1 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,000 ANDREW LINCOLN: Our weather is wilder... 2 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,360 ..fiercer... 3 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,000 ..more unpredictable... 4 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,360 ..than ever before. 5 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,000 JOURNALIST: Rare red weather warnings 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,360 meaning there's a potential danger to life. 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,520 Such weather is more frequent and intense. 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,000 I think we had this conversation in our newsroom, you know, 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,000 when they were evacuating all the people... 10 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,520 what about the animals? 11 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 For the first time... 12 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,000 ..we see the planet's most extreme weather... 13 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,000 ..through their eyes. 14 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,000 When nature turns against them... 15 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 ..they're not just enduring... 16 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 ..they are fighting back... 17 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 ..in remarkable ways. 18 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,000 The bigger the storm... 19 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 ..the greater the heroes. 20 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 GROWLS 21 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,000 TRUMPETS 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:39,000 These animals are... a force of nature. 23 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 JOURNALIST: A rise in temperature would mean 24 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,680 that all of the Earth's frozen parts 25 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,000 would experience irreversible damage with disastrous consequences 26 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,680 for millions of people, societies, and nature. 27 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,840 Finding new ways for people and wildlife 28 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,000 to coexist has become more urgent. 29 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Are they invading our space, or are we invading theirs? 30 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 BARKS 31 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,000 MOOS 32 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:00,360 The Himalayas, peaking at over 8,800 metres. 33 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,000 It's the highest mountain range on Earth. 34 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:14,520 Temperatures can drop to -50 degrees Celsius. 35 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:30,000 But even here, life can find a way. 36 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,200 Known as the ghost of the mountains... 37 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,040 ..the snow leopard. 38 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 With a three inch thick coat... 39 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:57,000 ..he's perfectly adapted to these extremes. 40 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Snow leopards typically live solitary lives... 41 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 ..but he is not alone. 42 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Unusually, at two years old... 43 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,000 ..he still lives... 44 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,000 PURRS AND GROWLS 45 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,360 ..with his sister. 46 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:01,000 But their world is changing around them. 47 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:16,000 The Himalayas are warming nearly three times faster 48 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 than the global average. 49 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 THUNDER RUMBLES 50 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,840 In this shrinking ice world, 51 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:30,000 they are losing their territory... 52 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:35,000 ..and, with it, their prey. 53 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:43,680 Those that remain... live a precipitous life. 54 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 It's a perilous place to hunt. 55 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,000 But they can scale the seemingly impossible. 56 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:29,000 Using their thick tails as a counterbalance, 57 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 and inch-long claws like crampons... 58 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,000 ..they close down the distance. 59 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:08,000 At twice his size, 60 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:13,000 a male blue sheep is too dangerous to tackle alone. 61 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,680 But working together, they can corral it. 62 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Driving it closer... 63 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,840 ..to the edge. 64 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,000 GROWLS 65 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,000 A kill this big will feed the siblings for a week. 66 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,000 DISTANT SCREECHING 67 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 But they might not have a week. 68 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,040 SCREECHING 69 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:05,000 An older, larger male. 70 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,000 He's looking for a territory of his own... 71 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:19,000 ..and is ready to kill for it. 72 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,200 The Himalayas may be warming at an alarming rate... 73 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:42,000 ..but nowhere is melting faster than the Arctic. 74 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,000 ICE CREAKING AND RUMBLING 75 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,680 BIRDS SQUAWKING 76 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:12,000 JOURNALIST: The area of Arctic sea ice 77 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:17,000 was almost one million square miles below its average in past years. 78 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 An Arctic fox. 79 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,000 Forced to make one of the greatest journeys by any land animal. 80 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,360 JOURNALIST: Foxes like these becoming increasingly isolated. 81 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,840 This could threaten the very survival 82 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,520 of the region's most iconic inhabitants. 