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K'Gari - The Divine and her Dogs (10/35)

At one time the island was a paradise: K'gari, off the east coast of Australia. The Aborigines, the indigenous inhabitants of Australia, believe that the island was created millions of years ago by a divine envoy of the god Beiral. Yet they were the ones who actually brought the dingos to K'gari thousands of years ago. And they still live here, the last 200 pure-bred dingos in the world. K'gari is..

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Year Of Production	2001
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Jaguar Hunter (12/35)

Martinez has already killed over 40 jaguars. He is the hunter whom the farmers in Venezuela call when they have another "problem animal", i.e. a jaguar who attacks the calves of the rancheros. The farm labourers usually try to kill the jaguars, although that has been prohibited for years. If, however, they do not manage to kill this shy wild cat themselves, then they call Martinez. And, for some y..

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Year Of Production	2001
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Sissi - Princess of Gibraltar (13/35)

Such a beautiful bird, so elegant - particularly when its red beak and black and white plumage shimmer in the sunlight: yet black storks are among the most threatened species in Central Europe - and the Czech Republic is no exception. Here, however, the project "African Odyssey" has been conducting research into the life of these birds of passage for years. To secure the continued existence of the..

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Year Of Production	2001
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Wolves of the Rio Manu - Giant Otters (15/35)

Again and again, in the history of the world, there were catastrophes which wiped out many species of fauna and flora. Yet now, as never before, the diversity of life is threatened. And many animals will disappear forever from our world unless people fight to preserve their last refuges. The work of wildlife biologists is one of the last real adventures of the modern world. They investigate an exo..

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Year Of Production	2000
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Cross - From the Diary of a Female Elephant (16/35)

Everyone knows about elephants: the African elephants are the ones with the big ears and they are slightly larger than their Asian relatives. Mothers and children live in herds, the bulls are loners. However, anyone who watches elephants for a while soon becomes increasingly convinced that they are really individuals: individuals with their very own destinies, their own experiences and characteris..

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Year Of Production	2000
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Shark Talk (18/35)

They are described as hunter robots, for their biosensors are among the finest evolution has ever produced. And yet they are actually real oldtimers: sharks have been around for 65 million years. Erich Ritter has been living with sharks for years. His aim is to learn how to understand these animals, often unfairly branded as dull-witted eating machines, and to decipher their language so as to make..

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Year Of Production	2000
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Bilbies, Numbats, Woylies - Who is Protecting Australia's Wilderness? (20/35)

300 years ago Australia's fauna looked very different: marsupials, from mouse-sized species up to the famous giant kangaroos played a role which can hardly be imagined nowadays. They were exterminated primarily by the foxes and cats brought to the country by the first foreign sea-farers. In some protected areas in the south of Australia, attempts are now being made to "go back to nature". Numbats,..

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Year Of Production	2000
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Snow Leopards in Krighizia (21/35)

Ahmed, Aman, Roman and Waldemar saddle their horses - Operation Irbis begins. The four men are gamekeepers in Kirghizia, their task is to protect the snow leopards in a huge new nature reserve. They are still undecided as to how to proceed; the only certainty is that the weeks ahead will be hard ones. The region in Central Asia where the last of these wild cats live is almost inaccessible - perpe..

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Year Of Production	1999
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Wolves on the Horn of Africa (22/35)

The Ethiopian highlands are the home of many unique birds and plants, and of a very special animal species - the Ethiopian wolf. Claudio Sillero from Oxford University has developed an international action plan to counteract their dramatic decline in numbers. In the Bale mountains, in the south-east of the country, the last of the wolves survive in remote valleys and hunt their standard prey: the..

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Year Of Production	1999
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Hunters in Trouble - African Wild Dogs (23/35)

They are among the most successful hunters in the savannah, and yet they are themselves threatened by extinction - the African wild dogs. The protection of the National Parks is insufficient, and the African wild dogs are frequently to be found on farms. The farmers regard them as cruel and dangerous enemies, and in many regions they have been exterminated. Gregory Rasmussen, biologist, has been a..

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Year Of Production	1999
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Robby, Megan and Masiko ?The Chimpanzees of Ngamba Island (26/35)

In Uganda it still goes on - illegal dealing with chimpanzee babies, entire families are still being slaughtered so that their babies can be seized and then smuggled out of the country to eke out a miserable existence in disreputable zoos. Sometimes the police manage to confiscate these animals. However, the primate section in Entebbe has until now only been able to save the chimpanzees from the w..

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Year Of Production	1999
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

The Little Monkey with the Lion's Mane - Project Mico Leon (27/35)

In the early seventies, when the lion marmosets were counted in Brazil, there was evidently cause for alarm: only 100 animals had survived the deforestation of the coastal region for the plantation of coffee, cocoa and sugar cane and subsequent cattle farming. Not enough to ensure the survival of the species. There were, however, still some marmosets living in zoos - thus the zoo became a Noah's A..

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Year Of Production	1998
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Sympathy for the Devils (28/35)

Hyenas are the most important hunters in the Serengeti, yet their reputation is that of cowardly, crafty scavengers. Living in groups, they really take care of one another, the females often risking their lives for the young in hunting expeditions lasting several days. Yet they are regarded as the devils of the savannah. In the Serengeti their life is determined by the wanderings of the great gnu..

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Year Of Production	1998
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Learning to live with Crocodiles (29/35)

There are many reasons for killing crocodiles: They may be a danger to people, their skin is suitable for making leather goods, hunting them is regarded as an adventure. Hence these reptiles are already virtually extinct. In Australia's largest National Park, the Cockatoo National Park, together with cranes, herons, sea-eagles and pig-nose turtles, there are also many crocodiles. These particular..

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Year Of Production	1998
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Orang Utans - Back to Freedom (30/35)

Although it is now forbidden, young orang-utans are still being caught and sold. Many of these animals are confiscated. Yet what is to be done with these animals once they have been rescued? Orang-utans are quick learners, but the way back to the wilderness involves an enormous learning programme for animals who have never actually lived there. In Wanariset on Borneo, Indonesia, the Dutchman Willi..

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Year Of Production	1998
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

Phantom - A new Rhinoceros in Ngorongoro (31/35)

The Ngorongoro crater in Tansania is world-famous: for the diversity of its animals - and for its rhinoceroses. For only here and in the neighbouring Serengiti are the last black rhinoceroses to be found living in the wilds - elsewhere in Africa they are only safe behind bars. Whereas in the 1960s over 100 rhinoceroses still lived in the crater, there are now only twelve. Despite being closely gua..

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Year Of Production	1998
Country Of Origin	Germany
Language Versions	German [OV]

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