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'A year ago the zoologist Mark
Carwardine took me to Africa

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'in search of the critically
endangered Northern White Rhino.

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'We had many wildlife encounters...'

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(Just fantastic.)

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'But we singularly failed
to find Northern White Rhinos...

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'which a full scale survey then
declared to be extinct in the wild.

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'But, sometime after filming,
we began to hear of an extraordinary

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'mission to take four of the last
Northern White Rhinos in captivity

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'and return them to the plains
of Africa in the hope that they
might breed and save their kind.

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'It was a mission that risked the
life of people and animals alike.

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'The last hope for some of
the rarest creatures on earth.'

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'Every species of rhino in the
world is threatened by extinction
and the race is on to save them.'

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Oh!

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Holy mackerel.

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'When we were last in Africa,
we saw how extreme measures
are now being taken

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'to move smaller black rhinos
to re-establish breeding
populations in new areas.'

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There's the helicopter over there.

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'This work is turning the
corner for black rhinos.

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'But for Northern Whites,
it's already too late
for this kind of help.

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'Theirs is the ultimate
conservation challenge.'

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Oh, God.

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Once, Northern White Rhinos
roamed the grasslands of Central
Africa in their thousands.

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Today, there are none.

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The problem is the horn.

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Rhino horn is a key ingredient of
so-called 'Chinese Medicine',

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fuelling the poaching
that has depleted rhino numbers
right across the world.

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Northern White Rhinos were
impossible to protect
for one simple reason.

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They lived in the middle
of a long and bloody war.

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Today there are just eight Northern
White Rhinos left on earth.

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Two in a zoo in San Diego,

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and six in a zoo at Dvur Kralove
in the Czech Republic.

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Goodness knows how some
of these tropical animals
cope with frozen water.

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'Unfortunately, Northern Whites
only breed well in the wild,

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'and so a last-ditch attempt
is about to be made to
send some of them home.

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'It's the very last chance to save
the third-largest animal on land
from imminent extinction.'

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This is very...

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There he is.

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Oh, I say. Hello,
does he have a name or she?

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This one is called Sudan.
He's a male. Right.

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And erm, can you believe we're
actually seeing a Northern White
Rhino. I never thought we'd see one,

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we spent all those weeks searching,
didn't we, never actually got to the
Congo where they were last seen,

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and I thought that was it,
but here we are.

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Hello, Sudan, Sudan!

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Sudan! Oh, look, carrots and apples.

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HE TAPS GATE

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Here he is, hello.
Because they're notoriously
not good on eyesight, are they?

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No, but they can hear us.

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Hello, Sudan.

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Look at that, carrot?

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Oh, you do,
you definitely wanted that.

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'Only five Northern White Rhinos
have ever been born in captivity,

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'and Sudan has fathered three
of them, making him the first
choice for the journey to Africa.

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'He was captured in Sudan
at the age of three and has
been in captivity for 35 years.'

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Hi, are you Pete? Yes.

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Stephen, nice to meet you.

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'Vet, Pete Morkell,
has just flown in from South Africa

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'to take charge of a mission
six years in the planning.

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'The choice of which rhinos would
travel was conducted strictly

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'on the basis of which rhinos
were most likely to breed.

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'Four have been selected.

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'Sudan, the only living male
to breed previously,

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'Sudan's daughter Najin,
granddaughter Fatu,

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'and a cousin called Suni.'

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They must know something's up,
you can't help feeling
that they do know something's up.

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I'm sure this doesn't happen
every day they get quite
such attention. hello!

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So it must be very nerve-wracking
for you, the whole process.

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Yeah, It is pretty nerve-wracking,
I try to look cool about it,
but it is nerve-wracking.

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I mean although one has
experience and I've obviously
worked a lot with rhinos,

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you're never know quite sure
how it's going to work out,

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as big and strong as that,
you don't want him to...

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to freak out at 30,000 ft
up in a plane. You want him
to be as relaxed as possible.

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I remember taking some white rhino
to Albuquerque Zoo in the States,

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and just we're all
floating at the zoo,

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the floor fell out of the crate and
we had the rhino... Oh, no!

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..his legs coming out the bottom.

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'We're leaving Pete to figure out
the details of moving Sudan and
the other Northern White Rhinos.

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'For Pete,
this is a huge challenge,

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'and a strange turnaround for a
man who learned his craft catching
animals in the wild for zoos.'

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We took some animals to zoos
about 15-20 years ago and
I didn't feel good about it.

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Having done it the other way
around where you've taken it
from a huge bit of Africa,

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and you've flown it across
the world and you release it
into a little concrete pen,

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ten metres by ten and how terrible
you feel, I thought what the hell,

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'can't we do it
the other way around,

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'can't we bring some of the animals
which they have in zoos which we
don't have any more in Africa,

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'or don't have a lot of,
take them back to Africa,

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'and I discussed the idea
with a friend of mine,

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'Hamish Currie, and it was my idea,

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'but he's really took it
and ran with it.'

