Saving the Wild

Across game reserves in Southern Africa, conservationists are attaching tracking collars to lions and cheetahs. The data collected is essential for wildlife conservation, however attaching them isn’t straightforward. This episode follows the complications of the procedure and reveals why they’re so essential to conservation. They locate a cheetah that’s trapped in a poacher’s snare.

Nkomazi Game Reserve in South Africa is home to some amazing wildlife, but poachers have attacked. In a matter of weeks, poachers have reduced the number of rhino here to just five. Unable to protect them, reserve management have reached out to conservation group Elephants Rhinos and People (ERP)for help.