[birds calling]
[narrator] Disneynature's Tiger tells the story of a young tigress
raising her four cubs in the jungles of India.
This film reveals what happens
when those cubs leave their mother's side
and head off to find territories of their own.
In the forest reserve where they live,
tiger numbers have doubled in the last 15 years.
And now, they're running out of space.
So young tigers must leave the safety of these sanctuaries.
And enter a new world...
shared with people.
There are many challenges to face...
[truck honking]
...but some tigers are learning to adapt.
Fortunately, there are people out there trying to help them.
While making Disneynature's Tiger,
the crew teamed up with a group of exceptionally dedicated individuals,
finding ways for people and tigers to co-exist.
[laughing]
[♪ emotional music playing]
[birds calling in distance]
They're the world's most loved animal.
Majestic...
but elusive.
It's hard enough to see a tiger...
much less film one.
For Disneynature's Tiger,
the camera team spent over 1,500 days in the jungles of India,
filming over five years.
Their patience has paid off,
capturing some of the rarest moments of tiger life.
[growls]
For some scenes, the team goes to extraordinary lengths to get the shots.
While the tiger heads out for a drink,
the crew pops in to check their remote cameras.
It's a tense moment...
but it's worth it.
It's rolling around like a kitten. That's amazing.
[narrator] Some of the other animals can get a little too friendly.
Excuse me.
Excuse me, Mr. Treepie.
Ooh.
[narrator] The hidden cameras are only designed to be tiger-proof.
[elephant grunting]
[grunting]
[camera clanking]
This camera's life is trunk-ated.
[shattering]
Yeah, bit of tape and that would be fine.
[team chuckling]
[♪ uplifting music playing]
[narrator] Two of the many camera people involved in the movie
are Indian filmmakers Pooja Rathod
and Kalyan Varma.
[Pooja] Tigers are secretive by nature.
They will only show themselves if they want to be seen.
The tiger is like a ghost in the forest.
You'd be seeing it for a minute,
and the next moment, it would camouflage so beautifully.
And because of its stripes and the way it moves,
it can disappear so quickly.
[Kalyan] Filming tigers, first of all, you need to find them.
There are many days you just don't see tigers.
And you need to be waiting for that perfect moment,
be there with your camera running at the right angle.
I really think tigers are the hardest species in the world to film.
[narrator] Pooja and Kalyan have spent many days filming one tigress
and have earned her trust.
[Pooja whispers] There's one cub there and the mother's below.
We're just watching a tigress with her cubs right there.
She's allowed us so close, which is very, very unusual for a tigress
because they're generally secretive and very careful when they have cubs
as young as they are, they're about six to eight months.
The cubs are playing and she's absolutely unbothered by our presence.
It's a very exciting moment.
Isn't it just nice to be sitting here
when they're sleeping right in front of us?
[♪ mellow music playing]
[birds chirping]
[grumbles softly]
[Kalyan] But imagine the amount of work that she's doing, right?
She has to hunt, she has to feed all these cubs.
She's really a super mom.
Seeing a mother with cubs is so, so rare in the wild and up close.
It's just, yeah, it's... it's a privilege.
[narrator] Over two years, the crew watched the cubs growing up
before their eyes.
At first, they're a bit unsteady on their paws.
[♪ playful music playing]
[cub whining]
As the cubs grow, they learn the ways of the jungle.
They discover which animals they can hunt...
[bird cawing]
…and which ones are not worth the effort.
This unique footage
paints the most intimate portrait of tiger family life ever captured.
[♪ uplifting music playing]
For Pooja and Kalyan, the toughest moment is watching the cubs head off.
At 18 months, it's time to leave their mother's side
and find a territory of their own.
[Pooja] As a cameraperson filming tigers
and following a particular cub for so long,
it's... it's very hard to not get attached to an individual.
You see the cub when it's two months old,
and then you see it grow to almost a year and a half,
and then one fine day, you know that cub is going to leave.
[♪ slow gentle music playing]
[Pooja] I really feel emotional.
I just hope that he makes it wherever he goes.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[narrator] The number of young tigers searching for new territory is rising.
Thanks to increased protection,
there are now over 3,600 tigers across 54 reserves,
but space in these is limited.
So a third of India's tigers must live outside protected areas.
Here, they find less wild prey, but plenty of easy meals.
[cowbell ringing]
And that's bad news for farmers.
But there are simple things that can be done to help,
and there's someone who's willing to try.
[♪ cheerful music playing]
Dr. Bilal Habib from the Wildlife Institute of India
is the scientific consultant for Disneynature's Tiger.
He's one of the country's top tiger experts
and loves solving problems.
Bilal has come to Maharashtra in central India,
the heart of Tiger country.
[Bilal] This is a place where there's a lot of conflict.
A lot of cattle are being killed,
and these cattle are actually lifeline for these villagers
because it's their livelihood.
[narrator] Today, Bilal is testing out his latest idea...
once he makes it through the traffic.
[car honking]
[cow mooing]
It's an unusual approach to help cut the number of cows lost to tigers.
[background chatter]
Sometimes, you only find the way forward, by looking behind.
[cow mooing]
[background chatter]
Bilal and his team are painting eyes on cows' tail ends
while trying not to get kicked.
[Bilal speaking Hindi]
[painter in Hindi] Careful.
[cow mooing]
Be careful.
Keep it bright with red.
Draw a black dot inside the eye
to make it look like a cow's round eye.
[painter] Like this?
- We all have different ideas. - [laughter]
[narrator in English] It's hoped the eyes will fool tigers
into thinking they're being watched.
Bilal and his crew have now painted hundreds of rear-ends,
and it seems to be working.
The number of attacks has fallen dramatically.
There's a village where one of the tigers was very active
and people have lost most of the cattle to that particular individual.
As soon as we painted the cattle with eyes, this tiger immediately shifted.
Probably, tiger realized that there's cattle now
who can see on both sides,
who can see from the front and who can see from the back.
And the next time when we went to that village,
every person came with cattle for painting.
They said, "Oh, please paint our cattle. It's good. It's helping us."
[narrator] Bilal now plans to roll out this simple idea
across the whole of India.
[cow mooing]
For the last ten years,
Bilal has also been involved with another project,
but on a very different scale.
[indistinct chattering]
He's come with Disney's cameraman Kalyan
and remote camera expert Suman Raju to check on its progress.
It all started a decade ago
when Bilal was asked to solve a major problem.
Young tigers looking for a new territory
struggle to find their way between reserves,
which are often hundreds of miles apart.
They face many obstacles on their journey…
[train honking]
...but there's one barrier that's toughest of all.
Highways.
[trucks honking]
[growls]
Built over a hundred years ago,
the NH44 is India's oldest highway,
spanning the length of the entire country.
[Bilal] We have roads.
We have a lot of traffic
which actually make it impossible
for these animals to go from one place to other place.
[narrator] Some tigers travel thousands of miles,
but when they meet the highway...
they have to turn back.
[♪ somber music playing]
Bilal's solution was simple,
to lift the road up to allow the tigers to travel underneath,
creating a wildlife corridor.
It cost two and a half billion dollars.
It's the world's biggest wildlife underpass
with nine elevated sections.
And it's saving the lives of countless tigers.
[♪ uplifting music playing]
[Bilal] When I stand there and look on those massive structures
which our country has built for the tigers
to walk from one side of the forest to the other side,
it really feels emotional.
[narrator] Kalyan and Suman have been capturing
close-up shots of tigers using the underpass.
[Suman] Wow.
- Amazing, yeah? - [Suman] Yeah.
[narrator] There are now over 200 tiger crossings every year.
So imagine that vehicles going on top
and there are tigers which are moving beneath these vehicles,
and neither the lorry drivers nor the tigers know
they are at the same place at the same time.
So that's what the dream was and it's, it's, it's amazing.
[Pooja] So I think she walked on this path.
[Suman] Exactly same trail.
[narrator] Pooja has come to help Suman capture footage of a very special tigress.
- [Pooja] Amazing vantage point for her. - [Suman] Absolutely,
and this is the best place to set up the camera trap.
[narrator] What's unusual about this tigress...
is that she lives in a city.
Bhopal in Central India.
Home to 2.5 million people.
[honking]
Like any modern city, by day, it's a noisy bustling metropolis.