83 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,200 FOX YELPS 84 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:50,520 Hungry, desperate, and trapped in the middle of a melting ocean. 85 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:14,000 July in the high Arctic welcomes new life. 86 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 A female Arctic fox pup. 87 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:30,000 Only two months old, she's one of a litter of five. 88 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 THEY YELP AND SQUEAK 89 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,360 Like all Arctic foxes, she was born with a brown coat... 90 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,000 ..and a spring in her step. 91 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,000 CHATTERS 92 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,000 But all this play... 93 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:10,000 ..is important practise for the serious business ahead. 94 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,000 In summer, Svalbard becomes home 95 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,000 to one of the largest gatherings of sea birds on the planet... 96 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,200 CHIRPING 97 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,000 ..including hundreds of thousands of guillemots. 98 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:44,360 But a thousand metres up, they're impossible to reach. 99 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:48,000 YAPS 100 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 CHIRPS 101 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,000 Closer to home... 102 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,000 ..a lone skua chick. 103 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,000 CHIRPING 104 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,000 An opportunity... 105 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,000 ..to make her first kill. 106 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 GROWLS AND YELPS 107 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:27,000 She's no match for an angry skua mum... 108 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,000 ..with a beak that could easily blind her. 109 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,000 There's no such thing as an easy meal. 110 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:06,040 With each passing day, she only grows hungrier... 111 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,000 ..but Mum knows good things come to those who wait. 112 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:25,040 At three weeks old, the guillemot chicks are ready to fly the nest. 113 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Their maiden flight. 114 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:36,000 A mile-long glide to the sea. 115 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,000 SQUAWKING 116 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,520 While most land safely out of reach... 117 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,840 ..a few fall short... 118 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,000 ..and Mum seizes the opportunity. 119 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,000 The first one is free. 120 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,840 Now it's her turn. 121 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,040 She's creating a larder. 122 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,000 But her store will only last so long. 123 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:14,840 Once the birds have left and winter hits, 124 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,680 she'll face starvation. 125 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,000 ANDREW LINCOLN: In the far north, 126 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:43,000 a warming planet is playing havoc with the seasons. 127 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,200 Usually, we have eight inches of snow. 128 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 This type of winter could be a preview of the future. 129 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Winter is a month late. 130 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:10,000 But when it finally arrives... 131 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,000 ..it hits fast... 132 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,000 ..and it hits... hard. 133 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,000 In Alaska, 134 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 life is defined by a short summer... 135 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,000 ..followed by a long winter. 136 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,000 But today, that's all changing. 137 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Summer weather is still here in September. 138 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,360 No complaints from this Arctic ground squirrel. 139 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,000 It means more time can be spent eating... 140 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,680 ..in preparation for winter hibernation. 141 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:31,000 This year, the late summer has delivered a new treat. 142 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Mushrooms... 143 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:45,000 ..packed with vital protein and vitamins. 144 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,000 CHIRPS 145 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:58,000 He must take advantage - fast. 146 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,000 Others have their eye on the prize. 147 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,000 And thieves won't be tolerated. 148 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,200 CHIRPS 149 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,000 SQUEAKING 150 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,000 SCREECHES 151 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 He may have seen off the competition... 152 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,040 ..but he's strayed far from home... 153 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,000 THUNDER CRASHES 154 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:08,360 ..and now the big freeze sweeps in with a vengeance. 155 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,000 He needs to quickly find his burrow... 156 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:22,520 ..if he's to survive the first day of winter... 157 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,040 ..let alone six months of it. 158 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:55,000 The climate is getting warmer, the weather is getting more extreme. 159 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,000 Warming mountains and shrinking territories... 160 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:10,000 ..are setting the Himalayas' big cats on a collision course. 161 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,840 A rival male is muscling in... 162 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,680 ..on the young snow leopard's territory. 163 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:38,000 But it's a home worth fighting for. 164 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 SNARLS 165 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,040 GROWLING 166 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:23,000 He's been banished from the only home he's ever known. 