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Off you go, you fat shlonk.

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Hamish Currie and Pete Morkell
founded the organisation
Back To Africa,

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and are now champions
of the controversial practise

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of returning zoo animals
to their native continent.

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We travelled to Swaziland
to track down Hamish Currie,

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and see for ourselves how
populations of African animals

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have already been re-started from
shipments of European zoo animals.

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The Roan Antelope
was once common in Swaziland.

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By 1960 poaching was rife
and the last individual
vanished from the country.

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In 2003, Pete and Hamish
began to bring antelopes

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from Marwell Zoo in the UK and Dvur
Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Now, the animals are re-habituated,
but some individuals, it seems,

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will never quite
adjust to the wild.

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Hello Hamish. Hi, how are you doing?

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Great how are you. Welcome to
Swaziland, lovely to see you.

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This is the most tame sort of
looking antelope I've ever seen.

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Hello.

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Yes, this is Tandiwe.
She is a zoo-born Roan,

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and her parents, her mother
actually came from Marwell
Zoological Park in the UK,

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so she's really English.
And was translocated here.

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With roan,
their ears tell you everything.

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When a Roan's ears are up,
she's a happy Roan,

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and when the ears flop down,
you've got an unhappy Roan.
Mind those horns.

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Yes, I don't want her to whip
your goolies off this time.

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No, I'd be quite happy for
her not to do that as well.

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These are powerful horns, they have
actually killed lions in the wild.

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She's quite interested
in my nether regions.

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There we go.

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She's actually a sweet thing,
she just doesn't know her strength.

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That is strong. Yeah.

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OK, there we go, puppy dog.

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I'm going this way. It's all right,
it's all right, keep calm.

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There we go, puppy!

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There we go. Hello...

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Are they actually too rare
in other parts of Africa

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to translocate wild animals
to bring them back to Swaziland?

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Why have you chosen zoo animals
to do the translocation?

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I think an important part
of this is that,

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to deplete any species
where it occurs naturally
is obviously detrimental.

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Especially when they're rare anyway.

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Exactly, so we're identifying
the fact that we can take them
from a zoo,

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where in a sense for generations
zoos have existed
just to display animals,

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and now zoos have got a new meaning.

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Back in the Czech Republic,
Pete has decided on a seemingly
radical, but painless procedure,

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that will deter poachers intent on
getting their hands on rhino horn.

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Though the process is entirely
painless, the rhinos have to be
sedated to ensure that the noise

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of the chainsaw doesn't cause the
animals to fling well-meaning
keepers in all directions.

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But, there's one rhino Pete
really doesn't want to sedate.

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Though these animals have been known
to live into their forties,

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at 38, no-one wants to take
any chances sedating Sudan.

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Hello, big fella.

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We try one more time, big fella.

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Five days before the great journey
takes place, there has been a
spate of negative publicity.

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Some parts of the Czech press
have called for the Rhinos to
remain in their adopted country,

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and "expert opinion" has appeared
suggesting the animals may not even
survive the journey to Africa.

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It's not a simple business
this translocation, is it?

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I mean it's not like you just
tranquilise an animal and
then move it? It carries risk?

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Well, this is the other worry,
of course,

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as soon as you start darting
and anesthetising animals,

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and putting them in crates and
release them to places

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where there's all sorts of diseases
they've never come across,

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then it's a huge risk and there's
a big risk that you might
lose some or all

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of the individual animals you're
trying to translocate,

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so that on top of everything else
is why it's controversial.

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RHINOS GRUNT

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With pressure mounting,
a beleaguered Pete has
called in re-enforcements.

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What are you up to, eh?

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Berry White is known
as The Rhino Whisperer.

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'They're very misunderstood.

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'It's quite sad. I suppose the
general public think of animals,'

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and animals that people love and
they think of elephants and tigers,

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and rhinos just get forgotten about.
Probably no animal
that's suffered in such a way.

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Like nearly been eliminated in such
a short space of time as the rhino.

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Having spent her life around rhinos,
Berry now specialises

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in keeping animals calm through
traumatic and stressful situations.

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C'mon then, Najin.

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Starting with
Najin the older female, Berry has
begun a strict training regime.

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At up to three tonnes,
when a rhino's patience snaps,
it can be seriously problematic.

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To minimise the prospect
of rhino mayhem at 35,000 ft,

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Berry wants each of the rhinos
to get used to spending time
in a very enclosed space.

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There's a good girl...
there's a good girl.

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'Once back in Africa,
formerly placid zoo animals

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'instinctively adopt the habits
needed to survive in the wild,

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'giving problems
to Hamish and his team.'

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HE FIRES DART

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Good shot. Very good.

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Well done, right in the bum.

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'In the wild, male Roan Antelopes
have been known to kill competing
males with their horns.

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'But while this herd is
still un-naturally small,

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'creative solutions
have had to be found to ensure
the safety of every individual.'

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See the power coming
when it just leapt up. Staggering.

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Nice simple technique.