[honking]
But as most of the town's inhabitants head home,
another resident is heading out.
In a patch of forest that extends into the middle of the city,
a young tigress is patrolling her territory.
[motorbike revving, honking]
In the seven years she's lived here,
she's figured out how to live alongside people.
This tigress is pretty much a resident of the city,
but she's an invisible resident.
She's crossing fences,
she's walking on roads, she's in farmlands,
but she's never seen by anyone.
And that just shows an incredible adaptation.
She's perfected that skill of avoiding people
and it's amazing that in all the years that she's been here,
she hasn't hurt anyone and she's just going about her life.
[narrator] The tigress only travels at night
and returns to her cave before the city wakes up.
Suman has been following this tigress for two years.
His data is helping the forest department to understand how she lives.
Suman was drawn here
by the idea of documenting the lifestyle of an urban tiger.
You see, I'm just gonna walk.
Yeah, you sit there so that we can take the photo.
- [Pooja] I'll walk down here. - [Suman] Yeah.
[Suman] Bhopal has a special place for tiger.
No other city you could see tiger moving so close to people.
This is really fascinating to me.
[narrator] A modern city may not seem like "tiger habitat",
but Bhopal has everything a tiger needs.
It sits alongside Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary,
where she can hunt and take cover.
There are man-made reservoirs, so the tigress will never go thirsty.
And she sleeps in sandstone caves in the hills above the city.
As long as she doesn't harm anyone,
her human neighbors are happy for the tigress to share their home.
[horns honking]
[Pooja] I think the people of Bhopal are really proud of having tigers here.
And it's so unusual because it's a predator
and everywhere else, people fear them,
but here, they're so proud of having her in their backyard.
[narrator] The city loves the tigress and is taking major steps to protect her.
The forest department employs 40 people to keep tabs on her.
Each evening, roads are closed in her territory
to allow her safe passage.
A network of CCTV towers tracks her movements.
[officer in Hindi] We are getting the location of the tiger.
[narrator in English] In charge of operations
is Divisional Forest Officer Alok Pathak.
Yes, please go ahead, put camera traps there.
Ah, I love the tigress very, very much.
She is very delicate, nice, beautiful I should say.
People of Bhopal feel very proud and very happy also
to have tigers in the vicinity.
[Suman] I think we'll try to place the trap here.
[narrator] Pooja and Suman are now deploying
extra remote cameras across her territory
to see if the tigress has had cubs.
The whole city is hoping to hear the patter of tiny paws.
[bird calling]
All across India, the tiger occupies a special place in people's hearts.
[Pooja] For a lot of people in India,
tiger, which is also called as Waghoba, is Dev, which means he's God.
A lot of people worship it, especially in the rural areas,
for its strength and power and the fact that it rules the forest.
[narrator] Tigers have lived with people for thousands of years.
They're adored like royalty...
[♪ upbeat festive music playing]
...and celebrated with festivals.
It's this connection that allows humans and tigers to live side by side.
[Pooja] I think India stands out amongst most nations in the world
for the kind of tolerance
that the people of the country show towards wildlife, especially tigers.
[narrator] Tigers living around the edges of reserves
soon learn to avoid humans.
[dog barking in distance]
[indistinct chattering]
By day, they rest out of sight.
[insects chirping]
[indistinct chattering]
If they hear someone coming, they stay hidden.
[indistinct chattering in distance]
They only come out at dusk, when the people have left.
[Pooja] Tigers don't look at humans as prey.
In fact, they are quite afraid of people, of anything standing on two feet,
they're afraid of them.
[narrator] But tragic accidents can occur.
When villagers work late in the forest,
a young inexperienced tiger may mistake them for prey animals.
[Kalyan] When a human being crouches down,
from a tiger's point of view, that looks like a prey species.
Almost all human deaths because of tigers are accidental deaths.
[narrator] In some parts of India, the rise in tiger numbers
is causing a dramatic spike in attacks.
[Pooja] Increasing tiger numbers is good news, you know.
It's a conservation success story for the world.
But a lot of people pay a price for this rise in tiger numbers.
What is at stake is the years of tolerance
that people have shown towards these tigers.
[♪ light music playing]
[narrator] While filming on the edges of tiger reserves,
Pooja and Kalyan have witnessed the efforts of the people
working to keep both villagers and tigers safe.
[villager speaking Hindi]
[in Hindi] Everyone please huddle.
[narrator in English] The Forest Department Primary Response team
is the first to be called when there's a problem tiger.
[speaking Hindi]
Forest Guard Shital Thakre has been doing the job for six years.
Today, her team has been called to a village
where someone has been killed.
[in Hindi] When we get a call from the village,
we go there to see what's happened.
We feel terrible to find that a woman has been killed by a tiger.
[narrator in English] The primary response team is sent in
to identify the problem tiger
so it can be captured and taken into captivity.
With the tiger still nearby,
Shital's priority is to keep the people safe.
[in Hindi] There are wild animals moving through the farms.
So nobody should stay late on the farms or go into the forest.
[narrator in English] In this area, on the outskirts of Tadoba National Park,
the number of tigers has quadrupled in just ten years.
[chattering in Hindi]
[in Hindi] This is not a one-off incident. There are many like this.
If there's an incident anywhere,
we have to get ready and go there straight away.
We have to be alert 24 hours a day.
[chattering in Hindi]
[narrator in English] Tigers are most active at night.
[team howling]
Shital and her team sweep the surrounding area,
hoping to push the tiger away from the village.
[team howling]
It's a dangerous job.
- [explosive booms] - [howling continues]
[team member in Hindi] Pay attention at the back.
[narrator in English] They need to identify which tiger they're dealing with.
Rakesh, the team biologist, studies images caught on remote cameras.
[Rakesh] Um, six.
[narrator] Every tiger has a unique set of stripes.
By comparing them, he can see it's a young male called P2.
- [Rakesh in Hindi] Let's go. - [team yelling]
[team chattering]
[narrator in English] The presence of the team overnight
helps the villagers feel safer.
The rising number of tigers is raising fears.
[Shital in Hindi] There's limited space
and there will be more problems in years to come.
We have to help people understand
that tigers don't usually kill humans.
These are accidents.
We will try to make sure that this doesn't happen in the future.
[team chattering]
[sizzling]
[narrator in English] Shital lives alone, a long way from home.
At times like this, she misses her family more than ever.
[tool clanking]
Hi.
[laughter]
[in Hindi] Tell me how's your health?
Everything is well.
[laughter on phone]
[Shital's relative 1] Come home. Mother has made sabzi.
[Shital's relative 2] When are you coming to the village?
Yes. I'll come. [chuckles]
- [in English] Bye-bye. - [Shital] Bye-bye.
[narrator] Shital's family wants her to return to the village,
but she feels a strong calling for this work.
[Shital in Hindi] I love my job at the forest,
I like that I am in touch with the jungle, the animals and the people.
So for now, I want to continue living alone.
[narrator in English] Shital is proud to be one of the few women doing her job.
[in Hindi] I want to tell women to fulfill their dreams.
If they want to become a forest guard or anything else,
they must go for it.
[narrator] Back at the village,
Shital and her team are under pressure to remove the problem tiger.
[chatter in Hindi]
And when a tiger needs capturing,
the person to call is wildlife vet Dr. Ravi Khobrogade.
- [animal grunting] - When he's not catching tigers,
Ravi is caring for orphaned animals at his treatment center,
like this baby sloth bear.
[Ravi] We have to do hand-rearing.
Right now we are behaving like her mother.
[narrator] When the call comes through,
Ravi has to mobilize his rapid rescue team.
They've been asked to tranquilize the problem tiger P2
and take him away from the village.
P2 will be their 50th tiger capture if they can find him.
[Ravi] We have to think like a tiger.
This is the big lesson that I learned from the rescue of tigers.
I must know what will be the next step of the tiger.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[narrator] Ravi and his team are searching for a single tiger, known as P2.
He's a moving needle in a giant haystack.
The plan is to capture P2 and take him into captivity,
but it's not going to be easy.
Two days later, Ravi hears that P2 has killed a cow on the edge of a farm.
They plan to stake out the location hoping that P2 returns to feed.
[indistinct chattering]
Ravi's assistant, Ajay, will be using a dart gun to tranquilize the tiger.
[Ravi] Okay. Done.
