Hard Truths of Conservation With Dan Cabela

The indigenous Alutiiq community of Old Harbor, Alaska, takes ownership of their food security by building a new bison herd on the island of Sitkalidak, thereby maintaining their traditional subsistence way of life.

In the heart of Mozambique's Zambezi Delta, a team of conservationists has overseen one of the largest range expansions of African lions in modern times. Following the reintroduction of 24 lions in 2018, the population has grown to over 100 today.

Host Dan Cabela examines how the regulated hunting of ibex in the remote mountains of Türkiye has helped protect large areas for wildlife and fund local conservation initiatives.

Dan Cabela travels to Spain and France to learn more about chamois, a goat-antelope species steeped in history. Local development, conservation, and brown bear research are funded by regulated hunting, which has helped revitalize the chamois population.

The oft-misunderstood brown bear is one of North America's most formidable predators. Dan Cabela travels to Kodiak Island to meet the research team participating in a scientific collaring program aimed at better understanding predator-prey interactions.

Elephant populations in many protected African reserves are expanding, but what happens to them when a reserve reaches its capacity? Visiting Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Angola, Dan Cabela investigates a growing problem for the future of elephant conservation.

The introduction of non-native species into Australia has had a large impact on native species. Ongoing management throughout the country is a daily task -- Dan Cabela meets some of the people taking on this challenge.

Caribou have provided humans with sustenance and shelter for thousands of years. Exploring the northern herds, Dan Cabela investigates the challenges faced by the species and how people can sustainably utilize this wild resource today.

Bighorn sheep are one of North America's most spectacular animals, but their future conservation requires large-scale, hands-on efforts. Dan Cabela joins a multi-agency translocation service in Texas that's in the thick of it.

In the sparsely populated Southern African country of Namibia, Dan Cabela visits conservationist Robin Hurt to see how private land ownership and hunting have contributed to the restoration of the Namibian landscape into a thriving wildlife area.

Join Dan Cabela as he travels across Argentina to see how its scientists and hunters collaborate on region-wide bird surveys, the incredible conservation work being done on the critically endangered Huemul deer, and more.

How important is the wild harvest to communities in modern-day North America? Dan Cabela travels from Kansas to Newfoundland in search of the answer, meeting with rural communities that rely on the yearly cycle of wild game harvest.