SERENGETI part 5 of 5 (2004)

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Nature Documentary hosted by Michael Praed and published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Natural World series in 2005 - English narration

A leopard family and a cheetah family are filmed in this special day, where the horde of wildebeest arrive and settle.
But the wildebeest are followed by less welcomed animals.
Will all the members of the families survive?
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The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in Serengeti area, Tanzania. It is most famous for its annual migration of over one million and a half white bearded (or brindled) wildebeest and 200,000 zebra.




AMUR LEOPARD CONSERVATION
With 30 in the wild, it is the most endangered big cat species on Earth. ALTA is implementing a wide series of projects to save the species. Support at: http://www.amur-leopard.org

BIOSPHERE EXPEDITIONS
Their philosophy is based on a voluntarism principle, where you will spend your holidays helping scientists on a conservation project, see : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_VTteMmrJ4
Here is their leopard conservation project in Namibia http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/2-week-expeditions/wildlife-volunteering...
And this is their Arabian leopard conservation project in Oman:
http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/oman


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LEOPARD CONSERVATION STATUS (IUCN)

Near Threatened
AFRICAN LEOPARD, occurs across most of sub-Saharan Africa
INDIAN LEOPARD, is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent
INDO-CHINESE LEOPARD, mainland Southeast Asia & southern China
All increasingly rare outside protected areas. Populations are decreasing

Endangered
PERSIAN LEOPARD, fewer than 871-1,290 mature ind., declining pop.
SRI LANKAN LEOPARD, Sri Lanka
NORTH CHINESE LEOPARD, Northern China

Critically Endangered
JAVAN LEOPARD, from 350-700 to 250 or even 100 mature individuals.
ARABIAN LEOPARD, less than 200 in 2006, pop. decreasing.
AMUR LEOPARD, 30 in the wild, most endangered big cat on Earth.
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HUMAN THREAT
Mainly habitat loss. But leopards are also:
killed for commercial reasons (fur, others), leopard-human conflict, hunted for fun. Kept unfree (zoos..., in small cages without vegetation + exhibited all day to another species). Used as tourist attractions. Petted. And surely others.
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[katinkers]

@13lackLight well since the slow one's are going to be killed by predators anyway, that's sort of already tested for. 

[13lackLight]

Man I don't get why gazelles, in order to mate, have to show how tough they are. Does it really matter? They lose to all predators anyway. It should be about who can run the fastest or something

[MdingiNkosi]

Very Enjoyable...

Good for Enviromental Education...

___I LOVE IT___

[broadshoulder]

The difference between this clever emotional,dare I say it, classy programme and the usual tat on Animal Planet or National Geographic is colossal.

Long live the BBC!

[abhisheksuraj]

nice documentary, happy ending... but if I am recalling it correctly, at the start of the series (part 1) narrator said that the world of some of these cats is going to turn upside down. Clearly misguiding statement to start. It sure keeps you at the edge of the seat during the documentary, but disappoints you in the end.

[yass1lassassin]

de tres bon chasseur ces guepard

[OmarionXD8]

awesome ending