[indistinct chattering]
[narrator] Ravi and Ajay settle in for the night.
[insects chirping]
[Ravi] Tiger is always clever, man,
that's why he's the king of jungle.
So we must think to overcome their cleverness.
Now we are just waiting and watching all around us.
[insects chirping]
[narrator] It was a long wait...
with nothing to show for it.
Yesterday's night is too hard for us
and tiger animal is not come.
So let us see.
Again we try.
Try again, try again, we'll get success.
[narrator] A week later, the team catch a break.
There's been a sighting of P2 and they rush to the spot.
[Ravi in Hindi] Ajay, can you see the tiger there?
[narrator in English] At last, they get their first glimpse of P2.
They need to dart his back end,
so they must wait until he's facing the right way.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[soft grunting]
[Ravi in Hindi] Can we take the shot?
[Ajay] I can see the tiger but it's in a head-on position.
[Ravi in English] The shot is risky.
[Ravi in Hindi] Let's not take the shot unless we get the right position.
[narrator in English] P2 slips back into the forest.
[Ravi] Oh, my God.
[narrator] They've missed their chance.
But overnight, a remote camera has captured a fresh image.
The team picks up the trail.
P2 is only 20 yards away.
They just need him to turn around.
[P2 grumbles softly]
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
Bullseye.
Weighing around 500 pounds,
it takes the whole crew to carry P2 to the transport cage.
[Ravi speaking Hindi]
[Ravi's team speaking Hindi]
It's a huge relief for Ravi's team.
[indistinct chatter]
And a welcome sight for the villagers.
[chattering]
We've revived it and now he's very comfortable, relaxed.
It's a very good tiger, it's around two and a half years old,
it's a sub-adult and male and a massive male also.
You see the villagers, they are very happy
because they think that they have solved the problem.
[horn honking]
[narrator] The community comes out to see the tiger off.
[horn honking]
On the three-hour journey to the treatment center,
Ravi feels conflicted.
I just feel very sorry when I, uh, put the tiger in the cage.
When I saw the tiger in the field, I darted him, and I send it to the zoo.
At that time, our team will get very sad
that we just end the freedom of that particular fellow.
[horn honking]
[Ravi's teammate speaking Hindi]
[narrator] The treatment center is just a temporary holding place for P2.
Ravi will now try to find him a permanent home at a zoo.
[P2 grumbles softly]
P2 will never return to the wild,
but relocating him will help local people remain tolerant of tigers.
[grumbles]
[animals calling]
Not far away, on the eastern edge of Tadoba National Park,
some other tigers are also being moved to a new home,
but for a very different reason.
Bilal is planning to do some tiger match-making.
He's hoping to gather five females from here
and introduce them to potential mates.
A hundred and twenty miles north, in Nagzira National Park,
tiger numbers are on the rise but they're mostly males.
[growls]
Male tigers find it easier than females to reach here from faraway forests.
But without females, the population is doomed.
And there's another benefit to Bilal's plan.
He's taking the tigresses away from an area where there's lots of people.
[bleating]
[Bilal] It's a win-win situation.
If we are successful in getting at least five, six females
from this particular landscape to the other area,
so it's good for everybody,
for conservation, for tigers and for people.
[narrator] It's an ambitious and visionary idea,
but first, they have to find the right tiger.
They're deliberately looking for a shy tigress,
one that will avoid humans and their livestock.
But a shy tiger is tricky to catch.
Ravi the vet and his team are here for the capture.
There are clear signs of the tiger...
[Bilal] This is the pugmark of a female.
[narrator] But she stays hidden from view.
[Bilal speaking Hindi]
After several days and nights searching,
it's proving harder than they thought.
[Bilal speaking Hindi]
[narrator] If they can't catch the first female,
the whole match-making project will fail before it's even started.
[Bilal] They are so shy.
Even if they are just resting ten meters away from you,
it's very difficult to spot them.
So that makes it very difficult for us to track her and to capture her.
[narrator] It may be months before Bilal has a tigress to move.
Pooja and Kalyan are witnessing another impact of rising tiger numbers.
More tigers fighting over territory.
[tiger rumbling softly]
This young tiger has blundered into the path of a huge male.
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[growling]
The older tiger makes it clear they're not welcome.
One side usually backs down.
But sometimes, the loser can get badly hurt.
[grunting]
Pooja and Kalyan have come across a wounded male.
Their footage will help forest guards identify the tiger
when they report the injury.
Look to your right.
I'm zoomed in fully, I can see the wound.
He's licking the wound right now.
Ah, he's limping, oh God.
I think he's quite badly injured.
He's limping at the moment and he has this really bad injuries
so I'm really worried for him because there are lots of tigers here
and he's just going to have to fight or leave to be able to survive.
[Kalyan] He's licking his wounds
but if they don't heal, he's in real big danger
because he has only two options.
One is he just won't be able to hunt and he'll die of starvation.
The only other option is that he starts picking easy prey, which is cattle.
And that's the start of human-wildlife conflict.
And usually, that doesn't end well for the tigers.
[narrator] The forest guards will now keep an eye on the tiger,
and if necessary, bring it into Ravi's treatment center.
[tiger growling]
For Ravi, the rise in tigers means there are many more cubs to care for.
Today, he's looking after a young tigress who's become separated from her mother.
[Ravi] She's around five to six months old.
But when we observed in the field, she is emaciated, dehydrated and so weak.
So that's why we rescued from the field
and we are monitoring, we are locating the female
so that the cub will be reunited with the female
and she will remain in the wild.
That will be the happy ending for the female cub.
[narrator] There's good news for P2, the captured tiger.
Ravi will soon be sending him to a new home.
He's going to one of the world's largest zoos in the city of Nagpur,
where he'll share an enclosure with a female tiger.
[Ravi] P2.
P2, how are you?
[grumbles softly]
Don't worry.
You will get the big enclosure,
get the new females also.
Then you will enjoy life.
So don't worry.
[indistinct chattering]
[narrator] P2 is lucky.
Roughly half of all tigers leaving protected areas don't make it.
[indistinct chattering]
A female tiger has been found dead and brought into Ravi's center.
He confirms her cause of death and conducts her cremation.
[indistinct chattering]
The funeral rites reflect the honor and respect held for every tiger.
[Ravi] It's a very black day for us.
Because we lost a full-grown adult tigress due to such...
unbelievable thing that is electrocution.
That should not happen.
[narrator] Electrocution is the number one cause of tiger deaths.
Electric fencing is often placed around fields
to stop wild deer and boar from eating the crops.
But the tigers don't see the wires until it's too late.
One female can produce four cubs in a year
so you can imagine the loss of the wild tigers.
- [teacher in Hindi] Stand at ease. - [students speaking Hindi]
- [teacher] Attention. - [students speaking Hindi]
[narrator in English] To avoid more tiger deaths in the future,
the next generation needs to understand more about them.
[all singing Hindi]
Shital and Rakesh have come to a school on the edge of Tadoba National Park.
They're here to share their knowledge of tigers with the kids
and teach them what to do if they meet one.
[in Hindi] Have you ever seen a tiger?
[students] Yes.
[Shital] What will you do when you spot a tiger?
Will you run?
If you run, he'll think that you're his prey.
Just make noise and stay where you are.
[Rakesh] Can you see the tiger?
[students] No.
[Rakesh] Did you see it? Where is it?
Did you spot him?
[students] Yes.
- [Rakesh] What do you see? - [students in English] Tiger.
[students laughing]
- [Rakesh in Hindi] Did it run away? - [students speak Hindi]
- [students chuckle] - [Rakesh speaks Hindi]
[narrator in English] Shital hopes the kids will share these safety tips
with their friends and families.
[Shital in Hindi] When we explain this to the children in the school,
they will explain it to their parents.
So this message can spread,
and human-wildlife conflict can be reduced.
[chattering]
[narrator in English] Lessons over,
the class heads out to a patch of degraded forest,
to help replant the area with trees.
[♪ light music playing]
[in Hindi] When these plants grow into trees,
wild animals can rest under their shade.
Students, do you want to become a forest guard like Shital?
- [students] Yes. - [Rakesh] Hm?
[students] Yes.
[indistinct chattering]
[Rakesh] Do you feel good planting the tree?
[students] Yes.
[Rakesh] When you pass by this tree, you'll remember planting it.
