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NARRATOR: <i>They say you
can live your entire life</i>

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<i>in tiger country and never
lay eyes on a tiger.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>They're such secretive, stealthy,</i>

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<i>and peerless predators.</i>

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(bird squawking)

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Tigers dominate
everything else in the forest.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>This female is looking
for something to eat.</i>

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<i>Sadly, for her, the odds
are not in her favor.</i>

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<i>For every ten tries,
she'll make just</i>

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<i>one successful kill.</i>

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<i>Her prey holds
an unlikely advantage.</i>

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<i>Sika deer startle easily.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>To catch such a fleet animal,
the tigress</i>

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<i>must get very close.</i>

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<i>Camouflage gets her only so far.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Deer are vigilant
to every sound, smell,</i>

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<i>or darting movement.</i>

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<i>This time, they're not
worth her energy.</i>

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<i>She needs to save fuel...</i>

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(growling)

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<i>especially in this weather.</i>

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<i>She's a mother</i>

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<i>with two cubs to feed,</i>

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<i>a male and a female
just about a year old.</i>

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<i>They're both still
a long way from independence.</i>

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<i>These cubs are lucky.</i>

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<i>Their mother is
an expert hunter.</i>

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<i>They won't starve.</i>

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<i>Soon, they'll have to learn
how to hunt for themselves,</i>

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<i>one good meal every day
because this is Russia's</i>

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<i>Far East, where winter temperatures</i>

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<i>of minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit
are not unusual.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>For thousands of years, Siberian,</i>

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<i>also known as Amur tigers,
have occupied</i>

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<i>this southeastern corner
of Russia.</i>

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<i>14,000 square miles
of wilderness that's been</i>

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<i>set aside as wildlife preserves</i>

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<i>within a pristine</i>

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<i>mountain range called</i>

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<i>the Sikhote Alin,</i>

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<i>otherwise known
as Tiger Paradise.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Here forests are brimming
with game</i>

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<i>like wild boar and Sika deer.</i>

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<i>My family and I have
lived in this forest</i>

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<i>for generations.</i>

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<i>We're known
as a streak of tigers.</i>

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<i>These preserves
are our last stronghold.</i>

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<i>600 of us tigers now live
in Russia's Far East.</i>

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<i>We are the biggest
of all wild cats,</i>

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<i>cats that need room
to range and to hunt,</i>

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<i>especially if you're
the dominant male like me.</i>

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<i>I share my territory
with several females.</i>

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<i>One of them is the tigress,</i>

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<i>mother of our cubs.</i>

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<i>Soon, these cubs
will have to leave</i>

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<i>to make way for new cubs.</i>

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<i>The young male will have to
wander like a nomad</i>

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<i>until he finds his own paradise.</i>

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<i>The search could be dangerous.</i>

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<i>Some cats range so far,
they leave the safety</i>

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<i>of the preserves,</i>

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<i>a risk, for any young tiger.</i>

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<i>Just a few decades ago,
tigers in Russia</i>

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<i>were hunted to near extinction.</i>

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<i>Humans captured and sold
cubs to zoos and circuses</i>

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<i>across the globe.</i>

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<i>Adults fared even worse.</i>

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<i>Dozens of us were killed
by special brigades every year.</i>

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<i>Our numbers dwindled
to some 30 individuals.</i>

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<i>Humans were the enemy.</i>

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<i>Today, it's a different story.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Tigers are protected
all over the world...</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>and with protection comes
a certain notoriety.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>These researchers are here
to study our behavior.</i>

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<i>We're charismatic mega fauna...</i>

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(birds chirping)

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<i>so they're setting up
camera traps</i>

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<i>all through my forest.</i>

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<i>They wan to know
all sorts of things--</i>

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<i>how we tigers communicate...</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>at what age do
cubs learn to hunt?</i>

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<i>Aren't they cute?</i>

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<i>How much space do tigers need?</i>

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<i>And how many of us will crowd
around a single home range?</i>

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<i>When are we most active?</i>

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<i>And how often do we mark
our scent to send</i>

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<i>a message to other tigers?</i>

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<i>They even want to know
if we migrate</i>

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<i>the way humans seem to do.</i>

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<i>It's taken 80 years</i>

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<i>of rigorous conservation to</i>

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<i>see our population recover here,</i>

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<i>but there's a catch--</i>

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<i>the more tigers that survive,</i>

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<i>the more space we require</i>

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<i>to thrive.</i>

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<i>We can only travel so far north</i>

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<i>before food becomes scarce.</i>

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<i>Better to stick it out</i>