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'These tubes prevent other antelope
from being injured by the horns.

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'Numbers are increasing and the
project has been hailed a success.'

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I hope he doesn't feel silly
in his new gear.

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I think he's quite fetching.
It's all right, isn't it?

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That's it.

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In the wild,
a female rhino might have a calf
every two or three years.

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In captivity,
only five Northern White Rhinos
have been born in three decades.

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This is Najin, one of the female
rhinos that will be making
the journey along with Sudan.

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As the only female
young enough to reproduce,
all hope was placed with her,

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and ten years ago she succeeded
in giving birth to a single calf.

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The calf was named Fatu.

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Now Fatu is fully grown,
and will travel to Africa
with her mother Najin,

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grandfather Sudan,
and Suni, the young male.

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Though Fatu and her mother are
now the only Northern White females

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young enough to reproduce,
neither has successfully
done so in the last decade.

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'But the team holds out hope that
transporting the animals to Africa

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'will make all the difference.'

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Middens that we see in front of us
here... The collection of poo.

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Exactly. Is very much a territorial
activity of rhinos, and of course
every male will have his territory,

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compete with females, and
it's not possible in a zoo
just due to spatial issues

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for rhinos to have that ability,
and of course this affects the whole.

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It's yet another
trigger inside its mind...

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that sets it off
on a breading purpose.

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'Hamish is taking us
to see an iconic species

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'that refuses to breed in captivity,

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'but here in the wilds of Swaziland,
well, it's a very different story.'

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They breed so well here and it's
because they've got so much space,

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and of course,
if we look at a zoo situation,

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because they don't have space, the
whole social issues of how elephants
and rhinos work is different,

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and I think that's one of the
main reasons, it's a space issue.

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Just shows that zoos,
however well-intentioned they are,

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what they can't reproduce is
the full social spectrum of activity

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that is part of why big mammals
breed.

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It's not just
"there's a male, there's a female,
they're bound to breed",

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they need all kinds
of other triggers.

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That's exactly right.
With the "Back to Africa"
concept of bringing animals,

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we've got to tie up the expertise
that people in zoos
have in breeding animals,

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and some animals
may breed really well,

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but not forgetting nature.
Nature is also the most powerful
stimulus for that to happen.

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With two days to go,
Pete is working with Suni,

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the last and perhaps the most
challenging of the rhinos
to be making the journey.

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We're bringing Suni out.

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He's by far the biggest animal,
so we don't want too
much nonsense from him.

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Now he's going to be a handful.
Oh, he will, yeah.

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For Pete, the next part of the
training is the most dangerous.

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When he's in the crate,
that's the only place
we can really operate from,

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from behind, especially if you have
to jab them or check them out.

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That's where the gap is
at the top back part of the crate,

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so the more used to him
having us behind him the better.

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Here he comes.
Who's a good boy? C'mon.

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Hello big fella, I'm going to
quietly get to the back there.

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He's very jumpy, all right.

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Hello boy, hello boy.
Don't you go squashing Pete.

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Hello big sausage. You're a funny
boy aren't you, there's a good boy.

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Hello big sausage,
hello boy, hello sausage.

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All right there,
it's OK, that's OK, son.

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I guess you haven't been
behind them before in here.

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I've always been in
the front with him.

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All right, son.

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They're always dangerous.

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There was a young lad in Botswana,
he was looking after them in a pen,

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and he was just trying to get
them from one pen to another
and they were really tamed down,

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and he thought he'd go and stand
there at the door and waved his hat,

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and the rhino came through so
quickly, he tried to run to the
other side of the second pen,

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and the rhino got him, and that was
just sort of squashed him,
that was the end of him.

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So erm... Hello boy,
hello boy, hello big chap,

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hello big fella,

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hello big fella, hello big chap.

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Hello big boy, that's not so bad,
yeah, that's not so bad.

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That's not so bad.

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You're just a different
boy all together, aren't you?

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Might have to look at those pens
in Kenya and see if they'll be
able to hold this fella.

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Last year, when Mark
first brought me in search
of Northern White Rhinos,

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we started our adventures
at a rhino sanctuary in Kenya.

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Four hours north of Nairobi, The Ol
Pejeta Conservancy is 90,000 acres

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of African wilderness,
managed by Batian Craig.

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'On that first visit,
Batian introduced us to some of the
rhinos living in the conservancy.

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'Now, Batian is about to
become responsible for Sudan,

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'Najin, Fatu and Suni,
the most endangered rhinos on earth.

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'While Mark heads back to the Czech
zoo to see how the preparations
for the journey are going,

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'I am making my way to Kenya
to see how Batian is preparing
for his new arrivals.'

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Phew, wow, that's hot.

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Ah, Batian,
how nice to see you again.

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'But on his return to the zoo,
Mark finds that the temperature
has plummeted to minus 12

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'and the place has been transformed
by a scattering of snow. And there
is no sign of the rhinos.'

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What's a lovely day.
Yes, it's beautiful, isn't it?