[chatter in Hindi]
[♪ bright music playing]
[narrator in English] After six months of trying,
Bilal has finally caught a tigress.
She's on her way to meet the lonely males waiting for her at Nagzira National Park.
If she makes a match, she'll help repopulate the reserve.
Instead of having to find her own territory,
she's taking the easy way, hitching a ride.
NAWEGAON-NAGZIRA TIGER RESERVE PITEZARI ENTRANCE
In Nagzira, she'll have lots of space...
and every chance of meeting a mate.
[in Hindi] Okay, five or six people come fast.
We can't waste time.
[vet speaking Hindi]
[narrator in English] The tigress has been tranquilized
so that Bilal and the vet team can give her a health check
and attach a GPS collar before she's released.
[vets speaking Hindi]
[narrator] The collar will enable Bilal to track the tiger's movements
as she starts to explore her new territory.
It will stay attached for the next year
and will then be remotely triggered to fall off by itself.
Ravi the vet is on hand to monitor the tiger's condition
and make sure she is fit for release.
[speaking Hindi]
They check her weight and measurements,
to add to their growing database of tigers.
[Bilal speaking Hindi]
[overlapping chatter]
She's young, you have seen her teeth.
They are shining white with a very small groove on that,
which indicates that she is around two years of age.
So she is actually of that particular age
where she's going to go out, look for a territory
and look for a partner and then raise her cubs of her own.
[narrator] It's the first project of its kind in India
and it's attracting a lot of attention.
The tiger will be released by the state Forest Minister.
[speaking Hindi]
Basically, this is the final day, this is we can say the marriage day.
See this, all people are very happy
because we are going to introduce the female in the area of the males.
[♪ bright music playing]
[indistinct radio chatter]
[narrator] Five years of planning have all come down to this moment.
In the next ten minutes, she's going to be out there in the wild.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[narrator] It's time to release the tigress into her new home.
[growling softly]
[roaring]
[♪ upbeat music playing]
- [laughing] - [crowd cheering]
[murmuring]
Finally, we did it.
As she just came out from the cage, she is so happy in my sense,
because she is going to the wild.
This is heaven for her.
She may have the cute, cute tigress cubs so she will enjoy.
[Bilal] This is a place of hope for her
where she has a higher chance of breeding,
having a territory of her own, having a litter of her own,
having a home of her own.
It's really a great feeling but the real job begins from tomorrow,
when she will start exploring a territory where she has never been.
[narrator] Over the next few months,
Bilal and his team follow the tiger around the clock.
Using signals from the collar, they track her on the ground
and also from space,
mapping her every move.
The tigress is settling in well.
She hasn't strayed into any villages.
And she's got company.
It's now four months, and this female is doing perfectly fine.
She has established her territory.
[buzzing]
She has been seen many times with the male.
So we hope that she has also mated a couple of times.
And we hope that, in coming days, she's going to litter,
she's going to produce young ones in this new territory.
[narrator] So far so good.
The move is a success.
Over the next year,
four more female tigers will be brought here
to help boost the population.
[Bilal] So this was a dream and it has come true.
And we can continue to follow these tigers in Nagzira
and see how this population is going to do in the next five, ten years.
[narrator] Meanwhile, Ravi has come to see P2 in his new home,
Gorewada Zoo, one of the largest in the world.
P2 now has a huge natural enclosure,
and will soon be joined by a new female.
[Ravi] It's a very good morning
because I'm just very happy to see P2 tiger.
Having the 60 acres enclosure, it's a very good space for any tiger.
[growls softly]
[narrator] P2 has a new role,
as an ambassador for tigers.
[♪ mellow music playing]
[Ravi] Everyone can visit him,
and everyone can know him.
If you see the tiger for a while, you will never forget it,
because it's so beautiful, so majestic.
[tourists chattering]
[narrator] P2 may never go back to the wild
but he will help inspire the next generation
to care about the future of tigers.
Pooja and Kalyan also want to inspire people to think about tigers differently.
[speaking Hindi]
They've come to a village close to Tadoba Tiger Reserve.
A lot of people who are here have misconceptions about tigers.
They think all tigers are man-eaters and that they are there to harm them.
[narrator] Pooja and Kalyan have created a short film
that they're about to screen for the first time.
A crowd of over 300 have gathered for the show,
including forest guard Shital and her team.
[crowd chattering]
- Hello. - [villagers] Hello.
[in Hindi] Hi, my name is Pooja.
And I'm going to show you a short film about tigers.
This film will give you a message from the tiger.
So do you want to watch this story?
[all] Yes!
- Okay. - Okay, let's start.
[applause, chattering]
[narrator in English] The story is narrated
in the local language, Marathi,
from the point of view of the tiger.
[narrator in film in Marathi] Days pass by and we grow up
bigger and stronger.
[narrator in English] For the villagers,
it's the first time they're seeing images of tiger family life.
[narrator in film in Marathi] We're ready to follow mom on her adventures.
[narrator in English] The film shows the cubs
coming to grips with their jungle home,
and the challenges they face growing up.
[monkey barks]
[tiger whines]
[villagers chuckling]
The film also gives villagers tips on how to stay safe in the forest.
[in Marathi] If you must come into the forest,
walk in groups and make noise
so I know you're there and I can avoid you.
[Pooja in English] I'm really overwhelmed.
Just looking at the crowd, looking at how just hooked to the screen they were.
The people who came here to watch the film have real-life problems.
They have interactions with tigers on a daily basis.
If this film even saves one life, I think we've done our job.
[in Hindi] Thank you for coming.
We'll meet soon. Thank you.
[narrator in English] And the message is spreading.
In some places, a new attitude to tigers is creating surprising opportunities.
Bilal is on his way to the village of Alijanja.
[rooster crowing]
Co-existence will only be possible if this is economically beneficial
to the local people,
who share their landscape with these large predators.
[narrator] Instead of battling with the wildlife on their door-step,
the community here is embracing it.
In the first re-wilding project of its kind in India,
farmers are paid to keep their cattle off the grasslands.
This encourages wild animals,
which naturally attract tigers,
who bring in tourists.
[in Hindi] There are four female tigresses in our zone.
And all of them have cubs.
And their father is called Chota Matka, the male tiger.
[indistinct chatter]
[narrator in English] Local guide Arvind now makes a living
from taking tourists on nature walks in the landscape.
[Arvind] Kingfisher bird!
[narrator] A small eco-lodge is also creating jobs for local people.
[in Hindi] We are getting good income and all the families of the village are happy.
We never cause any damage to the forest
and in the future, we will preserve the forest because it's our livelihood.
[narrator in English] Bilal has been helping
since the project started in 2015.
[speaking Hindi]
He's loved seeing how local attitudes towards wildlife have changed.
[Bilal] Imagine when this was not a nature conservancy.
So the farmers were trying to protect this land from crop-raiding deers.
So they were considered as pests.
Today, the same farmer wants to see deer in his land
because that's giving more money.
So this is how the landscape has converted a pest into a resource.
[narrator] The more deer,
the more tigers.
In this village, the current rise in tiger numbers is a cause for celebration.
[Arvind in Hindi] As the tiger population increases, so does the number of tourists.
Which is good for us.
Now we're getting paid well.
[Bilal in English] This is the first example of rewilding farmland
close to a protected area in India.
So if this is successful,
there can be hundreds and hundreds of nature conservancies in India.
[narrator] Back in Bhopal, home to the urban tigress,
Pooja and Suman are checking their remote cameras.
- Come only after sunset. - [Pooja] Mm.
[narrator] They're hoping to see the first images of her cubs.
- Hey. Let's see what we've got. - Yeah.
- [Suman] Oh, my God. - [Pooja] Oh, there's the mother.
Followed by the cubs.
[Pooja] Wow.
[Suman] The first cub coming out.
- Wow. - Oh, wow.
[chuckles]
[narrator] The urban tigress has four cubs, now aged around five months.
- Oh, my God, the one after the other. - [Pooja] Yeah.
[Suman] All of them are peeping their heads into the fence.
[Pooja] Wow.
She just, like, squeezed in, she's too big for it.
Yeah, so cute actually.
It's teaching them how to come out from the fence.
Isn't it so lovely, right?
And they're so quick learners.
[Pooja] They look pretty healthy.
[Suman] Yeah, absolutely healthy.
