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A century ago, there were more than 100,000 tigers.
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Today, there are only 4,000,
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with 70% of them found in India...
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..mostly in protected areas, such as Bandhavgarh.
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Indian conservationists, like Krithi Karanth,
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are concerned about the challenges facing these reserves.
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Unlike parks in Africa and the Americas,
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parks in India are extremely small,
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so tiger populations
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in these tiny parks are under huge pressure.
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There is a real danger
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that we could see this amazing cat go extinct.
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Bandhavgarh is home to over 80 tigers,
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but as director Theo Webb discovers,
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they're not easy to find.
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I just saw a tiger which turned out to be red sand.
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I'm the stupid one today.
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Even the real thing is almost invisible.
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So, right here is one of the problems
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why we can't find tigers, because they're so well hidden.
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If you look in here,
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they are so well camouflaged,
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especially in this dense undergrowth.
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Her stripes blend in exactly with the bamboo.
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It's almost impossible to see them.
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Local guides have told the crew of a tigress they call Raj Bhera,
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who is expecting cubs.
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If they can find her, she will be the perfect tiger to follow.
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The guides listen for other animals' warning calls.
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Monkey giving alarm.
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That's a sign that the tiger's right there. OK.
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The team can then home in on the tiger.
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So we've just come across this tigress.
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We heard alarm calls, followed her here,
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and it could be our female that we've been looking for.
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We've done a comparison between two photos -
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one we know is her, and one of our sighting just now.
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They're looking similar.
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It's pretty much her. Yeah.
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It's Raj Bhera.
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But where is her den?
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A tigress will choose the most inaccessible place to give birth,
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impossible to follow in a vehicle.
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But the Forest Department have elephants
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to help protect the animals against poachers.
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And while patrolling the forest, they also search for dens.
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Two weeks later, Raj Bhera's den has been discovered.
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She's chosen one of the most inaccessible spots
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in the whole park to make her den,
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which is kind of sensible if you're a tiger.
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Now they need to film the family without disturbing them.
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Cameraman John Brown positions a remote controlled camera
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away from the den.
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The specially designed tripod allows John
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to retreat even further to minimise disturbance.
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He's finally rewarded with an extremely rare view -
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cubs just a few weeks old.
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Today's been absolutely incredible.
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We've had a completely unique view into the life of tigers.
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It's been one of the most amazing moments of my career.
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I never thought we'd get it, actually,
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but I didn't tell anyone else that.
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Once the cubs leave the den,
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the family disappears into the forest.
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Now the crew have to switch to a new technique.
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Camera traps, used regularly by the park authorities.
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They stake out likely locations, including water holes.
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Plenty of the forest's inhabitants turn up...
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..but no tigers.
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A few weeks later, Theo discovers
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that one of the camera traps has somehow become flooded.
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Wow.
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Oh, my God.
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Mystery solved.
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And at last, intimate shots of the cubs...
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..and eventually, even of their father.
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For another nine months,
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the crew are able to follow the life of the family
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as the cubs grow up.
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But then, suddenly, they witness
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a very different side to the story.
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So, somewhere over here is our tiger.
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In order to find food,
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she's coming to these really risky areas
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to hunt cattle, dogs, whatever she can find.
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So this is really scary for her
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and, to be honest, for us as well.
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There is no other tiger reserve within 50 miles,
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so whenever a tiger leaves the park,
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it's inevitable that it will encounter people.
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The Forest Department take control.
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Raj Bhera is tranquillised and taken to safety...
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..and next day, is returned to her territory.
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We've been filming this female for two years
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and we've got attached to her.
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You know, we've seen her with these two-week-old cubs,
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we've seen her lose one cub
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and now we've seen her outside the park.
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This is the life of a modern tiger.
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It's not easy. It's not how it used to be for them.
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We need to create more space for tigers to move, breed and disperse.
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It is our responsibility to make sure
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that future generations of children, including my own,
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get to see tigers in the wild.
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All the animals we've seen in this series need space in which to live,
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and loss of space is a great threat to their survival,
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as it is to virtually all other species.
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We ourselves, one single species,
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have taken over vast tracts
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of the habitable surface of the planet.
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Surely we should allow those other creatures we share the planet with
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to retain some part of their ancient heritage.
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