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Yes, crisp and freezing cold,
but where are the rhinos?

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Well, the thing is the rhinos are
not going to come out this morning

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because it is too cold for them.

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But that's a problem isn't it,
because don't you need every
minute you can possibly get

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to train them going
through the crates?

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Yeah, hopefully this afternoon
if it warms up a little bit.

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'Sitting on the equator, the
Ol Pejeta Conservancy has the
perfect climate for African wildlife,

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'but there was another reason it's
been selected as the new home for
the precious Northern White Rhinos.

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'Ol Pejeta has excellent
security against poachers.

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'The entire Conservancy is ringed by
220 kilometres of electric fence,

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'patrolled 24 hours a day by Ol
Pejeta's own, fully armed, security.

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'And, right at the heart of the
conservancy, Batian has hurriedly

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'built a series of sturdy enclosures
for the Northern White Rhinos.'

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None of this

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was there a month ago.

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You built this all in a month?!
Literally.

283
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In they come, the rhinos,
and they'll look around here...

284
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"Where on earth am I?"

285
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'Although the Rhinos will eventually
be released into the expanses
of the conservancy,

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'while they acclimatise to Africa,
they will be kept here.'

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In each pen, one token bit
of Africa with a bit of grass.

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Oh, just to get them,
because after all,
I mean they are grazers aren't they,

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and I suppose they've got
to get used to grazing,

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because in Prague I don't
think they did any grazing at all.
There's no grass there.

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There's no grass in their paddocks?

292
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I don't think so, it's hard to
tell because it was midwinter

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when I visited, but it didn't
look like the kind of place
that would have grass there.

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Although the temperature
hasn't risen,

295
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Pete has decided to give the
rhinos one last outing before
the long journey in the crates.

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For rhinos that will be in Africa
in less than 48 hours,

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it's a strange farewell
to the Czech Republic.

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Another reason Ol Pejeta
has been selected to take
the Northern Whites

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is its expertise
is dealing with endangered rhinos.

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For the last few years, Ol Pejeta
has specialised in conserving the
critically endangered Black Rhino

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and, with 86, is now the
biggest Black Rhino sanctuary
in East Africa.

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Each of the Black Rhinos
receives special attention,
but none as much as Nabur.

303
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,400
Oh, you're adorable.

304
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,520
'Nabur is an orphaned baby
that was brought to the
conservancy a year ago.

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'She now has Muhammad,
a keeper, who not only spends his
days with the young rhino,

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'he even sleeps next to her.

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00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:02,840
'As Muhammad has been helping
build the enclosures,
Nabur has been living here,

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'and the final act of preparing
for the new arrivals
is to move Nabur out.

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'But that doesn't mean
that she'll be getting
any less care and attention.'

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Here we are.
this is how you feed a baby rhino,

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six pints according to Muhammad.

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Six pints five times a day.

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Five times a day, six pints,
30 pints of this
she gets through a day,

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via the "easy nurse",
as they call it.

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Quite something, isn't it?

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I look forward to this.

317
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Nabur? Nabur?

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00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,680
Nabur. Lookie here,

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00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,880
look what I've got.

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00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,800
Look what I've got!

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00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,480
RHINO SUCKS ON TEAT

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00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,720
Oh, what a fabulous noise!

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00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,320
And you're eyes are opening
and closing in bliss.

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HE LAUGHS

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00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,240
I don't think I've ever done
anything more satisfying.

326
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:21,840
You're nearly finished.

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00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,160
He never even stopped for a breath!

328
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,760
That's it, how do you do that?!

329
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,760
Everything! What a good girl.

330
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,800
Oh!

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I expect a big burp now.

332
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:54,720
Now I think I can possibly
retire saying I have done everything
on this planet that is worth doing.

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00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,920
The next morning, Pete is up early
preparing sedation for the rhinos

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00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:48,520
before they enter the crates
for a journey that will last
almost 30 hours.

335
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,960
It looks like everything is pretty
much ready for the first rhino.

336
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:57,080
10 minutes to go, we've been told,
and we've also been told in no
uncertain terms, keep out of the way,

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00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,760
so what we've done is we've put four
little cameras along the runway here

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and looking into the crate,
little minicams.

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00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,840
Cameraman is going to be hiding
behind some rocks in the
middle of the enclosure over there,

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and when I'm given the nod,
I'm going to go racing around here
and hide behind the wall,

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00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,000
and hopefully be able
to see something from there,

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00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,440
so fingers crossed,
one of us will see what's going on.

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00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,480
Pete really is tense. I'm not
surprised cos there's a lot at stake,

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00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:38,080
but he's hardly talking
and barking instructions
and rushing backwards and forwards,

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00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:42,440
and obviously absolutely focused
on what he's trying to do.

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00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,160
(And all's silent.)

347
00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,040
Honza is the zoo's rhino keeper.

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00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:01,080
He's been looking after the
Northern White Rhinos for 25 years,

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00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,080
and it's his job to lead them
into their carrying crates.

