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Kevin Richardson: \h\h\hWHOA! OOF!

Narrator: THIS IS A BOND \h\h\hTHAT DEFIES BELIEF.

AN EXTRAORDINARY RELATIONSHIP \h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUILT ON TRUST.

BUT NOW KEVIN RICHARDSON FACES \h\hHIS BIGGEST CHALLENGE YET--

\hMOVING HIS ANIMALS TO A BRAND-NEW HOME.

\h\h\hKEVIN’S PATIENCE IS PUSHED TO THE LIMIT.

Kevin: HE’S BITTEN A HOLE!

THAT’S UNBELIEVABLE.

THIS GUY’S A LITTLE TRICKY.

WE’LL GET HIM.

Narrator: THE ANIMALS \h\hTEST BOUNDARIES.

Kevin: WHEN I ARRIVE \hAT THE DESTINATION,

\h\h\hI COULD HAVE ONE LION THAT’S A LITTLE BIT AWAKE.

HOLD THAT HEAD DOWN.

Narrator: DESPITE MONTHS \h\h\h\h\hOF PREPARATION,

WILL THE MOVE BE A SUCCESS?

Kevin: YOU NEED TO HOLD \h\h\h\hTHAT HEAD DOWN!

[ROARS]

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: WE’RE AT THE KINGDOM OF THE LION SANCTUARY IN SOUTH AFRICA,

AND PLAYTIME FOR VAYETSI, \h\h\h\h\hLIVY AND GINNY.

AND ONE OTHER VERY UNUSUAL \h\h\h\h\h\h\hPRIDE MEMBER.

Kevin: UH-OH.

Narrator: KEVIN RICHARDSON,

WHO HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE LIONS \h\h\h\h\h\hFOR OVER 15 YEARS.

[LAUGHING]

[LAUGHING]

Kevin: HE’S JUST TOO QUICK!

[LAUGHS]

[ROARS]

[LAUGHING]

I THINK IT’S VERY DIFFICULT \h\h\h\h\hTO PUT INTO WORDS

THE EMOTIONS THAT ONE FEELS \h\h\h\h\hAND GOES THROUGH

\h\h\hWHEN INTERACTING WITH A GROUP OF LIONS.

OH!

IT’S ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLING \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEXPERIENCES

TO COME HERE AND SIT HERE

WITH AN ANIMAL OF THIS STATURE \h\h\h\h\h\hAND SIZE AND POWER,

AND JUST BE ACCEPTED AS ONE OF THEIR OWN,

JUST HAVE THIS ANIMAL \h\h\h\hBE SO GENTLE.

[GROWLS]

HELLO, BIG BOY, COME SIT HERE. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCOME SIT HERE.

\h\h\h\hALL THE WHILE THINKING, RIGHT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND,

’CAUSE I STILL DO \hTHINK ABOUT IT,

\h\h\h\h\hTHIS MALE LION CAN TAKE DOWN A BUFFALO.

OH, YEAH.

I MEAN, WHAT AM I?

I’M JUST THIS TINY LITTLE HUMAN BEING

WITH PATHETIC FLESH AND SKIN.

IT’S EXTREMELY HUMBLING.

Narrator: KEVIN LOOKS AFTER \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h27 LIONS,

14 SPOTTED HYENAS,

AND FOUR BLACK LEOPARDS.

\h\h\h\hBUT NOW THE ANIMALS ARE HEADING TO A NEW HOME.

A RECENTLY BUILT SANCTUARY \h\h\h\hBORDERING THE EDGE

OF THE OVER 44,000-ACRE \h\h\hDINOKENG RESERVE,

HOME TO AFRICA’S LARGEST MAMMALS,

INCLUDING WILD LIONS.

\h\h\hFOR KEVIN, IT’S BEEN A LONG AND VERY HARD BATTLE

TO FINALLY SECURE THE PERMITS \h\h\h\hTO MOVE HIS ANIMALS.

\hKevin: YOU KNOW, CHASING THE PERMITS

\h\hHAS PRETTY MUCH PREOCCUPIED MY TIME

\h\h\hOVER THE PAST, CALL IT EIGHT MONTHS,

\h\h\hAND EVERYTHING ELSE HAS JUST BEEN SIDELINED.

AND WHEN I GOT THE CALL, I WAS \h\hSO RELIEVED AND SO EXCITED.

BUT MOMENTS LATER, REALITY HIT,

’CAUSE, IT WAS LIKE, "OH, NO, I’VE NOW GOT

A MILLION AND ONE THINGS TO DO \hBEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE!"

[ROARS]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: WITH THE NEW ENCLOSURES

\h\hFINALLY RECEIVING THE STAMP OF APPROVAL

FROM THE CONSERVATION \h\h\h\hAUTHORITIES,

THEY CAN NOW PROCEED \h\h\hWITH THE MOVE.

\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT THERE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA TO BE MET.

Kevin: HELLO, MY BOY!

LOOK WHAT I’VE GOT.

Narrator: ALL THE LIONS \h\h\h\h\hNEED SPRAYING

\h\h\hWITH A SPECIAL DE-TICKING SOLUTION.