Such a beautiful shot we got.
[narrator] Bhopal's tigress is bringing up the next generation of urban tigers.
They're now learning how to be street-smart cubs.
[Pooja] She's raising these four cubs
and she's actually showing them her territory,
she's showing them where they can hunt,
where they can find water.
[Suman] It's showing these cubs how to move in the landscape,
how to stay secretive and not get exposed to the people,
showing how to survive inside the city.
Such a great mother it is, actually.
[narrator] And it's not just tigers appearing on the remote cameras.
[animal calling]
Bhopal has secret residents of all shapes and sizes.
Some neighbors can be prickly.
With no respect for privacy.
[growling]
At night, all the animals are on the move
and trying to make it home before sunrise.
Better keep up with mom.
Some are naturally curious...
especially the tiger cubs.
[clattering]
[♪ playful music playing]
[clanking]
Oops.
The cubs will continue to learn from their mother
until it's time to find their own territories.
One day, they'll show their own young how to survive close to a city
and the knowledge will be passed down through the generations.
I feel like that is what India is going to need in future,
like, tigers that show adaptations to living around people.
And she's just showing us how tigers can do that.
She's the hope for the future.
[animals calling]
[narrator] After five years of filming,
it's time for the Disneynature crew to pack up and head home.
They leave knowing that India's tigers are on the rise.
And as they move into human areas,
some tigers are showing how it's possible to thrive in a world of people.
[Bilal] It's a challenge.
And they're doing it beautifully.
They're doing it in a most amazing manner
to live with humans.
[chattering]
[narrator] And people are also playing their part
to ensure this unique relationship lasts into the future.
[Bilal] I think there is always a space in the heart of the people
to live with tigers,
to share the landscape with these magnificent carnivores.
[♪ upbeat music playing]
迪士尼自然的《老虎》 述說一隻年輕的母老虎
在印度叢林裡扶養四隻小老虎的過程
這部片呈現出那些小老虎離開母親
去自立門戶時所遇到的狀況
在牠們居住的森林保護區裡
過去十五年來，老虎的數量已成長一倍
牠們現在快沒有空間了
所以年輕的老虎 必須離開安全的保護區
進入與人類共享的…
新世界
牠們會面臨許多挑戰…
但有些老虎正在學習如何適應
還好那裡有些人類設法幫助牠們
拍攝迪士尼自然的《老虎》時
劇組與一群犧牲奉獻的人攜手合作
設法讓人類與老虎能夠共存
《老虎崛起》
牠們是世上最受喜愛的動物
雄偉…
但神出鬼沒
很難看得見老虎…
更別提用鏡頭捕捉到牠們的身影
為了拍攝迪士尼自然的《老虎》
攝影劇組在印度叢林待了超過一千五百天
拍攝超過五年
他們的耐心帶來了好結果
讓他們拍到老虎生命中 幾個最少見的時刻
在拍攝幾個場景時 團隊盡了極大的努力捕捉畫面
老虎出外去喝水時
團隊進入裡面檢查他們的遠端攝影機
這一刻緊張萬分…
卻很値得
牠像小貓一樣翻滾
太不可思議了
其他有些動物可能會太過親切
不好意思
不好意思，樹鵲先生
那些隱藏式攝影機的設計衹能防老虎
這部攝影機的壽命被象鼻終結了
對，用膠帶修補一下就沒問題了
參與拍攝的眾多攝影師中有兩人
是印度電影工作者普嘉拉瑟
和卡里安瓦爾瑪
老虎天生就喜歡躲藏
牠們想現身時才會出現
老虎就像森林裡的鬼魅
可能這一秒鐘看得到牠們
下一秒鐘牠們就遁入周遭環境之中
牠們靠虎紋及移動的方式
就能瞬間消失在眼前
要拍攝老虎，首先就得找到牠們
許多時候根本看不到老虎
你得等那個完美的時刻出現
你剛好在現場 啟動了攝影機，找好了角度
我眞的覺得 老虎是世上最難拍攝的物種
普嘉與卡里安 花了多日時間拍攝一隻母老虎
也博取了牠的信任
那裡有一隻小老虎，母親在下面
我們正在觀察 那裡的一隻母老虎跟牠的孩子
牠允許我們靠得很近 對母老虎來說，這很不尋常
因為母老虎帶著如此年幼 大約六到八個月大的孩子時
通常會很神祕，也很謹慎
小老虎在玩耍 但牠完全不介意我們在場
這個時刻眞是刺激
能坐在這裡
然後牠們就在我們前方睡覺 這樣是不是很好？
不過想像一下 牠肩負多少重任，對吧？
牠得狩獵，也要餵飽所有孩子
牠眞的是個超級媽媽
在野外很難近距離看到 帶著孩子的母老虎
對，這眞的是種殊榮
兩年來，劇組看著這些小老虎 在他們眼前長大
牠們一開始走路還搖搖晃晃的
隨著小老虎逐漸長大 牠們學到了叢林法則
牠們發現哪些動物可以當獵物…
哪些不値得費力捕捉
這段獨特的影像
描繪出史上 人類拍攝過最私密的老虎家庭生活