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00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,520
Starting with Fatu's mother Najin.

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00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:14,920
That's amazing. I think he's actually
got a rhino in the first crate.

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00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,480
That was so easy!

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00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:57,120
And next up is Fatu, who's the one
people were a little bit
worried about a week ago.

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00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,680
It's so cold I can hardly talk!

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00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,760
But she's been given some valium
at the moment,

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00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,840
and as soon as she's ready,
a crate's being prepared,
and she'll be bought out next.

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00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,640
So fingers crossed she
does as well as her mum.

358
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:19,720
The young Fatu is always
unpredictable when she's
separated from her mother, Najin.

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00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:24,680
As Najin has been crated first,
no-one knows what to
expect from Fatu.

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00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:31,640
This time, Pete has insisted that
Mark and the team stand to one side,

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00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:36,800
well out of sight of the rhino, to
minimise any chance of spooking her.

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00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:44,440
But almost immediately, Fatu
starts to give the rhino keepers
cause for concern.

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00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:52,280
(Fatu is not too sure, he looked
pretty good, followed the keeper.

364
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,160
(They're just here now,
we need to come back a little bit.)

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00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:58,680
RHINO KEEPER SPEAKS IN CZECH

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00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,560
After 50 minutes of coaxing
the precious rhino,

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00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,920
she's no closer to
getting in the crate,

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00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:34,320
and Pete is aware that the drugs
he has given her
are starting to wear off.

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00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:38,720
To keep the animal safe, and to keep
with a chance of catching the plane,

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00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:43,040
Pete decides his only option
is to revert to brute force.

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00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:14,720
But even with the full force
of six people pulling and pushing,

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00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:19,040
the two-and-a-half tonne Fatu is
determined not to enter the crate.

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00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:28,120
Although Berry is not supposed
to begin calming the rhinos
until they are on the road,

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00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:32,520
she decides to see if a
different approach is called for.

375
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,840
All right, angel,
all right, darling.

376
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:37,200
There we go.

377
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,840
Hello, love, hello darling,
how are you doing?

378
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,160
Come on, are you going to come in?

379
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,400
Come on, sweet girl, it's OK.

380
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,560
Hey, what's up? Fatu, come on.

381
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,800
Come on, sweetheart, you're
a funny girl, aren't you? Come on.

382
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,840
You're a funny girl, aren't you?
You're not at all scared.

383
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,120
Come on, then.

384
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,440
Come on, darling.

385
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,040
Come on. Come on, darling. Come on,
gently now. There's a good girl.

386
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,280
There's a good girl. Well done.

387
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,960
Right, good girl.

388
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,600
Steady, darling. Well done.

389
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,160
All right, Fatu, come on
forward a bit, darling.

390
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,080
There's a good girl. Good girl.

391
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,960
All right, Angel, all right.

392
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,320
All right, darling.
There's a good girl.

393
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,240
She's a sweetie pie.

394
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,840
She loves it in here.
All right, all right, lady.

395
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,640
All right, lady.

396
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,120
All right, darling. All right.

397
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,120
All right, darling.

398
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:48,000
Although Fatu is finally in the
crate, she is very unsettled,

399
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:53,080
and it is clear that Berry
is going to have to keep a close
eye on her throughout the journey.

400
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,360
Next up, I think, is Suni,
who is the one everyone's
really worried about.

401
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,440
But Suni,
the biggest of the rhinos,

402
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:13,800
delivers the biggest surprise of
the day and enters the crate
in a matter of seconds.

403
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,920
Just one more loading to go.

404
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,520
Hello, Stephen. 'Mark, hello.'

405
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,840
Hi, how are you?

406
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,440
I'm in the baking sun in Old
Pejeta and it's just beautiful.

407
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,720
Oh, it's hot and
sunny here too, actually.

408
00:34:34,720 --> 00:34:35,760
'No, it's a lie,

409
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,880
'it's about minus ten
and it's freezing!'

410
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:42,240
We're just watching Suni
leave right now, funnily enough.

411
00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:47,480
It's lovely and lush and green here
at the moment, all the water holes
are full and it's looking great.

412
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,480
They're going to be so astonished.

413
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,040
What an amazing contrast.

414
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,520
Just unbelievable!
I can't imagine the culture
shock that awaits them.

415
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,880
So is everything ready there,
is everything all set
for them in Old Pejeta?

416
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,280
We've got a bit of work to do
before you arrive,

417
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,800
we've got to go to the Bomas and
make sure that they're all
spick and span and rhino ready.

418
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,440
So we won't just be lazing
around in the sun, I assure you!

419
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,120
Hot and sunny, it's not fair.

420
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:14,800
I should have had that job!

421
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,600
So in the Czech Republic,

422
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:29,040
we saw the rhinos being
trained to go into the crates.

423
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,120
Well here we're seeing the humans
being trained, as it were,

424
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:37,200
to get this crate as smoothly as
possible into that white area there,

425
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,400
which is exactly the front of the
door, the gate to the Bomas where...