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<i>among a diversity</i>

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<i>of other creatures.</i>

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<i>The Sikhote Alin mountain range
is unique in this way.</i>

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<i>Both subarctic
and subtropical species survive</i>

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<i>here and make this
area their home...</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>and who or what
wouldn't want to live</i>

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<i>in this primeval paradise?</i>

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(birds chirping)

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<i>Breeding pairs of
paradise fly catcher</i>

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<i>arrive here in May
from southern Asia.</i>

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<i>The toil of raising young
is shared by the parents.</i>

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(babies squawking)

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<i>A sighting of a paradise
fly catcher is rare...</i>

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<i>while sika deer are numerous,
especially here</i>

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<i>in the southern part
of our region.</i>

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<i>After a long winter,
deer are malnourished.</i>

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<i>Not only are they quenching
their thirst,</i>

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<i>these deer seek out
vital minerals in the mud that</i>

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<i>supplement their diet
of grasses, leaves,</i>

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<i>fungi, and ferns.</i>

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<i>Ah. They sense my presence,</i>

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<i>and there's a baby, too.</i>

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(yips)

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<i>One of them sounds the alarm.</i>

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(yip yip)

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<i>Well, at least the herd knows
who's boss around here.</i>

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<i>This is my young buck now.</i>

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<i>I'm going to get
a good feed before I cache</i>

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<i>this carcass to hide
it from scavengers.</i>

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<i>The cub's mother would surely
share the kill with them,</i>

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<i>but if I'm going to keep
my crown...</i>

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(crunch)

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<i>I share with nobody.</i>

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<i>The food is making me drowsy.</i>

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<i>Time for a good nap.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Across the rest of Russia,
the job of top predator</i>

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<i>belongs to bears.</i>

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<i>Bears are some of the most
adaptive mammals on earth,</i>

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<i>omnivores that forage
on berries or nest eggs</i>

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<i>or smaller mammals...</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>and when the river comes
into season,</i>

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<i>a diet rich in fresh salmon.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Every four years,
the breeding cycle</i>

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<i>of salmon peaks.</i>

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<i>Great numbers of fish appear
in the upper reaches</i>

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<i>of mountain streams,
where they spawn</i>

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<i>before they die.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>All a tiger has to do
is pick up a ready meal.</i>

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<i>I'm happy for the chance
to fatten up for winter</i>

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<i>because in mountains like
these, not every year</i>

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<i>brings a season of plenty.</i>

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<i>A meagre harvest hits
us cats just like</i>

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<i>every other creature.</i>

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<i>Some tigers will resort
to hunting a bear cub</i>

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<i>or look for food
where humans live...</i>

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(dogs barking)

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<i>and that's when
the trouble begins.</i>

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<i>Bad stuff happens
when tigers leave the forest.</i>

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<i>Someone got caught on camera.</i>

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<i>Cats versus dogs.</i>

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<i>Same old routine.</i>

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<i>Must have been one hungry tiger.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>The village of Kutusovka
lies on the western edge</i>

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<i>of the mountains
just outside the tiger preserve.</i>

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<i>One hundred or so humans
and now one fewer pet.</i>

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<i>Last night, a tiger took out
another dog</i>

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<i>chained up in a yard.</i>

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<i>Juri Kolpak and his team
of tiger experts have been</i>

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<i>called in to investigate.</i>

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<i>Kolpak's team work
with both state authorities,</i>

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<i>as well as
the Amur Tiger Centre,</i>

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<i>a conservation group.</i>

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<i>Their mission is pretty
straightforward--</i>

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<i>de-escalate conflict
between tigers and humans.</i>

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<i>Not much to go on,</i>

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<i>a collar
and a few tufts of fur.</i>

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<i>It wasn't me,</i>

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<i>and I hope it's none of
the tigers in my family streak.</i>

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<i>No one wants an attack
like this to happen again.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Kolpak and his guys are
pretty good at finding us</i>

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<i>for humans.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>The team will build a profile
of the problem tiger</i>

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<i>with any evidence they find
or record.</i>

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(men speaking Russian)

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<i>I want to know who it is, too.</i>

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<i>♪ ♪</i>

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<i>Autumn comes
to Russian tiger country</i>

234
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<i>sweetly at first.</i>

235
00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:44,400
<i>♪ ♪</i>

236
00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,720
<i>My cubs are nearly
two years old now.</i>

237
00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,360
<i>Their mother is about
to stop feeding them,</i>

238
00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,000
<i>a signal that it's time
they find a way to live</i>