對普嘉與卡里安來說 最難受的就是看著小老虎離巢
十八個月大的小老虎該離開母親
去尋找自己的地盤了
身為長久以來
都在拍攝老虎 與跟著特定小老虎的攝影師
你很難不會對個別老虎產生感情
你會看到小老虎兩個月大的模樣
然後又看到牠長到快一歲半
結果有一天 你知道那隻小老虎要離巢了
我情緒眞的很激動
不管牠要去哪裡，希望牠都能存活
尋找新地盤的年輕老虎數量逐年增加
還好有越來越多的保護措施
現在五十四個保護區裡 有超過三千六百隻老虎
但裡面的空間有限
所以印度有三分之一的老虎 必須在保護區以外棲息
這裡野生的獵物比較少
但是有許多容易取得的食物
但這對農夫來說，卻非常不妙
不過有些簡單的措施幫得上忙
也有一個人願意嘗試
印度野生動物研究所的 比拉爾哈比卜博士
是迪士尼自然 拍攝《老虎》時的科學顧問
他是該國頂尖的老虎專家之一 也熱愛解決問題
比拉爾來到印度中部的馬哈拉什特拉
這是老虎出沒地區的中心地帶
這個地方發生了許多衝突
很多牛群死亡
這些牛群其實是這些村民的命脈
因為這是他們的生計來源
比拉爾今天要測試他最新的構想
但是要等他先通過路上的人車及動物
這種做法很不尋常
目的是要幫忙減少被老虎殺死的乳牛
有時要找到繼續下去的方法 就得往後看
比拉爾與他的團隊 要在乳牛的臀部畫上眼睛
一方面也要避免被乳牛踢中
小心
小心點
以紅色來增加鮮豔度
在眼睛裡畫一個黑點
來模仿乳牛圓圓的眼睛
像這樣？
我們都有不同的想法
他們希望老虎看到這些眼睛 就會誤以為乳牛在註意牠們
比拉爾與他的團隊 現在已經為幾百個臀部畫上眼睛
而且這招似乎奏效了
攻擊事件已大幅減少
有個村子裡有隻老虎非常活躍
大部份牛群都是被那隻老虎吃掉的
我們一幫牛群畫上眼睛
這隻老虎的行為馬上就改變了
老虎很可能發現 現在有了兩邊都長了眼睛的牛群
前後都看得見
我們下次去那座村子時
每個人都帶牛群來畫眼睛
他們說「幫我們的牛群畫吧 這樣很好，幫助很大」
比拉爾現在想把這個簡單的構想
推行到印度各地
過去十年來
比拉爾也參加了另一個計畫
但規模差距大多了
他跟迪士尼的攝影師卡里安
及遠端攝影機專家蘇曼拉朱 來確認計畫的進展
一切都始於十年前
有人請比拉爾解決一個很重要的問題
年輕的老虎在尋找新的地盤
卻在往往相距幾百哩的保護區之間
找不到方向
牠們途中面臨了許多阻礙
但是有個障礙最難克服…
也就是公路
建於一百多年前
卌四號國道是印度最古老的公路
範圍延伸到全國各地
這裡有道路
車流量很大
因此實際上
讓這些動物的行動完全受限
有些老虎經過數千哩路
但是遇上公路時…
就衹好掉頭
比拉爾的解決辦法很簡單
也就是建造高架道路 讓老虎能從下方經過
打造野生動物廊道
這要花費廿五億元
這是世上最大的野生動物下穿道
有九個高架路段
這拯救了無數的老虎性命
我站在那裡看著本國為了讓老虎…
能在森林兩側移動
而建造的巨大建築時
我眞的覺得很激動
卡里安和蘇曼一直在近距離拍攝
老虎使用下穿道的畫面
- 很不可思議吧？ - 對
現在老虎每年穿越這些通道 超過皕次
所以想像一下車輛在上方通行
而老虎在這些車輛下方移動
卡車司機或老虎都不知道
他們同時出現在同一個地方
那就是我們當初的夢想
這眞的很不可思議
- 牠應該是走這條路 - 同樣的小徑
普嘉來協助蘇曼 拍攝一隻非常特別的母老虎
- 這個制高點很適合牠 - 沒錯
這裡最適合設置攝影機陷阱
這隻母老虎的奇特之處…
在於牠住在城市裡
印度中部的波帕爾
住著皕五十萬人
就像任何現代都市 這裡在白天時是個吵雜喧囂的大都會
但當城裡大多數居民回家時
另一個居民就出現了
在延伸到城市中心地帶的一塊森林裡
有隻年輕的母老虎正在巡視牠的地盤
在這裡棲息的七年裡
牠已經知道要如何與人類共存
這隻母老虎差不多可以說是個市民
但牠是個隱形的市民
牠會穿越圍籬 在道路上行走與進入農田
卻沒人見過牠
那凸顯出不可思議的適應能力
牠練就了避開人類的技能
而且不可思議的是牠在這裡居住多年
卻沒傷過人，牠衹是過著自己的生活
這隻母老虎衹有晚上才會移動
並在城市甦醒之前回到牠的山洞
蘇曼追蹤這隻母老虎兩年了
他的資料有助於讓森林部 了解牠的生活方式
蘇曼深受吸引來到這裡
是因為能夠記錄都會老虎的生活方式
你先註意，我去前面看看
好，你坐那邊，這樣我們才能拍照
- 我要走過來這邊 - 好
波帕爾有個特別的地方能讓老虎棲息
在其他城市看不到 跟人類離得這麼近的老虎
我覺得很有意思
一個現代都市 也許看起來不像「老虎的棲息地」
但波帕爾能滿足老虎的所有需求
這座城市位於 拉塔帕尼野生動物保護區旁邊
這隻母老虎可以在保護區狩獵 與尋找掩蔽處
這裡有人造的水庫 所以這隻母老虎有充足的水源
而且牠睡在 城市上方山丘的砂岩山洞裡
衹要牠不傷人
牠的人類鄰居很樂意 跟這隻母老虎分享他們的家
我認為波帕爾居民 以老虎棲息在這裡為榮
這是很不尋常的，因為老虎是掠食者
其他地方的人類都很畏懼牠們
但此地的居民 卻因為牠棲息在身邊而與有榮焉
這座城市很愛護這隻母老虎 也採取重要的措施來保護牠
森林部僱用了卌個人來掌握牠的行蹤
每天晚上都會封閉牠地盤裡的道路 讓牠能安全通過
也建立一個監視器塔網絡 來追蹤牠的動向
掌握那隻老虎所在的地點了
負責這些行動的 是地區林務員艾洛克帕塔克
對，請在那裡安裝攝影機陷阱
我很愛這隻母老虎
牠非常優雅和善，而且很美麗
能與老虎如此接近 讓波帕爾的居民引以為榮
也非常高興
我想就在這裡設置陷阱吧
普嘉和蘇曼現在正要在牠的地盤各處 部署額外的遠端攝影機
看看這隻母老虎是否生了孩子
整座城市都希望能聽到 小老虎輕快的腳步聲
老虎在印度各地人們心中 佔有很獨特的地位
對許多印度人而言
老虎又名瓦格巴 具有神格，也就是被奉為神明
許多人會拜虎神，尤其是鄉村居民
向其力量、威能 及森林之王的身份致敬
數千年來，老虎都與人類共存
牠們像皇室成員一樣受到喜愛
也有頌揚老虎的節慶
正是這種連結讓人類與老虎
能夠共享生活空間
我認為印度 在世上大多數國家裡是很突出的
因為本國人民能夠包容野生動物
尤其是老虎
住在保護區邊緣的老虎 很快就學到要避開人類
牠們白天會躲起來休息…
如果聽到有人接近，牠們會繼續隱身
衹有在黃昏 人類離開時，牠們才會出現
老虎不會把人類當成獵物
事實上，牠們很怕人類 或任何用雙腳站立的東西
牠們非常畏懼
不過悲劇性的意外也可能會發生
當村民在森林裡工作得比較晚
缺乏經驗的年輕老虎
可能會誤以為他們是獵物
人類蹲著時
從老虎的角度來看 那看起來就像可以獵食的物種
幾乎所有因老虎而死的人類 都是意外身亡
在印度某些地區，老虎數量增加
造成攻擊事件大幅上昇
老虎數量增加是好消息
對世人來說，這是保育成功的案例
但許多人們 會因為老虎數量增加而付出代價
這可能會影響人們多年來
對老虎的包容
在老虎保護區邊緣拍攝時
普嘉與卡里安 目睹人們費了很大的力氣
來保護村民與老虎
大家請靠過來
如果有令人困擾的老虎
就要先聯絡森林部的主要應變小組
森林保護員席塔爾薩克瑞 從事這份工作六年了
她的團隊今天應要求 前往一座有人遭到殺害的村子
接獲村落通報時
我們會去現場了解狀況
發現有一名女子被老虎咬死時 我們都很難過
主要應變小組 被派來找出惹了麻煩的老虎
並且捕捉牠，帶回去圈養
既然這隻老虎還在附近 席塔爾的首要任務就是保護村民
有些野生動物會穿越農田
所以晚上不該有人 待在農田裡或進入森林
在塔杜巴國家公園近郊這個地區
老虎的數量在十年內已變成四倍之多
這不是單一事件，還有許多類似事件
如果任何地方出了事
我們就得做好準備，立刻過去
