Animal parents have very different strategies to raise their kids. In this episode of ZDF’s second season of “Super-Animals” (Terra X series), host Dirk Steffens dares to sneak a peak into the family life of animals. But they are both attempts to correct the mistakes of the past.Ĭamera: Christoph Stolle, Hernan Menendez, Uwe Müller A paradoxical situation: in South America people try to eradicate them, while in Europe conservationists are bringing them back. There, the animals were imported because of their fur and are now destroying the forest. The situation in South America is completely different. This film accompanies the relocation of a beaver family that is captured in Germany and expected to create valuable wetlands in Denmark at no cost. In many parts of Europe, where these rodents were long persecuted, they are now viewed as an important partner in nature conservation for that very reason. This documentary accompanies today’s conservationists in their efforts to preserve the magnificent natural setting and animal life of the African savanna.Ĭamera: Michael Habermehl, Reinhard Radkeīeavers fell trees, build dams and thereby create wetlands. Later generations of dedicated conservationists, like Markus Borner and his team from Frankfurt Zoological Society, continued Grzimek’s work. That this paradise was preserved while so many others were destroyed we largely owe to the German professor and conservationist Bernhard Grzimek, who conducted pioneering work to protect the Serengeti in the 1950s. The Serengeti in Tanzania is one of the last intact ecosystems on earth. Written and directed by: Axel Gomille Der Film lässt sich jederzeit in der ZDF-Mediathek abrufen: Link ![]() Will they be successful? Will the animals become a danger to people? If this experiment succeeds, it would open completely new ways to protect the last tigers. ![]() They’re trying to save wild tigers through a new experiment: they raise orphaned tiger cubs and return them to nature in order to replenish lost populations. Motivated by the seriousness of the situation, Indian conservationists are blazing a new trail. In India, all the tigers in two tiger reserves disappeared from under the nose of the authorities, probably through poaching an ecological catastrophe and a blow to prestige. Today there are at most 4000 wild tigers left in all of Asia. The wild tiger population has declined in its entire range by a dramatic 96 percent. For apart from their tracks they are rarely documented they live like ghosts in their secluded mountain world. A conservationist task force pursues poachers and sets up camera traps in order to learn more about the hidden life of these big cats. It runs a branch office in Kyrgyzstan and a rehabilitation center where injured animals and confiscated Snow Leopards are cared for. The German Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union NABU is doing something about it. Kyrgyzstan had one of the world’s largest populations, but state-sponsored campaigns to trap animals for zoos during the Soviet era and poaching in more recent times have led to a collapse of the populations. Snow Leopards were once widely distributed in the high mountains of Asia. We have much to learn from our European neighbors about dealing with these animals for Bruno’s brothers are already on the rise.ĭer Film lässt sich jederzeit in der ZDF-Mediathek abrufen: Link Can we really dwell side by side with bears? In Romania, Brown Bears still roam the woods by the thousands and regularly enter inhabited areas. ![]() Yet in the popular imagination bears remain both cuddly teddies and murderous beasts. It’s only a question of time until they reach Germany. But the bear population in the Alps is growing, and young bears wander north every year. ![]() When the “problem bear” Bruno held Germany in suspense in the summer of 2006, he paid for it with his life. Ransacked trash cans, frightened hikers, killed pets those are typical signs of the presence of bears. This list is not complete and will be updated soon. Axel Gomille | Wildlife Photography & Journalism
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