239
00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:54,800
<i>on their own.</i>

240
00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:59,240
(growling)

241
00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,280
<i>The male cub is not
so little anymore.</i>

242
00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,920
<i>He already dwarfs his sister.</i>

243
00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

244
00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,320
<i>It won't bother me too much
if the female remains</i>

245
00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,920
<i>near her mother,</i>

246
00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,560
<i>but the male, he's got to go.</i>

247
00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:18,400
<i>♪ ♪</i>

248
00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,520
<i>For us, territory is everything.</i>

249
00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,720
<i>Without it, a tiger
can't live for long.</i>

250
00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:31,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

251
00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:35,080
<i>Finding unclaimed land
will be the biggest challenge</i>

252
00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,120
<i>of my son's life.</i>

253
00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:44,720
<i>♪ ♪</i>

254
00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,600
<i>With any luck, his first
year of independence</i>

255
00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,640
<i>will be fat with opportunity.</i>

256
00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:55,280
<i>♪ ♪</i>

257
00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,480
<i>If trees indeed communicate
with one another,</i>

258
00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,520
<i>then the Russian Far East forest
is like an opera.</i>

259
00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:08,320
<i>One tree here knows all
the parts--the Korean pine.</i>

260
00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,440
<i>Every year, these pines
bear their signature fruit,</i>

261
00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,200
<i>pine cones.</i>

262
00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,960
<i>Every fourth year,
there's a boom.</i>

263
00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,400
<i>Everyone profits.</i>

264
00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,360
<i>Wild boar, eager to fatten
up before winter,</i>

265
00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,360
<i>gorge on the dense protein.</i>

266
00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:31,480
<i>In fact, humans love
Korean pinewood and nuts so much</i>

267
00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,520
<i>they've become guardians
of the tree just</i>

268
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,160
<i>as they protect us tigers.</i>

269
00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,280
<i>♪ ♪</i>

270
00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:44,680
<i>Siberian chipmunks
exploit the pine boom, too.</i>

271
00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:52,320
<i>♪ ♪</i>

272
00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,320
<i>On sunny slopes,
the Manchurian oak is</i>

273
00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,640
<i>another prolific provider...</i>

274
00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,760
<i>♪ ♪</i>

275
00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,840
<i>filling the ground until
it's thick with acorns.</i>

276
00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,240
(birds chirping)

277
00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,000
<i>♪ ♪</i>

278
00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,560
<i>Bounty rains down
from the trees,</i>

279
00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,760
<i>which means deer numbers go up!</i>

280
00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,880
<i>All very good news for tigers!</i>

281
00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,800
<i>My patch of tiger
paradise includes</i>

282
00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,880
<i>a remote river basin.</i>

283
00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,720
<i>Some call this vast area
the Russian Amazon</i>

284
00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,480
<i>for its diverse wildlife</i>

285
00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,400
<i>and not just
the four-legged variety.</i>

286
00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:49,960
<i>♪ ♪</i>

287
00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,440
<i>It's also home to
the Udeghe nation</i>

288
00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,760
<i>of hunter-gatherers, who make
a living from what grows</i>

289
00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,920
<i>under the canopy.</i>

290
00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:03,320
<i>♪ ♪</i>

291
00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,920
<i>Yeah, I know this human.</i>

292
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

293
00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,680
<i>Klim comes here every year.</i>

294
00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,000
<i>He's after small game.</i>

295
00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,480
<i>♪ ♪</i>

296
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,880
<i>Sable for its fur.</i>

297
00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,440
<i>An animal that small is
pretty worthless to me.</i>

298
00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:29,800
<i>Still, they thrive
particularly well</i>

299
00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,520
<i>in the cold,</i>

300
00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:36,360
<i>and Klim goes to a lot
of trouble to trap them.</i>

301
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:43,360
<i>Look how absorbed he is
by his contraption.</i>

302
00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,080
<i>Rather clumsy.</i>

303
00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,800
<i>Humans can't just bite
down and break the neck</i>

304
00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,200
<i>of their prey.</i>

305
00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,160
<i>Klim must wait until winter
for a sable</i>

306
00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,440
<i>to finally take the bait.</i>

307
00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:06,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

308
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,480
<i>Udeghe have populated
Russia's Far East</i>

309
00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,120
<i>for centuries,</i>

310
00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,720
<i>but tigers were here first</i>

311
00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,520
<i>for tens of thousands of years.</i>

312
00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

313
00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,360
<i>Klim knows we're
never very far away.</i>

314
00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

315
00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,680
<i>Look. He's checking to
see how recently</i>