我們時時刻刻都得提高警覺
老虎晚上比較活躍
席塔爾與她的團隊在周圍地區蒐索
希望能驅趕村子裡這隻老虎
這種工作很危險
註意後面
他們得找出要對付的老虎
小組內的生物學家拉克許 檢視了遠端攝影機拍攝到的畫面
六
每隻老虎的紋路都是獨特的
比對紋路後 他看得出來是一隻叫P二的年輕公老虎
走吧
小組晚上在此鎮守，讓村民比較安心
老虎數量增加也造成了恐懼
空間有限
未來會有更多問題
我們得幫助每個人了解
老虎通常不會殺死人類
這些是意外
我們會設法避免類似的情況重演
席塔爾獨居，離家很遠
在這種時候 她比任何時刻都想念家人
嗨
你的身體還好嗎？
一切都好
回來吧，媽媽煮了辣味炒拌菜
你什麼時候會來村子裡？
好，我會去的
- 再見 - 再見
席塔爾的家人希望她回到村子裡
但她對這份工作有很強的使命感
我熱愛自己在森林的工作
我喜歡接觸叢林、動物與人們
所以我想暫時繼續獨居
席塔爾覺得很自豪 她是少數幾個做這份工作的女性之一
我想讓女性知道她們得勇於實現夢想
如果她們想當森林保護員 或從事其他工作
就一定要去逐夢
回到村子裡
席塔爾與她的團隊現在承受了壓力 他們必須帶走惹出事端的老虎
需要捕捉老虎時
就得找野生動物獸醫 拉維科布加底醫生來幫忙
沒有在捕捉老虎時
拉維都在自己的治療中心 照顧失依的動物
例如這隻懶熊
我們得人工餵養
我們現在就像牠的母親一樣
接獲通知時
拉維就得動員他的快速救援小組
他們得到要求 去為問題老虎P二施打鎮靜劑
並將牠從村子裡帶走
如果找到P二 這會是他們捕捉的第五十隻老虎
我們得從老虎的角度去思考
這是我從老虎救援行動中 學到的重要教訓
我得知道老虎的下一步
拉維與團隊正在尋找 一隻名叫P二的老虎
牠會不斷移動，尋找牠就像大海撈針
他們打算捕捉P二，帶回去圈養
但這絕非易事
兩天後，拉維聽說P二 在一座農田邊緣殺死一隻乳牛
他們打算在那裡守株待兔 希望P二會回來覓食
拉維的助理艾傑 會用飛鏢槍來幫老虎施打鎮靜劑
好，處理好了
拉維和艾傑今晚找好地方安頓下來
老虎總是很聰明
因此才能稱霸叢林
所以我們得動腦才能智取聰明的牠們
我們現在衹是在守株待兔 並註意周遭的動靜
他們等了很久…
卻毫無成果
昨晚對我們來說太辛苦了
老虎卻沒出現
再看看吧
再試一次
不斷嘗試，終究會成功
一週後，團隊好運降臨
有人看到P二，他們趕緊前往現場
艾傑，你看得到那邊的老虎嗎？
他們終於第一次看到P二了
他們得朝牠的臀部發射飛鏢
所以他們得等牠轉身
可以發射嗎？
我看得到老虎，但牠面向我們
發射飛鏢風險很大
除非位置正確，不然就不要發射
P二回到森林裡了
天啊
他們錯失良機
但一夜之間 有部遠端攝影機拍到新的影像
團隊找到蹤跡了
P二就在廿碼外
他們衹需要牠轉身
正中目標
牠重約五百磅
需要出動整個團隊 才能把P二抬進運輸籠
拉維的團隊大大地鬆了一口氣
村民們也很高興能看到這個結果
我們讓牠恢復清醒 牠現在非常自在與放鬆
這是一隻很棒的老虎，大約兩歲半
是隻亞成公老虎，體型也很巨大
看得出來村民非常高興
因為他們認為問題已經解決了
整個社區都來目送這隻老虎離開
回治療中心的三小時路程裡
拉維覺得很矛盾
把這隻老虎關進籠子裡時 我覺得很過意不去
我在田野看到那隻老虎 就發射飛鏢，把牠送進動物園
那時我們的團隊會非常難過
因為我們終結了那隻老虎的自由
治療中心衹不過是P二的暫居地
拉維現在得幫牠在動物園 找到永久的家
P二永遠都不會回到野外
但移地安置牠 有助於讓當地人繼續包容老虎
在不遠的塔杜巴國家公園東部邊緣
其他幾隻老虎也要搬進新家
但原因大不相同
比拉爾打算撮合幾隻老虎
他希望能在這裡找五隻母老虎
並讓牠們認識可能的伴侶
在北方一百廿哩外的納吉拉國家公園
老虎的數量不斷增加 但大多都是公的
公老虎比母老虎 更容易從遠方的森林來到這裡
但是如果缺少母老虎 這裡的老虎就勢必會滅亡
比拉爾的計畫還有一個好處
他要把這些母老虎 帶離人口稠密的地區
這對雙方都好
如果能從這個地方 成功將五、六隻母老虎移地安置
這對大家都好 對保育工作、老虎與人類都有好處
這是個目標遠大，也很有遠見的構想
但他們得先找到適合的老虎
他們刻意要尋找一隻害羞的母老虎
會避開人類與牲畜的母老虎
但害羞的老虎很難捕捉
獸醫拉維與團隊來到現場進行捕捉
這裡很明顯有老虎出沒的跡像…
這是一隻母老虎的腳印
但牠仍然躲了起來
尋找了幾日幾夜之後
這個任務證明比他們想的還要困難
如果他們抓不到第一隻母老虎
撮合計畫還沒開始就會宣告失敗
牠們好害羞
即使牠們就在十公尺外休息
也很難看得見
所以我們很難追蹤與捕捉牠
比拉爾可能好幾個月之後 才會有母老虎能移地安置
普嘉與卡里安 目睹老虎數量增加帶來的另一個衝擊
有更多老虎會爭奪地盤
這隻年輕的老虎鑄下大錯 和一隻大型公老虎狹路相逢
年長的老虎明白表示這裡不歡迎牠
通常會有一方退讓
但有時輸家可能會受到重傷
普嘉與卡里安發現一隻受傷的公老虎
通報老虎受傷時，他們的影像 有助於讓森林保護員辨識出這隻老虎
你看右邊
我完全拉近就看得到傷口
牠正在舔傷口
牠一跛一跛的，天啊
我覺得牠受了重傷
牠目前跛足，傷勢很嚴重
所以我眞的很擔心牠 因為這裡有許多老虎
牠會需要戰鬥或離開這裡，才能生存
牠正在舔傷口
可是如果傷口沒痊癒 牠就會有生命危險
因為牠衹有兩個選擇
其中一個就是 牠無法狩獵，會活活餓死
另外的選擇就是 開始選容易殺死的獵物，也就是牛群
人類與野生動物就會因此而起衝突
老虎的下場通常都不太理想
森林保護員現在會密切註意這隻老虎
有需要的話 他們會帶牠去拉維的治療中心
對拉維來說，老虎數量增加 就代表要照顧更多小老虎
他今天要照顧 一隻跟母親分離的年輕母老虎
牠大約五到六個月大
但我們在田野觀察時 牠消瘦、脫水又虛弱
所以我們才從田野把牠救回來
我們也在密切註意 尋找那個母親的蹤跡
小老虎才能回到母親身邊
牠才能繼續在野外生活
對這隻小母老虎來說 那會是幸福快樂的結局
被捕捉的老虎P二有了好消息
拉維很快就會另外安置牠
牠要去位於納格浦市 世上最大的動物園之一
牠在那裡 會跟一隻母老虎共享一個圍欄
P二
P二，你好嗎？
你放心
你會有很大的圍欄 也會有母老虎相伴
你會享受生命的
所以別擔心
P二很幸運
離開保護區的老虎 大約有一半都無法存活
有人發現一隻母老虎的屍體 並將其帶來拉維的中心
他確認死因後就進行火化
這些葬禮儀式反映出 他們對每隻老虎的敬意與尊重
這對我們來說是個黑闇的日子
因為有隻成年的母老虎因電擊而死
眞是難以置信
那種事不該發生
電擊是老虎最常見的死因
田野周圍通常會設置電圍籬
來阻止野鹿與野豬吃掉作物
但老虎都會到為時已晚才發現電線
一隻母老虎一年可以生下四隻小老虎
所以你能想像會損失多少野生的老虎
稍息
立正
為了避免以後有更多人因老虎而死
下一代必須更了解老虎
席塔爾和拉克許 來到塔杜巴國家公園邊緣的學校
他們要跟孩子分享他們對老虎的了解
並教導他們遇到老虎時該有何反應
你們看過老虎嗎？
- 看過 - 看過
你們看到老虎時會怎麼做？
你們會逃走嗎？
要是你們逃走 就會被老虎誤認為獵物
衹要發出聲音，留在原地就好
你們看得到老虎嗎？
- 看不到 - 看不到
你們看得出來嗎？在哪裡？
找到牠了嗎？
- 找到了 - 找到了
你們看到什麼？
- 老虎 - 老虎
牠逃走了嗎？
席塔爾希望孩子們 會跟親友分享這些安全祕訣
我們在學校向孩子解說
他們就會講解給父母聽
訊息就能傳遞出去
人類與野生動物的衝突就能減少
課程結束後，班級前往一處衰退林
去為這個地區重新植樹
等這些植物長成大樹