167 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,040 He must find a territory of his own. 168 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,680 But in a mountain range that is melting... 169 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:00,000 ..his world is fast disappearing. 170 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,000 Glaciers on the Himalaya Mountains are melting at a rapid rate. 171 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,000 They could lose 80% of their volume by the end of the 21st century. 172 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Go too high... 173 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 ..and the air is too thin to breathe. 174 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,000 Too low, and he'll overheat. 175 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Any suitable remaining territory... 176 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,520 ..is already taken. 177 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,520 He has no choice but to keep on moving. 178 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,680 Descending below the snow line... 179 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,000 ..into an unfamiliar, new world. 180 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:53,040 Farmers now graze their livestock at higher and higher altitudes. 181 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,000 And coming with them... BARKING 182 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,000 ..packs of feral dogs. 183 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 The hungry snow leopard 184 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,000 has never encountered creatures like these before. 185 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,040 MOOING 186 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,000 BARKING 187 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,000 All he knows is that he needs to eat. 188 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000 ANDREW LINCOLN: In Alaska... 189 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:24,000 ..winter temperatures have dropped to -40 degrees. 190 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 GROANING 191 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:44,000 Only a few hardy specialists, like musk ox, can survive in the open. 192 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,000 Others don't have to. 193 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,000 A metre below the surface, 194 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:11,000 the Arctic ground squirrel is defying the laws of nature. 195 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:32,000 With unique blood chemistry, he's the only mammal 196 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:38,680 who can withstand a body temperature of -3C. 197 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:50,000 His heart usually beats 200 times a minute. 198 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:58,000 Now... just once. 199 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 In a state of torpor... 200 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:08,000 ..he can live off his energy reserves 201 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000 for six long months. 202 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,000 But today... 203 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,520 ..winter temperatures fluctuate wildly. 204 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,000 Weather swings are having real effects on wildlife 205 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:36,000 and they are changing their hibernation routines. 206 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,000 A rise of a few degrees... 207 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,000 ..triggers his body to start waking up. 208 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 And if he does... 209 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,000 ..he'll burn through his fat reserves. 210 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,840 He needs the cold weather to return and stay... 211 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,680 ..or he'll never leave his burrow again. 212 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000 While some hunker down for winter... 213 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:22,000 ..other Arctic animals have no choice but to face it head on. 214 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,000 REPORTER: Rising temperatures are also affecting wildlife habitats. 215 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,000 REPORTER: The risk is only getting worse. 216 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,000 Svalbard is warming six times faster than the global average. 217 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,000 Winter in Svalbard 218 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,200 and the landscape is barely recognisable... 219 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,000 ..and neither is the young Arctic fox... 220 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,000 ..wearing a new winter coat. 221 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,000 At six months old, she's now fully independent. 222 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,000 She's eaten everything she buried in the summer... 223 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000 ..and, marooned on her island... 224 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,040 ..she's slowly beginning to starve. 225 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:11,000 Her fate is tied to one of the planet's greatest transformations. 226 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,000 The freezing of the Arctic Ocean. 227 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,680 As the water turns to ice... 228 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,000 ..it provides an escape route off her island. 229 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,000 As the sun sets for the last time... 230 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,840 ..she enters the four-month-long polar night. 231 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,000 Her strategy on the sea ice is not to hunt... 232 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,000 ..but to exploit those who can. 233 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:46,200 She can pick up the scent of a seal kill from 20 miles away. 234 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:05,000 Stealing scraps from the biggest land predator on Earth 235 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,360 is not without risk. 236 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,000 POLAR BEAR ROARS, ARCTIC FOX SQUEALS 237 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,000 In years gone by... 238 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,200 ..Arctic foxes spent the winter shadowing polar bears... 239 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,360 ..within a few 100 miles of Svalbard. 240 00:33:54,000 --> 00:34:00,000 But today, the ice is poor and the bears are scattered far and wide. 241 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,000 REPORTER: The Arctic sea ice has fallen more than 60% 242 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,000 in the last 30 years. 243 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,000 She's forced to travel further out into the Arctic Ocean... 