millet anayia Papa McCauley mama Rondo who soon to bethere hello until McKinley be Michigan pastor five Canada via second release at the rescue center dr. Bhagwat and his team are preparing to sedate Ponte and patil to attach their GPS collars this time the doctor administers a much lower dose he can't risk another crisis and the process goes without a hitch so the GPS collar that we put to put here and Pandy we have already make a schedule the GPS collar will transmit from 7 o'clock to 1 o'clock in the afternoon and then stop and then 3 o'clock in the afternoon to 4 o'clock and then stop and then 11 o'clock in the night to midnight this schedule means that the collars will have enough power to transmit data for approximately 4 months until they automatically detach releasing both tigers at once has risks for the people who live in and near the reserve so notices have been put up warning villagers not to walk in the forest alone to forbid their children to play outside after dark and to put their farm animals into secured areas at night with the Loess releasing I feel very happy because there is no proven evidence there is no report land of conflict but as there's people here we all we often to say and to make them to put sign board to decrease the opportunity to meet the tiger [Music] it's the Tigers last day in captivity to reduce stress they're transported to the release site the evening before so that they have a chance to acclimatize to their new surroundings it's a special day for the man who was looked after the Tigers for America affiliate candia Peter Bishop returned he took me to the army Arkham come here you know when I was younger Derrick our mission our main gun community crocodilia Kamali they wait till after sundown to move the precious cargo in the coolness of the night [Music] five years ago when punty was released the first time she knew to return to the rescue center after 13 months for refuge cats have exceptional homing instincts good punt thee and bethere be using these skills now [Applause] cables wires and hooks are all tested to ensure all will go well the next day on this last night in captivity the two Tigers are fed glucose water they will soon need all the energy they can muster it's the day of the release a new dawn for the Tigers in tumbling on this very special occasion Indonesia's environment and forestry Minister dr. city Novaya and maritime and Fisheries Affairs Minister Susi puja Duty are in attendance more than a hundred reporters and television crews have arrived to record the event live tommy has handed the keys to the cages the ministers will have the honor of giving freedom to Bundy and bethere its punty who will be set free first because she has been released once before and returned to the reserve no one is quite certain how she will behave today there is relief all around when she bounds into the jungle [Music] now it's her son's turn but the it has grown into an aggressive young tiger no one doubts he will embrace his freedom but but there Springs a surprise he seems intimidated even distressed he's taking his time checking things out and then takes refuge under a camera hide yeah say Kiera be a monk in burka dude what dear again bebas forget did you get back would you God yeah can get the mocha modest or two per second a Telugu man young-byron today Marisa said American Belgium Lanka were the young tiger spots a wild boar but even then but they it behaves unpredictably [Music] after 10 agonizing minutes but they'd finally crosses into the jungle and disappears now there is a big question over how he will cope in the wild Cassady in Topanga the pika pika you forgive them but remember ba de foot Nellie over the next four months Bunty and petits movements will be tracked daily with data from their GPS collars the experiment carried out here in tumbling may help conservationists to understand the world of the captive born tiger and what is needed to ensure the animals future survival for all of us the scientists all know people who working in a tiger is a very new experience and releasing but their will change all the theory about is it possible to release a captive born tiger into the world there will be hope for every conflict tiger for every rescue center for government itself to raise the populations of Sumatran tiger in the world Tommy when otter has been relentless in his pursuit to provide a safe haven for the Sumatran tiger by eliminating poaching and habitat destruction and tumbling sake conservatively tumbling in the akan menjadi supply of the bike into a limo then he dumps a book ticket a mascara fennekin Halima young took up significant yeah re wicket up in a population remote urban area Shahadah this atoll occasionally moving Nikola is a towbar Muslim onion that's Monica I got his number from Canberra Sashi Tiger experts have questioned the strategy of releasing conflict and captive born Tigers into the wild but now the experiment is underway and Tiger conservationists all over the world will be watching as Tigers in the rest of Sumatra faced extinction will tumbling become a beacon of hope or the Tigers last refuge [Music] you

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Published: Thu May 24 2018

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[u/Stenny007]

Dutch shouldve just kept is as a colony. Such a waste.