316
00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,800
<i>one of us walked by.</i>

317
00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,480
(sniffing)

318
00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:31,720
<i>♪ ♪</i>

319
00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,960
<i>Klim's golden rule--
keep away from tigers.</i>

320
00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:41,000
<i>♪ ♪</i>

321
00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,960
(owl hooting)

322
00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,880
<i>♪ ♪</i>

323
00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,400
(hooting)

324
00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,440
<i>♪ ♪</i>

325
00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:54,320
<i>Winter comes quickly,
almost overnight...</i>

326
00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,400
<i>♪ ♪</i>

327
00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,440
<i>and what have we here?</i>

328
00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:04,960
<i>My son is going to try out
his brand-new hunting skills.</i>

329
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,840
<i>♪ ♪</i>

330
00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:14,360
<i>In the deep cold winter
of Russia's Far East,</i>

331
00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:18,680
<i>every creature must fight to
survive in heavy snow pack.</i>

332
00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,080
(grunting)

333
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,480
<i>♪ ♪</i>

334
00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,960
<i>My son, the young male,
is among them.</i>

335
00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,840
<i>He has to make a kill,
or he'll freeze.</i>

336
00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,960
(grunting)

337
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:38,960
<i>♪ ♪</i>

338
00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,880
<i>You'd be forgiven if you
thought catching</i>

339
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:42,960
<i>a prey animal is easy.</i>

340
00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:51,320
<i>♪ ♪</i>

341
00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,560
<i>Deer have incredible reflexes.</i>

342
00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:56,960
<i>A simple shift
in the wind could tip off</i>

343
00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:58,640
<i>a tiger's scent.</i>

344
00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:05,720
<i>♪ ♪</i>

345
00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:10,760
<i>If they see my cub,
or smell him,</i>

346
00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:12,440
<i>it's game over.</i>

347
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:19,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

348
00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:52,760
<i>These deer were too fast.</i>

349
00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,720
<i>My son can't afford to lose
the calories it would take</i>

350
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,560
<i>to run one down.</i>

351
00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,520
<i>He'll learn.</i>

352
00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,080
<i>♪ ♪</i>

353
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,840
<i>Thousands of miles
of pristine woodland</i>

354
00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,320
<i>should be ample space
for a young male to establish</i>

355
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,280
<i>a home territory...</i>

356
00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:18,320
<i>♪ ♪</i>

357
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,000
<i>but the land must be clear
of other powerful,</i>

358
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,480
<i>healthy males
already in command.</i>

359
00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,480
<i>♪ ♪</i>

360
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,840
<i>Like kings, we patrol
all the borders of our range.</i>

361
00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:40,040
<i>♪ ♪</i>

362
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:43,520
<i>Our spray and rubbing
our scent serve as a guardrail</i>

363
00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,440
<i>to protect our domain,
our prey animals,</i>

364
00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,400
<i>and our females.</i>

365
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,360
<i>♪ ♪</i>

366
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:56,480
<i>No young male should mess
with us old guys.</i>

367
00:21:56,560 --> 00:22:00,600
<i>The message is clear--all mine!</i>

368
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,000
<i>♪ ♪</i>

369
00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,440
<i>♪ ♪</i>

370
00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,760
<i>By December,
the river freezes over.</i>

371
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,680
<i>♪ ♪</i>

372
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,360
<i>As soon as the ice is solid,
Klim can go hunting.</i>

373
00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,240
<i>♪ ♪</i>

374
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,000
<i>I'll let him take a few animals,</i>

375
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:28,120
<i>but Klim tends to focus
on his cash crops--</i>

376
00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:33,480
<i>furry sable, plus fish, berries,
medicinal plants.</i>

377
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:40,560
<i>♪ ♪</i>

378
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,400
<i>He's too absorbed with his
traps to bother a tiger.</i>

379
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:54,720
<i>♪ ♪</i>

380
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:04,400
<i>A few of us hunt this land,
one of my females and I.</i>

381
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,480
<i>♪ ♪</i>

382
00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:11,200
<i>We'll each take down
60 or 70 animals a year,</i>

383
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:14,640
<i>mostly deer, elk, and wild boar.</i>

384
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:22,600
<i>♪ ♪</i>

385
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:26,800
<i>Klim takes notes
on where we are.</i>

386
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,520
<i>I keep an eye on him, too.</i>

387
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,280
<i>We're fortunate.
This is one of the only places</i>

388
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,280
<i>where there is
no human-tiger conflict.</i>