野生動物就可以在樹蔭底下休息
各位同學，你們想像席塔爾一樣 成為森林保護員嗎？
- 想 - 想
- 種樹很有成就感嗎？ - 對
當你們經過這棵樹 就會想起這是你們種的
（快速應變小組）
嘗試了六個月之後 比拉爾終於抓到一隻母老虎
牠正要去納吉拉國家公園 見那些在等牠的寂寞公老虎
要是配對成功 牠對保護區復育就會有幫助
牠不必自己尋找地盤
而是輕鬆地搭上便車
（納維貢納吉拉老虎保護區派特札里入口）
牠在納吉拉會有許多空間
也會有很多機會遇見伴侶
好，五到六個人快來幫忙，時間寶貴
這隻母老虎打了鎮靜劑
這樣比拉爾跟獸醫團隊 才能幫牠做健康檢查
並在野放之前 為牠戴上全球定位系統項圈
這個項圈會讓比拉爾 在這隻老虎開始探索新地盤時
追蹤牠的動向
這個項圈會戴在牠身上一年
然後就會透過遠端啟動自行脫落
獸醫拉維在旁邊 密切註意這隻老虎的狀況
並確保牠的狀態適合野放
他們確認牠的體重與其他測量結果
之後就會輸入 他們規模逐漸擴大的老虎資料庫
牠很年輕，你看過牠的牙齒了
都很潔白，上面有很小的溝槽
這代表牠大約兩歲
所以牠正處於要出外尋找地盤
尋找伴侶及扶養自己孩子的年紀
這是印度第一個類似的計畫
也成為眾人註目的焦點
印度的森林部長會野放這隻老虎
基本上這是最後一天 也可以稱之為大喜之日
看到這一切，大家都歡欣鼓舞
因為我們要在公老虎的地盤 野放這隻母老虎
五年的計畫全看這一刻
在接下來十分鐘，牠就會回到野外
該把這隻母老虎野放到牠的新家了
我們終於辦到了
牠剛離開籠子，我覺得牠很開心
因為牠要去野外了
這對牠來說宛如天堂
牠可能會生下很可愛的小母老虎 所以牠會享受生命
牠在這裡充滿希望
比較有可能繁衍後代
擁有自己的領土跟孩子
有自己的家
感覺眞的很棒 但眞正的工作是從明天開始
牠會開始探索全然陌生的領域
接下來幾個月，比拉爾和團隊 會全天候跟隨這隻老虎
利用項圈的訊號
他們在地面…
與太空追蹤牠
把牠的動向描繪成地圖
這隻母老虎順利安頓下來了
牠並沒有闖進任何村子
牠也有了伴
已經過了四個月 這隻母老虎過得很好
牠已經確立自己的地盤
有許多次都有人看到牠身邊有公老虎
所以我們希望牠也已經交配好幾次了
我們希望牠接下來會生產
牠會在這個新地盤生下小老虎
目前一切都很順利
移地安置的結果很成功
接下來這一年
他們會再帶四隻母老虎來這裡
幫忙增加老虎的數量
這個夢想成眞了
我們可以繼續追蹤納吉拉的這些老虎
看看這裡的數量 接下來五到十年會有何變化
在此同時，拉維來到格瑞瓦達動物園
看看老虎P二在新家的情況
這是世上最大的動物園之一
P二現在有了超大的天然圍欄
很快也會有一隻新的母老虎住進來
今天早上非常愉快
因為我很高興能看到老虎P二
有了六十英畝的圍欄 這個空間對任何老虎來說都很大
P二有了新的角色
牠現在是老虎大使
每個人都可以來看牠
每個人也可以了解牠
盯著老虎看一陣子之後 就會讓你永生難忘
因為牠們既美麗又雄偉
P二可能永遠都不會回到野外
但牠會幫忙啟發下一代
讓他們關心老虎的未來
普嘉與卡里安也想讓人們對老虎改觀
他們來到 塔杜巴老虎保護區附近的一座村子
這裡許多人對老虎都有誤解
他們認為 所有老虎都會吃人，也會傷害他們
普嘉與卡里安製作了一段短片
他們將進行首映
有超過三百人齊聚一堂觀賞這段影片
包括森林保護員席塔爾和她的團隊
大家好
- 你好 - 你好
各位好，我叫普嘉
我要讓各位看一段老虎的短片
這部片會傳遞老虎的訊息給各位
你們想看這個故事嗎？
- 想！ - 想！
- 好 - 好，開始吧
這個故事是用當地語言馬拉地語
從老虎的角度來述說的
隨著時間過去 我們越來越大，也越來越強壯
對村民來說
這是他們第一次看到 老虎家庭生活的影像
我們準備要跟媽媽一起去探險了
這段影片傳達了 小老虎逐漸了解叢林的家
以及牠們長大後面臨的挑戰
這段影片也提供村民 在森林裡自保的祕訣
如果一定要來森林裡 就結伴同行並發出聲響
我才知道你們來了，我就能避開你們
我眞的覺得很感動
光是看著這群人 專註地看著螢幕的表情就很感動
來看這段影片的人 在生活中都遇到眞正的問題
他們每天都會跟老虎互動
如果這段影片救了一條性命 我認為我們的目的就達到了
謝謝各位來參加
後會有期，謝謝
訊息也傳遞出去了
在有些地方，人們對老虎改觀 因此創造了驚人的機會
比拉爾正要去阿里詹加村
要讓當地人經濟上能夠獲利
雙方才有可能共存
這些人跟這些大型掠食者 生活在同樣的土地上
這裡的社群 不是跟周遭的野生動物對抗
而是大方接受牠們
在印度第一個這種類型的野化計畫裡
如果農夫不在草地進行放牧 他們就會獲得補貼
野生動物因此更想前來此地
自然也會吸引老虎
並帶來觀光客
我們這個地區有四隻母老虎
牠們都有孩子
牠們的父親是公老虎喬塔馬卡
本地嚮導艾文
現在靠著帶觀光客 步行探索這塊土地的自然環境為生
（塔杜巴之星嚮導）
有魚狗
小型生態旅館 也為本地人創造工作機會
我們賺到不少収入 村子裡的家庭都很高興
我們不會破壞森林
未來也會保護森林 因為事關我們的生計
這個計畫在二零一五年 開始實施後，比拉爾就一直在幫忙
他很喜歡看到當地人對野生動物改觀
想像一下 如果這裡不是自然保護區會如何
農夫以前都想避免 把作物吃光的鹿闖進這塊土地
所以都把那些鹿當成害獸
現在同一批農夫 會想看到鹿出現在他們的土地上
因為那會帶來更多収入
所以這塊土地現在把害獸變成了資源
鹿越多
老虎就越多
在這座村子裡 目前老虎數量增加是値得慶祝的
老虎數量增加也帶來更多觀光客
這對我們有好處
我們現在賺到不少錢
這是印度保護區附近
農田野化的第一個例子
如果這個計畫成功
印度可能會有幾百個自然保護區
回到都市母老虎棲息的波帕爾
普嘉與蘇曼正在檢查 他們的遠端攝影機
日落後才來
他們希望能看到 牠的小老虎第一批影像
- 來看看拍到什麼 - 好
- 天啊 - 那是母老虎
後面跟著小老虎
第一隻小老虎出現了
那隻都市母老虎有四個孩子
現在大約五個月大
- 天啊，一隻接著一隻 - 是啊
牠們都在探頭朝圍籬裡看
- 牠直接擠進去，牠體型太大了 - 對，其實很可愛
牠在教牠們如何離開圍籬
很棒吧？
而且牠們學得很快
牠們看起來很健康
對，眞的很健康
我們拍到很棒的影像
波帕爾的母老虎 正在扶養下一代的都市老虎
牠們正在學習如何在都市環境生存
牠在扶養這四隻小老虎
也實際帶牠們去自己的地盤
讓牠們看到哪些地方可以狩獵
哪些地方找得到水源
這樣就能教導這些小老虎 在這個地形移動的祕訣
如何保持隱祕、不要被人類發現
以及如何在城裡生存
牠眞的是個很盡責的母親
遠端攝影機不衹拍到老虎
波帕爾也有各式各樣的祕密居民
有些鄰居可能滿身是刺
完全不尊重隱私
晚上時，所有動物都出來活動了
並且設法在日出前回到家
最好跟上媽媽的腳步
有些天生就具有好奇心…
尤其是小老虎
糟糕
這些小老虎會繼續向母親學習
直到離巢去自立門戶的時刻到來
有朝一日，牠們會教導自己的後代 如何在城市附近生存
這些知識會代代相傳
我覺得這就是印度未來所需
也就是能適應環境 並與人類共存的老虎
牠讓我們看到老虎如何做得到這點
牠是未來的希望
拍攝五年後
迪士尼自然的劇組該打包回家了
離開這裡時 他們知道印度的老虎正在崛起
隨著牠們進入人類居住的地區…
有些老虎讓眾人看到 牠們在人類的世界也能成長茁壯
這是一大挑戰
但牠們都應付得來
牠們以最不可思議的方式 和人類一起生活
人們也非常盡責
確保這種獨特的關係 在未來能繼續存在
我想人們心裡總是很嚮往
和老虎比鄰而居的生活
並與這些非凡的肉食動物 共同分享這塊土地