Episode 1
Wildlife series. Gordon Buchanan joins the Pazhetnovs, a pioneering family of biologists, in snowy Russia to rehabilitate six orphaned grizzly cubs back to the wild.
Gordon Buchanan is rehabilitating six orphaned baby grizzly bears back to the wild in just nine months. Gordon joins the Pazhetnovs, a pioneering family of biologists in snowy Russia, as they attempt to rehab grizzly bear cub orphans. There are over 100,000 grizzlies in Russia and, as humans encroach further into this vast wilderness, conflict is increasing. Every year, hundreds of baby grizzlies are abandoned when their mothers are disturbed at their dens.
The Pazhetnovs have been rescuing orphaned cubs for nearly three decades and have successfully returned over 200 of them back to the wild. Gordon arrives in February, when six cubs have just been rescued. They are just five weeks old, and each weighs less than a bag of sugar. The group is made up of three pairs of brothers. Slava and Pasha were dumped in a bin near Moscow, and it is suspected that poachers killed their mother. Tolya and Tyoma were found in a box outside a vet's in St Petersberg. Zhenya and Zhora were handed in by loggers who scared their mum away.
Working closely with world-renowned bear rehab expert Katya Pazhetnov, Gordon tries to get the cubs back to the wild in just nine months, but without a mother bear everything is stacked against the orphans.
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Meet the six orphaned grizzly bear cubs
Duration: 00:56
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Baby bear purrs
Duration: 00:42
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Cute baby bear pub
Duration: 01:03
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Gordon Buchanan |
Series Producer | Anwar Mamon |
Executive Producer | Ted Oakes |
Executive Producer | Wendy Rattray |
Broadcasts
- Tue 18 Dec 2018 21:00
- Thu 27 Dec 2018 17:00大象传媒 Two Scotland
- Thu 27 Dec 2018 18:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland, Wales & Wales HD
- Thu 3 Jan 2019 01:50
- Sun 1 Sep 2019 19:00大象传媒 Two except Scotland, Wales & Wales HD
- Wed 23 Dec 2020 09:10大象传媒 Two except Scotland
- Thu 30 Mar 2023 16:15大象传媒 Two except Scotland
10 photographs of rescued orphan bear cubs to warm your heart
Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan spent 9 months with these baby orphan cubs in Russia.