389
00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:43,360
<i>♪ ♪</i>

390
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,680
<i>Klim knows never to steal
meat from a tiger's quarry.</i>

391
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,920
<i>That's taboo,</i>

392
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,960
<i>and he believes killing
a tiger brings bad luck.</i>

393
00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:01,600
<i>♪ ♪</i>

394
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,120
<i>Over the years,
Klim's people have been pushed</i>

395
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,880
<i>further into remote territory,
same as tigers.</i>

396
00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,200
<i>In fact, we wouldn't have
this wilderness</i>

397
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,080
<i>if it weren't for the Udeghe,</i>

398
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,840
<i>protection for both our sakes.</i>

399
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,600
<i>Our fates are interwoven.</i>

400
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:25,440
<i>♪ ♪</i>

401
00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:29,280
<i>Udeghe and tigers, both
fueled by a desire</i>

402
00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:32,840
<i>to hold on to
our precious sovereignty.</i>

403
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:37,000
<i>♪ ♪</i>

404
00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,760
<i>Here comes one
of my females now,</i>

405
00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:42,000
<i>doing what she does best.</i>

406
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,200
<i>♪ ♪</i>

407
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,120
<i>This huntress knows her game...</i>

408
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:54,680
<i>♪ ♪</i>

409
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,800
<i>and how to get exactly
what she wants.</i>

410
00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,000
<i>♪ ♪</i>

411
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:09,120
<i>♪ ♪</i>

412
00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,520
<i>Well, well, well.</i>

413
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,040
<i>One young deer...</i>

414
00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:17,120
<i>grazing alone...</i>

415
00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:22,840
<i>♪ ♪</i>

416
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,880
<i>away from the herd.</i>

417
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,840
<i>♪ ♪</i>

418
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,040
<i>What could be better...</i>

419
00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:37,040
<i>♪ ♪</i>

420
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:39,240
<i>for a hungry tigress?</i>

421
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:46,320
<i>♪ ♪</i>

422
00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:03,360
<i>Her powerful jaws
finish the job.</i>

423
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:04,840
(bird screeches)

424
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:09,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

425
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,360
<i>What a solid kill.</i>

426
00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:16,440
<i>♪ ♪</i>

427
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,760
<i>She'll need a safe place to
store her prize</i>

428
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,240
<i>so she can feed on it
for days...</i>

429
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,320
<i>♪ ♪</i>

430
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,400
<i>because arctic temperatures
of 20 below</i>

431
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,720
<i>take no prisoners.</i>

432
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,680
<i>♪ ♪</i>

433
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,960
(birds cawing)

434
00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,040
<i>That holds
for these crows, as well.</i>

435
00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:42,720
<i>♪ ♪</i>

436
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,160
(cawing)

437
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,200
<i>♪ ♪</i>

438
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,440
<i>A few noisy birds
don't bother my tigress.</i>

439
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,040
<i>She has plenty of meat.</i>

440
00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:05,240
<i>The carcass will sustain her
and other forest friends</i>

441
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,040
<i>for the next couple of days...</i>

442
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,400
<i>bones, blood, and all.</i>

443
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,800
<i>All clear, guys.</i>

444
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,360
<i>Dinner!</i>

445
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,640
(cawing)

446
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,720
<i>From a distance,
crows don't look that big</i>

447
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,040
<i>unless you're a weasel.</i>

448
00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:00,760
<i>♪ ♪</i>

449
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,160
(cawing)

450
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:10,240
<i>♪ ♪</i>

451
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,080
<i>He's gonna figure it out,</i>

452
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,280
<i>how to get his share.</i>

453
00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,760
<i>♪ ♪</i>

454
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,280
(crows cawing)

455
00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:22,440
<i>Give it a rest, will you?</i>

456
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:29,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

457
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:48,520
<i>Meanwhile, just over the range
of the glorious Sikhote Alin,</i>

458
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:51,520
<i>my young son
has wandered westward,</i>

459
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,080
<i>still looking
for a place to live.</i>

460
00:28:54,160 --> 00:29:01,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

461
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,160
<i>He doesn't know it yet,
but he just crossed</i>

462
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,720
<i>the border of the preserve.</i>

463
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:14,080
<i>Poor guy's never seen
a human settlement before.</i>

464
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,280
<i>This could get ugly.</i>

465
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,800
(clattering)

466
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:25,680
<i>How strange
it sounds and smells.</i>

467
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,440
<i>If they keep it up,
losing this much timber</i>

468
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,920
<i>could spell our doom.</i>

469
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,080
(barking)