426
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,720
This is exactly what cannot happen,
this must not happen.

427
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:52,600
Can you imagine how
terrible that would be,

428
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:57,160
what a shock to the poor rhinos
having had enough
of a miserable time

429
00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:02,960
and a traumatic time being
tranquilised and transported out of
its natural home for 30 years.

430
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,560
If that happened, oh, God!

431
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,480
See this is the problem.

432
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:18,560
Three tonnes of sand in there,
which is about the weight of the
rhinos, but that would...

433
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,720
In the Czech Republic,

434
00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:33,360
Sudan, the only one
of the four rhinos to have
been caught in the wild,

435
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,520
is taking his first steps
back to Africa.

436
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:47,960
Up until now, Pete has avoided
giving the older rhino any drugs,

437
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,680
but, in readiness for the long
journey in the crate,

438
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,920
Pete has decided he has no option
but to give Sudan some sedation.

439
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:59,680
Everyone is keen to ensure that
the drugs aren't too much for Sudan.

440
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:26,360
Pete decides to administer
an antidote to the sedative drugs
as quickly as possible.

441
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:34,120
Now that Sudan is actually inside
the crate, the only way Pete can
reach a vein is to risk his own life

442
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:38,920
climbing inside the crate
with three tonnes of unstable rhino.

443
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:36,320
It's a little bit worrying because
Sudan was the one that everyone
thought would be easy

444
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,960
and was left till last, but he's
in the crate and was very doddery.

445
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,880
He's now leaning on one side,
legs all splayed open.

446
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:47,080
Pete's looking more worried
than he has all morning,

447
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,200
and we're just hoping that
he's going to come round and be OK,

448
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,840
but he's an old boy, 38, so he
has to be treated with great care.

449
00:39:55,320 --> 00:40:00,160
So, well, it's quarter
to eight here in Kenya,

450
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:04,240
which means that it's quarter to six
so they will have taken off

451
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:07,640
and be in the air,
those rhinos and Mark.

452
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,200
Can't imagine what it's like.

453
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:13,800
Whereas this campfire and listening
to the sound of the night,

454
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:20,560
this equatorial noise,
bubblings and croakings
and moaning and warbling,

455
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:24,680
frogs and birds and, I think,
I heard a water buffalo somewhere.

456
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:41,280
At 4am Kenyan time,
the special flight touches down
on the runway at Nairobi.

457
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:46,360
But while the flight may be over,
for Pete, the ordeal goes on.

458
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:01,200
I mean look at this,
you have all this, all the exhaust
fumes from this vehicle,

459
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,000
everyone clattering around.

460
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,040
You've had the noise of
the vehicles coming off,
the planes coming in and out.

461
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:10,720
You've got the vehicles,
the people, it's crazy.

462
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:14,800
You know, you just keep on wondering
when are they going to say,

463
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,040
"Listen, that's enough,
you know, that's enough."

464
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,920
25 hours into the journey,
the team is exhausted,

465
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,320
and just hoping that all remains
well inside the crates.

466
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:14,160
That rock, out.

467
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,720
What's happening there?

468
00:42:16,720 --> 00:42:18,400
Is that a...?

469
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:19,920
That ain't great.

470
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:26,720
That's not going to last
very long, is it? No they'll
bugger their legs on that.

471
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,080
You're getting an eye for Bomas.

472
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,960
I am I'm beginning to notice
the things that stick out.

473
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,560
It's like having a
child-friendly house really,

474
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,440
you've got to check that there
are no bits sticking out,

475
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:44,960
no bits that can scratch,
no corners that can have an eye out.

476
00:42:48,720 --> 00:42:50,760
Muhammad... Sorry...

477
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,280
Another one there.

478
00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:00,720
It's all very nerve-racking
as it's getting closer. I know.

479
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,480
Mark. Hello.

480
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:21,440
Oh, you're close I can almost
smell you. Oh, thanks a lot!

481
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:26,920
We're just at the entrance of Old
Pejeta. I would say you're half an
hour away if you're at the gates.

482
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,320
I don't suppose I could
ask a favour, could I? 'Yes, go on.'

483
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,640
'Do you have any coffee?'

484
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,280
I'll make sure
there's a pot brewing.

485
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,880
Poor old soul,
he's almost getting hysterical.

486
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:40,040
TRUCK HORN BEEPS

487
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:49,960
The nerves...
Are you pumping now? 

488
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,160
Yes, it's now kicked in,
natural Red Bull.

489
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,240
Yes! We're going to see
a column of dust on the horizon.

490
00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:00,320
I think we're going to have
one last mad rush of people...

491
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,040
MOBILE PHONE RINGS

492
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:08,560
Iaizack... Yes.

493
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,520
TRUCK HORN BEEPS

494
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:26,840
There they are, it's a huge truck!

495
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,080
Wow...

496
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:43,800
Stephen! Mark!

497
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:47,680
Hello. Where did you spring from,
you bugger? I couldn't find you.