244 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,000 ..on a desperate quest for food. 245 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:50,000 Today, only 25% of Arctic foxes survive their first year. 246 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:08,000 To make it, she'll need to do something extraordinary. 247 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,680 ANDREW LINCOLN: Over in Alaska... 248 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:35,000 ..spring has returned ten days earlier than just a decade ago. 249 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,000 REPORTER: Spring is arriving earlier. This has consequences. 250 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,200 The migration, hibernation 251 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,000 and reproduction of animals can be impacted. 252 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,000 After six months asleep... 253 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,680 CHIRPS ..the Arctic ground squirrel 254 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,000 finally emerges fit and healthy... 255 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,040 ..in preparation for the breeding season. 256 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,000 And he's not the only early riser. 257 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,040 An amorous female. 258 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,520 This year, the unseasonably warm spring 259 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,000 has brought the females out early. 260 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,000 With just a short summer ahead... 261 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,680 ..there's little time to raise a family... 262 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,840 SQUIRREL CALLING 263 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:57,000 ..so, remarkably, she is only fertile for a single day. 264 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,200 There's not a second to lose. 265 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,000 SQUEAKING 266 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,000 She looks good. 267 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,680 She even smells good. 268 00:37:58,000 --> 00:37:59,360 Trouble is... 269 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,000 he doesn't yet have the goods. 270 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,000 To save energy while hibernating, he stopped producing testosterone. 271 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:17,000 Last summer, he went to bed as a man... 272 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,000 ..but he's woken up as a boy. 273 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,000 And she won't waste time with boys. 274 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,000 Males are normally out a week before the females 275 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,000 to give them time to get the hormones pumping again. 276 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:53,000 But today, the early spring brings the females out sooner... 277 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,000 ..before the males are ready to perform. 278 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,000 Unless they can adapt, this could spell disaster... 279 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,360 ..for the entire species. 280 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:27,000 The Arctic fox has survived the perilous journey 281 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,520 across the melting sea ice. 282 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000 From Svalbard, 283 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:46,000 she's crossed an astonishing 2,000 miles of Arctic Ocean. 284 00:39:57,000 --> 00:40:00,000 As the polar sun finally returns... 285 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,680 ..so does the sight of land. 286 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:21,000 After four months, she's made it to Canada. 287 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:50,000 It's only in the last decade 288 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,000 that Arctic foxes have been tracked making this record-breaking journey. 289 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,000 And it's been worth it. 290 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:21,000 Arctic foxes live such short, dangerous lives, 291 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,000 they can mate within their very first year. 292 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,680 SHRIEKING 293 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:35,040 With a lifelong partner and better prospects for food, 294 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,040 they will settle here for good. 295 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:56,000 Arctic foxes are struggling in a melting world... 296 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:07,840 ..but thanks to her resilience and determination, 297 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,000 she crossed a vast frozen ocean... 298 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,000 ..giving some hope... 299 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,000 ..for their future survival. 300 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,000 BARKING 301 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,040 Driven by a desperate hunger... 302 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,000 ..the young snow leopard has descended into the valley... 303 00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:52,000 ..facing animals he's never encountered before. 304 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,200 DOG YELPS 305 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,000 Battered and bruised from the 100-metre fall... 306 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,000 PEOPLE CHATTING, LEOPARD GROWLS SOFTLY 307 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:57,000 ..he's been rescued by the local wildlife-protection team. 308 00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:04,000 And incredibly, the dog also survived. 309 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,000 He doesn't yet know it... 310 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,000 ..but it's the beginning of a new life. 311 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,000 SNARLS 312 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,840 SIREN BLARING 313 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,040 He's being taken to a new mountain home... 314 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,000 ..free from humans and rival leopards. 315 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,000 With only 750 snow leopards left in India... 316 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,000 ..every single one is precious. 317 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:26,000 He is one of the lucky few to be given a second chance. 318 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:43,000 Snow leopards have run wild in these frozen peaks 319 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,000 for more than a million years. 320 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:56,000 But today, it's up to us to give them the space they need 321 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,000 in a melting world.