470
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,560
<i>Well, the canine sense
of smell is still intact.</i>

471
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:40,520
<i>This guy's the first
to pick up the scent</i>

472
00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,760
<i>of the feline invader.</i>

473
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:49,840
<i>♪ ♪</i>

474
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,600
<i>Oh, no.</i>

475
00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,280
<i>♪ ♪</i>

476
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,040
<i>It's my son.</i>

477
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,240
<i>The young male is about
to get his first taste</i>

478
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,320
<i>of civilization.</i>

479
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:14,400
<i>♪ ♪</i>

480
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,600
(dog barking)

481
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,960
<i>Ugh. Now the humans
are on to him.</i>

482
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,960
(barking)

483
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,720
<i>♪ ♪</i>

484
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,920
(tiger growling)

485
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,200
(dog barking)

486
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,320
<i>I wish it were some
other unlucky cat</i>

487
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,480
<i>out looking for food...</i>

488
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,040
(barking)

489
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,800
<i>but no, he's my own
flesh and blood.</i>

490
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,960
<i>Ahh. He's got away.</i>

491
00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,920
<i>Not every tiger is so lucky.</i>

492
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,600
<i>Year by year, human
life expands deeper</i>

493
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,240
<i>into wild places.</i>

494
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,560
<i>For us, tigers, contact
with humans...</i>

495
00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,920
(gunshot)

496
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,080
<i>verges on tragedy.</i>

497
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:09,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

498
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,600
<i>We're still
on the black market,</i>

499
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,680
<i>our pelts and our bones.</i>

500
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:23,640
<i>♪ ♪</i>

501
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,360
<i>Good morning, Kutusovka!</i>

502
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,360
<i>Nothing much to
report around here...</i>

503
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:33,520
(dogs barking)

504
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,680
<i>unless you're a dog.</i>

505
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:42,760
<i>♪ ♪</i>

506
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,720
<i>Another canine life
has been taken.</i>

507
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,000
<i>Chained up,
they're almost too easy.</i>

508
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:58,080
<i>♪ ♪</i>

509
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,680
<i>Kolpak and his team
of tiger specialists think</i>

510
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,920
<i>a tiger is at work.</i>

511
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,400
<i>They're setting
a trap for the cat.</i>

512
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,880
<i>The trap triggers
a radio signal that will alert</i>

513
00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,440
<i>the team so they can
tranquilize the animal</i>

514
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,920
<i>as quickly as possible.</i>

515
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,440
<i>At least that's the plan.</i>

516
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,840
<i>Better not be my boy.</i>

517
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,120
<i>♪ ♪</i>

518
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,280
<i>Back in the cabin, the men
compare images captured</i>

519
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,560
<i>by camera traps they've set
up around the village.</i>

520
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:50,600
<i>♪ ♪</i>

521
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,640
<i>One particular female
keeps showing up.</i>

522
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,480
(speaking Russian)

523
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,040
<i>Who is she?
I hope she's not another tiger</i>

524
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:00,920
<i>from the home streak.</i>

525
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:08,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

526
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,720
<i>The entire town is on alert.</i>

527
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,520
<i>In the ancient rivalry
between cats and dogs,</i>

528
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,320
<i>it's no contest.</i>

529
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:22,400
<i>♪ ♪</i>

530
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,360
<i>Night belongs to the tiger.</i>

531
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

532
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:33,800
(barking)

533
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,440
(dogs barking)

534
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,120
<i>♪ ♪</i>

535
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:44,480
<i>We're quiet, stealthy,
and when you least expect us,</i>

536
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,600
<i>we run you down.</i>

537
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:47,920
(growls)

538
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,120
(barking continues)

539
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:57,440
<i>♪ ♪</i>

540
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:00,960
(tiger growling)

541
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,800
(dog yelping)

542
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,440
<i>♪ ♪</i>

543
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,040
(barking)

544
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,400
<i>As usual, dogs are
the first to sound</i>

545
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,000
<i>the tiger alarm.</i>

546
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,280
(barking continues)

547
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:20,920
<i>♪ ♪</i>

548
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,040
(dog yelping)

549
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,280
<i>♪ ♪</i>

550
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,400
<i>The next day, the town discovers</i>

551
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,040
<i>more grim news.</i>

552
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:38,120
<i>♪ ♪</i>

553
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,840
<i>Two dogs have been killed,</i>

554
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,160
<i>one devoured on site.</i>

555
00:34:45,240 --> 00:34:48,480
<i>♪ ♪</i>

556
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:53,000
<i>The humans gather
the few clues that remain.</i>

