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- Music video for The Pretty Reckless's song, 'Going to Hell'.
- Two young veterinarians travel overseas to South Africa, where they work to preserve the wilderness and the animals that live in it.
- Located at an average elevation of 4,000 metres, the Deosai plateau in Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the highest plateaus in the world. Legend has it that several centuries ago a huge giant lived on this vast plateau; hence its name Deosai or 'Dev Vasai', (meaning 'land of the giant'). No longer the abode of a giant, the Deosai plateau is now best known for supporting the largest brown bear population in Pakistan. Despite the high altitude and extreme climate, there are many settlements on the north-eastern border of the Deosai National Park. Grazing of livestock is the traditional practice of these communities. The area is also visited by nomadic herdsmen, the Gujjar-Bakarwals, who bring their cattle to Deosai for grazing in summer. While the local communities remain restricted to certain areas, the Gujjars indiscriminately graze their livestock in almost all the areas of Deosai. Grazing not only degrades the vegetation cover leading to habitat loss and fragmentation, it also increases competition for natural resources for the local wildlife species of the Park. The Gujjars also remove bushes and plants that provide cover to the wildlife and protect the soil from degradation. These actions have a detrimental effect on the wildlife species of Deosai, particularly the brown bear. Once found in large numbers, the Himalayan brown bear is now a critically endangered species. In the late 1980s, a small group of researchers observed brown bears in the Deosai region. In 1993, an NGO, the Himalayan Wildlife Project established a research camp; it was the first time that the bears of Deosai became the subject of scientific inquiry and census. Investigations revealed that Deosai was home to just 19 bears, a much smaller number than claimed by Wildlife Department. From 1993 to 2004, the Himalayan Wildlife Project provided support to the Forest Department in research, these efforts bore fruit and the bear population increased from about 20 in 1993 to about 58 at the end of 2004. The fish population in the rivers also increased significantly in this period.
- In Southern Africa, one of the largest elephant translocation projects in history is about to get underway. One thousand elephants need to be moved from the overpopulated Kruger National Park in South Africa into neighbouring Mozambique and the newly created Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Park- which will later join with Kruger. Tracking, darting, capturing and transporting elephants is the most challenging of any game capture. Having to do so 1000 times is a mammoth task. Even the world's most experienced elephant capture crew finds the prospect overwhelming. And the project is fraught with dangers, mishaps and seriously close brushes with death. If the team succeeds, they will have contributed to the creation of the world's largest wildlife sanctuary and a new home for Africa's endangered elephants.
- Ellen Rogers assists Dr. Cobus Raath in capturing a white rhinoceros and, to her surprise, she's handed a dart gun to tranquilize the massive animal. While the rhino is temporarily unconscious, she and Raath drill holes in its horns and insert microchips as a way for authorities to track poachers.
- Ellen and Jorge have an eventful encounter with a herd of wildebeests.
- Complications arise when Ellen and Jorge are given the task of capturing two adolescent giraffes.
- Treating elephants in the wild when a elephant herd breaks out of the Kruger National Park.
- Ellen Rogers and Dr Cobus Raath try to herd a group of South African Gemsbok antelope.
- Black rhinos survive in parks and protected areas.
- A village has a hyena problem, which Jorge and Ellen attempt to solve under the cover of darkness; and Ellen assists in immunizing male lions.
- Hippos are fierce and dangerous animals; Ellen and Jorge help relocate a hippo herd a citrus farmer's dam.
- Ox-pecker birds get sick from eating parasites off of big-game animals.
- The park's elands (a breed of antelope) must be herded and relocated to a sanctuary.
- Scientists at Kruger National Park in South Africa study the use of hormonal implants in female elephants as a form of birth control.
- A herd of Burchell's zebras is relocated to West Coast National Park in South Africa; and blesbok antelope are rescued.
- Transporting two male wild dogs for participation in a breeding program; and populating an area with roan antelope.