498
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,080
I'm almost in tears at the sight
of this, it's too extraordinary.

499
00:44:51,080 --> 00:44:53,360
You can't believe
they're in here, can you?

500
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:54,400
You just can't..

501
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,600
I don't know why I didn't pictured
them as being quite so vast.

502
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:01,000
No these are good. These are real
luxury crates for the rhino.

503
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,960
I've got something for you...
Have you?

504
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:07,080
You look surprisingly fresh
and cheerful. Oh, I'm so tired.

505
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,080
And you managed to have a
shave which is more than I did.

506
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:14,000
Oh, thank you so much. Good health.
You deserve it, I'll join you.

507
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:18,880
This is such an exciting day.
I mean, of course, yesterday
and today this whole place was...

508
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,200
Well, not deserted, but it
was the only local Old Pejeta staff,

509
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:26,720
and now it's a circus of gigantic
proportion. It's wonderful.

510
00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:27,880
It's extraordinary.

511
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:45,600
Look how quickly they're getting at
it. They've got to move them fast,

512
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,400
we've been in the hot sun, you think
when they left it was minus 12.

513
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:50,120
Yes, that's a
huge contrast, isn't it?

514
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,800
I know, and they need to
get them out of those boxes.

515
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:12,240
Each of these boxes with the rhinos
in weighs just over four tonnes.

516
00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:16,400
Oh, is it? They've been using
three-and-a-half tonnes of sand.

517
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,200
Oh, no,

518
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:21,680
because the rhino, I mean Sudan
and Suni are probably three tonnes,

519
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,240
and the crates weigh a tonne.

520
00:46:23,240 --> 00:46:26,120
Oh, heck, they've
calculated for three-and-a-half.

521
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,000
It's a bit late now!

522
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:29,760
Oh, no, wouldn't that be awful...

523
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:33,760
They've come all this way.

524
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,440
Don't...

525
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:41,400
Now suddenly, for the
first time in the last 24
hours I'm feeling nervous. Yeah.

526
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:00,080
Six years of preparation
into this moment. It's unbelievable.

527
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:02,720
Here goes.

528
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:33,080
My goodness.

529
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:54,320
'But Najin's crate touches down
on African soil
with perfect precision.'

530
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,400
That's what we actors
call hitting your marks.

531
00:47:57,400 --> 00:47:58,920
Mm.

532
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,840
'As Najin, the elder female,
gets her first sense of Africa,

533
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:26,040
'the team turns their attention
to Fatu, the youngest rhino

534
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,000
'and the least enthusiastic
about entering the crate.'

535
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:48,040
Oh, yes, there, look.

536
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:07,680
Welcome to Africa.

537
00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:15,840
'For Fatu, it seems that the
thing she's missed most of all
is being close to her mum.'

538
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,600
Oh, that's wonderful.

539
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:21,880
Wonderful.

540
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:31,960
'The third rhino to
be released is the youngest and
the biggest of the males, Suni.

541
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:35,440
'As he entered the crate
with unexpected speed,

542
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:39,920
'Pete and the Czech keeper, Honza,
aren't taking any chances
with his leaving it.'

543
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:54,000
No hesitation there at all,
straight out, a bit of a snort.

544
00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:00,960
Great result, two-thirds of the
way through, it's really marvellous.

545
00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:03,000
Two-thirds of the way through?

546
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,040
Stephen...
Three-quarters of the way through.

547
00:50:06,040 --> 00:50:08,200
That's really good news.

548
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:11,920
I must get to lie down and bathe my
temples in Eau De Cologne, I think.

549
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:13,960
It's going a little
wrong in the sun.

550
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:22,120
'But if it's all getting to me,
then there's no knowing
what it's doing to Sudan,

551
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:26,640
'the oldest of the rhinos to be
making the journey, and the only
one to have been born in Africa.

552
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:30,160
'Because he collapsed after
an injection of sedatives,

553
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:34,960
'no-one is quite sure what to expect
when the crate is finally opened.'

554
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:36,840
Everybody just move back, please.

555
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,480
Just pull back, please.

556
00:50:55,720 --> 00:51:00,720
'But as soon as the door is opened,
we see Sudan standing,

557
00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:05,600
'and looking better than a rhino
has a right to expect to
after 30 hours in a wooden crate.'

558
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:16,440
The moment he puts his foot out
will be the first time in 35 years
that he's stepped on African soil.

559
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,800
That's true, good gracious.

560
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:30,320
For a rhino that left Africa at
the age of three, 35 years ago,

561
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:37,400
one can't help wondering if the
smell and heat of Africa stirs
even the most distant of memories.

562
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,600
Oh, it's coming, he's coming...
That's that first step.

563
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,040
Yes, yes, yes.

564
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:56,400
He's out. He's out.
They're closing the door.

565
00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:58,880
Well done, that's fantastic.
That's all four.

566
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:00,320
All four done, yeah.

567
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,760
Fantastic. Amazing.
It's a real achievement.