557
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,000
<i>Everything suggests that
the rogue tigress is back...</i>

558
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,320
<i>♪ ♪</i>

559
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,040
<i>and it looks like,
whoever she is,</i>

560
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,040
<i>she's still on the loose.</i>

561
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:13,360
<i>♪ ♪</i>

562
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:17,120
<i>Kolpak and the tiger team
head to the forest nearby.</i>

563
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:24,200
<i>♪ ♪</i>

564
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:31,120
<i>The size of the paw prints
confirm it's the female.</i>

565
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,040
<i>♪ ♪</i>

566
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,360
<i>I've seen this drill before.</i>

567
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,840
<i>The humans are going to try
to catch and sedate her.</i>

568
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:43,040
<i>♪ ♪</i>

569
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,720
<i>She knows they're after her.</i>

570
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:51,440
<i>♪ ♪</i>

571
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,680
<i>Carefully, the humans move
in on the mystery tigress.</i>

572
00:35:55,760 --> 00:36:02,760
<i>♪ ♪</i>

573
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:08,040
<i>Animal and man, both waiting</i>

574
00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,880
<i>for the perfect opportunity.</i>

575
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,680
<i>♪ ♪</i>

576
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:15,920
(growling)

577
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,240
<i>♪ ♪</i>

578
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:19,400
(crack)

579
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,840
(tiger growling)

580
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:24,280
<i>Got her.</i>

581
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,320
MAN: Juka, juka, juka, juk.

582
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,360
NARRATOR: <i>She's been hit
with a tranquilizer dart.</i>

583
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:35,000
<i>♪ ♪</i>

584
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,440
<i>She'll go down soon.</i>

585
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:42,080
<i>♪ ♪</i>

586
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,800
<i>I have no idea which clan
this tigress belongs to.</i>

587
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,080
<i>She looks young,
which is good news.</i>

588
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,760
<i>In a few weeks, she'll be
moved to a wilderness area</i>

589
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:52,920
<i>to the west</i>

590
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,720
<i>far away from trouble.</i>

591
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,040
<i>She may not live as long
in the wild as in a zoo,</i>

592
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,120
<i>but at least
she'll be free.</i>

593
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,200
<i>♪ ♪</i>

594
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,440
<i>Spring is always a welcome
arrival here</i>

595
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,600
<i>in Amur tiger land.</i>

596
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,240
(duck quacking)

597
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:21,800
<i>The forest becomes colorful
and awakens to new sound...</i>

598
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,000
(bird squawking)

599
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:28,800
<i>♪ ♪</i>

600
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,240
(croaking)

601
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

602
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:36,280
<i>even song.</i>

603
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,760
(croaking continues)

604
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,920
<i>Creatures, like these
Dybowski frogs,</i>

605
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,520
<i>play the tune of all life.</i>

606
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:53,560
<i>♪ ♪</i>

607
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,520
<i>For a week or two in May,
the understory is set</i>

608
00:37:56,600 --> 00:38:00,760
<i>ablaze with the neon blossoms
of Dahurian azaleas.</i>

609
00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:05,400
<i>♪ ♪</i>

610
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:09,680
<i>All along the river basin
becomes a kind of Eden.</i>

611
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,760
<i>♪ ♪</i>

612
00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:16,920
<i>No wonder my son,
the young male,</i>

613
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,600
<i>feels attracted to this place.</i>

614
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,040
<i>It's downstream
from my territory,</i>

615
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,400
<i>not too close to home.</i>

616
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:29,120
<i>♪ ♪</i>

617
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,280
<i>Could be a perfect spot
for him to settle down</i>

618
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,720
<i>except for one thing.</i>

619
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,040
(distant growling)

620
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,080
<i>The wind delivers
a not-so-subtle message.</i>

621
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,760
(growls)

622
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:52,080
<i>Another dominant male
is ruler here.</i>

623
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:55,840
<i>My son has learned
his lessons well.</i>

624
00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:00,600
<i>A fight with this powerful
stranger could be fatal.</i>

625
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,280
<i>♪ ♪</i>

626
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,680
(horns honking)

627
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,280
<i>The future of Russia's
tigers lies here</i>

628
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:20,640
<i>in the modern world with people.</i>

629
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:23,600
(crowd cheering)

630
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,160
<i>Each September,
Vladivostok, the biggest city</i>

631
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:30,520
<i>in tiger land, along
with the Amur Tiger Centre,</i>

632
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:34,560
<i>the conservation group,
host Tiger Day.</i>

633
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,640
(cheering)

634
00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:39,520
<i>It's the biggest celebration</i>

635
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,400
<i>of the largest wild cat
in the world,</i>

636
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,840
<i>the Amur Tiger.</i>

637
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:51,960
<i>Good thing, too.</i>

638
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,880
<i>By the time these children
grow up,</i>

639
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,640
<i>our feline fate will be sealed.</i>

640
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:05,640
<i>♪ ♪</i>

641
00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:07,920
<i>It's a paradox of nature.</i>

642
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,680
<i>♪ ♪</i>

643
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,040
<i>Wherever the great
predators thrive,</i>

644
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,120
<i>you know the whole system
is flourishing.</i>

645
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:18,880
<i>♪ ♪</i>

646
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,760
<i>Like you, we tigers need
space to roam around</i>

647
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,560
<i>and places to disappear into.</i>

648
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:32,640
<i>♪ ♪</i>

649
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,840
<i>It's the only way we can
go about our business</i>

650
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:42,200
<i>of living undisturbed,
hidden from view,</i>

651
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,400
<i>supremely powerful.</i>

652
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:51,480
<i>♪ ♪</i>

653
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,880
<i>It all starts
with the forest</i>

654
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,600
<i>and the epic production of food
these trees supply...</i>

655
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:02,360
<i>♪ ♪</i>

656
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,400
(squawking)

657
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,080
<i>food that lures
the paradise fly catcher to</i>

658
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:10,320
<i>spend each summer
gorging on insects</i>

659
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,320
<i>and the explosion
of boreal growth.</i>

660
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,000
(coos)

661
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,600
<i>The Siberian grouse is
a homegrown native</i>

662
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,840
<i>that munches on the needles
of spruce trees in winter,</i>

663
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,960
<i>switching to larch
during warmer months.</i>

664
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:28,680
<i>♪ ♪</i>

665
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:33,880
<i>Our local wild boar
are big on family.</i>

666
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:37,000
<i>They're abundant
if you know what I mean.</i>

667
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:41,600
<i>♪ ♪</i>

668
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,400
<i>Speaking of abundance,
when the sika deer</i>

669
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:48,640
<i>come into rut, we know winter
can't be too far off.</i>

670
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:51,240
<i>♪ ♪</i>

671
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,800
<i>Boar and deer, both
favorite prey of tigers,</i>

672
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,760
<i>as well as our endangered
cousins the Amur leopard...</i>

673
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:06,080
<i>♪ ♪</i>

674
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:07,920
<i>and the lynx.</i>

675
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:15,040
<i>♪ ♪</i>

676
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:19,040
<i>Protect tigers
and the land where we live,</i>

677
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,440
<i>save all of these
other animals, too.</i>

678
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,360
<i>♪ ♪</i>

679
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,560
<i>Over the many years I've
wandered this preserve,</i>

680
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,880
<i>I've seen plenty
of animals on the rebound.</i>

681
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,600
<i>It's a remarkable
comeback story.</i>

682
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:39,160
<i>♪ ♪</i>

683
00:42:39,240 --> 00:42:42,080
<i>As for my son, the young
male we've been keeping</i>

684
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,160
<i>an eye on, his long,
risky journey</i>

685
00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:47,360
<i>is finally paying off.</i>

686
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:51,600
<i>♪ ♪</i>

687
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,840
<i>He's successfully navigated
hundreds of miles</i>

688
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:59,640
<i>west and north
from where he was born</i>

689
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:04,320
<i>to arrive exactly here.</i>

690
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:11,400
<i>♪ ♪</i>

691
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,920
<i>No other male claims
this valley.</i>

692
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,960
<i>It's all his.</i>

693
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,000
<i>♪ ♪</i>

694
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,080
<i>Welcome to the neighborhood.</i>

695
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,000
(growls)

696
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

697
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,760
<i>Lucky guy. A young
female just happens</i>

698
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,640
<i>to live here, too.</i>

699
00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:41,520
<i>♪ ♪</i>

700
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,320
<i>This male's patch
of paradise just got</i>

701
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:46,800
<i>a whole lot more promising.</i>

702
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,880
<i>♪ ♪</i>

703
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:54,800
<i>Primal woodland,
ample prey, no rivals,</i>

704
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,920
<i>plus a young tigress
for company.</i>

705
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,400
<i>Not bad!</i>

706
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,280
<i>♪ ♪</i>

707
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,640
<i>Not bad at all.</i>

708
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:06,640
<i>♪ ♪</i>

709
00:44:06,720 --> 00:44:08,640
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