568
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:15,840
'One memory is instantly awakened
and, at the first opportunity,
this natural born grazer,

569
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:19,080
'who has lived on carrots
and rhino feed for 35 years,

570
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:24,320
'takes his first mouthful
of long, fresh grass.'

571
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:33,160
Four weeks later,
Pete and Hamish are back for the
next stage of the release.

572
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:36,920
They need to remove wild rhinos
to another part of the reservation

573
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,760
so that the precious Northern
Whites can be released

574
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:44,840
into the safety of their very own
800-acre rhino paradise.

575
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:50,840
Before he can be released,
Sudan needs to be sedated once again

576
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,000
to have a radio tracking
device inserted

577
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:58,360
and, to reduce temptation
for poachers, Pete is keen to take

578
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:02,600
the opportunity to finally
remove that horn, the quick way.

579
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:11,720
And a week after that,
Najin, as always closely
followed by her daughter, Fatu,

580
00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:18,200
is the first of the translocated
rhinos to step from the enclosures
into the wilds of the reservation.

581
00:53:19,720 --> 00:53:21,600
Are you ready? Come on, let's go.

582
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:26,840
Come on, girls.

583
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:29,680
Come on, love.

584
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:34,480
Good girls.

585
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:55,520
Now, everyone just has to wait to
see if Sudan, Najin, Fatu and Suni

586
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:58,680
will survive
and reproduce in the African bush.

587
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:34,360
'Six months after their great
journey, we are back.'

588
00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:35,440
How are you?

589
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:40,640
'We're hoping to find the rhinos,
to see if being in Africa has begun

590
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:44,720
'to change them, perhaps even
kick-starting the urge to breed.

591
00:54:44,720 --> 00:54:47,560
'But we are especially
hoping to see Sudan,

592
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:52,160
'the first northern white rhino
we saw in the zoo at Dvur Kralove.'

593
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:57,680
Let me tell you there is
nothing wrong with Mr Sudan,

594
00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:01,040
he's quite up to patrolling,
looking after the area.

595
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,520
Plenty of lead in his pencil?
Exactly, yeah.

596
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:06,920
That's the scientific terminology!

597
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:09,880
'Berry suddenly spots
one of the rhinos.'

598
00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:16,160
Oh, yes, here she comes, look. Wow.

599
00:55:16,160 --> 00:55:20,520
'It's Najin, the mother of Fatu,
looking in perfect health.'

600
00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:26,800
She's looking fantastic. She's
looking in really good condition.

601
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:30,280
Can you believe that's the
same rhino we saw in Prague?

602
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:31,880
No, it's a whole different...

603
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:36,000
The way the head's carried,
everything, and the way
she's smelling the grass.

604
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:40,440
And just in the expanse of
Africa, it's so fantastic,
it's so satisfying isn't it?

605
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:41,480
Totally at home.

606
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:44,720
'And then we see
that Najin isn't alone.

607
00:55:44,720 --> 00:55:48,160
'But this time, it's not her
daughter Fatu following behind,

608
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:53,080
'it's a newly dehorned
and strangely dapper Sudan.'

609
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:23,400
Here he comes.

610
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:32,760
Of all the animals, he's the guy
that's looking the best, I think.

611
00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,560
A beautiful animal. Just wonderful.

612
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:50,640
The contrast between minus 16
degrees in Prague and deep snow

613
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:54,720
and that small enclosure,
it's like a different planet.

614
00:56:54,720 --> 00:56:56,880
Time for a cuddle, Berry?

615
00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:00,160
It's just amazing to see them
now, isn't it, after all this time.

616
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:07,120
With females coming in season
every 70 days, and a rhino
gestation period of 16 months,

617
00:57:07,120 --> 00:57:10,760
there will be no news any time soon,
but Pete is optimistic.

618
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:16,160
I can't see any obvious
problems at all, Muhammad
says there aren't any problems.

619
00:57:16,160 --> 00:57:21,240
All we want is Mr Sudan to
leap on her back and produce
a few babies, you know.

620
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:24,120
Have there been any signs
that they've tried to mate?

621
00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:28,480
He's certainly shown a lot of
interest, so we're optimistic
it's going to happen soon.

622
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:29,520
Hey, hello.

623
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:36,680
And this wonderful animal has
no idea that she may carry the
entire destiny of her species.

624
00:57:36,680 --> 00:57:39,600
It's a heck of a thought, isn't it?

625
00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:47,440
'As we are leaving, we see the other
two rhinos right by the perimeter
fence and there is a real surprise.

626
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:51,800
'Fatu, the young female who hated
being separated from her mother,

627
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:58,120
'now seems to have other things
on her mind and we find her
together with Suni, the young male.

628
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:10,960
'She may still be playing
hard to get,

629
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:14,800
'but for four of the last
Northern White Rhinos on earth,

630
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:18,760
'things are definitely moving
in the right direction.

631
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,600
'If that's not flirting,
I don't know what is!'

632
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:37,640
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