Kevin: COME! HERE.

Narrator: LIVY, GINNY \h\h\h\h\hAND VAYETSI

ARE THE FIRST IN THE FIRE.

Kevin: HERE, MY BOY!

OH, SORRY, MY SWEETIE.

Narrator: TICKS CARRY \hDIFFERENT DISEASES

IN DIFFERENT AREAS \h\hOF THE COUNTRY.

\h\h\hKevin: SOME MORE MEAT FOR BEING SUCH GOOD LIONS.

PUT IT IN POSITION.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: AS THE NEW SANCTUARY BORDERS \hTHE DINOKENG GAME RESERVE,

KEVIN WANTS TO MAKE SURE

THE LIONS DON’T BRING IN \h\h\h\hANY NEW DISEASES.

Kevin: THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT NOT ALL THE LIONS \h\h\hENJOY THOROUGHLY,

HOWEVER, ON A DAY LIKE TODAY, \h\h\h\hWHEN IT’S REALLY HOT,

ONCE THEY START TO GET WET \h\hTHEY START TO ACTUALLY,

THEY START TO ACTUALLY REALIZE

THAT IT’S ACTUALLY QUITE NICE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND QUITE COOL.

SO THEY DON’T REALLY MIND IT \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT BADLY.

YOU SMELL SO NICE! HEY?

THAT SHOULD BE IT.

\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: OVERSEEING THE LOGISTICS OF THE OPERATION

IS ONE RESPONSIBILITY,

BUT NO ONE CAN PREDICT

HOW THE ANIMALS ARE ACTUALLY \h\h\h\h\h\h\hGOING TO BEHAVE

WHEN THEY GET TO THEIR NEW HOME.

\hTHE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP KEVIN SHARES WITH HIS LIONS

WILL NOW BE PUT TO THE TEST.

\hKevin: MOVING A FACILITY, THIS IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING!

\hSO YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE WHEN THESE CATS GET TO THIS RESERVE,

\h\hAND THEY SMELL ALL THE NEW SMELLS,

THEY’RE SO USED TO IT HERE!

WHEN THEY GET TO THIS NEW PLACE AND IT’S ALL DIFFERENT,

\hTHEIR MINDS ARE GOING TO GO, YOU KNOW, REALLY INTO OVERLOAD,

\hAND SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT STRESSED,

AND SOME OF THEM, LIKE NAPOLEON,

\h\h\h\hARE NOT GOING TO EVEN BE BOTHERED.

\hNarrator: SEVEN MONTHS AFTER KEVIN FIRST APPLIED

FOR THE PERMITS,

THE BIG DAY HAS ARRIVED.

THE LIONS WILL SOON BE READY \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR TRANSFER.

Kevin: TAB TAB!

Narrator: HE HAS JUST TWO WEEKS TO TRANSPORT THE ANIMALS.

BROTHERS TAU AND NAPOLEON

HAVE BEEN WITH KEVIN SINCE THEY WERE CUBS.

\h\h\h\h\h\hNOW AGED 15, THEY WILL TAKE THE HONOR

\hOF BEING THE FIRST LIONS TO MOVE TO THE NEW RESERVE,

ALONG WITH PRIDE MATES \h\hTABBY AND MADITAU.

THE BOYS ARE SAFELY ON BOARD...

BUT THE LIONESSES HAVE OTHER IDEAS.

MADITAU IS REFUSING \h\h\hTO CLIMB IN.

Kevin: LOOK HERE, GIRL!

Narrator: WHICH IS MAKING \h\h\h\hTABBY NERVOUS...

AND THERE’S NO TIME \h\h\hFOR HOLD-UPS.

♪

\h\h\hIF SHE DOESN’T LOAD NOW, SHE WILL HAVE TO BE TRANQUILIZED

AND MOVED SEPARATELY \h\h\h\hANOTHER DAY,

CAUSING STRESS TO HER

AND RISKING COMPLICATIONS \h\h\hFROM AN ANESTHETIC.

Kevin: I DIDN’T EXPECT MADITAU TO REACT SO BADLY,

EVEN IF I GET THEM IN, IT’S GOING TO BE CHAOS.

THEY’RE GOING TO GET \h\h\h\hFREAKED OUT,

THEY’RE GOING TO PANIC,

THEY’RE GONNA PROBABLY RIP \h\hTHEIR FACES TO SHREDS.

IT’S JUST NOT WORTH IT.

Narrator: WITH THE CLOCK TICKING AND STRESS LEVELS RISING,

KEVIN MAKES A DECISION.

TO LEAVE THIS PRIDE BEHIND... \h\h\h\h\h\hAND TAKE ANOTHER.

Kevin: OH.

LET’S GO!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: \hINSTEAD THE SANCTUARY’S YOUNGEST PRIDE OF LIONS,

\hLIVY, GINNY AND VAYETSI, WILL BE FIRST ON THE ROAD.

AFTER THE STRESS OF TRYING TO LOAD MADITAU AND TABBY,

THE FIRST LIONS ARE FINALLY HEADING TO THEIR NEW HOME.

Kevin: WHAT’S REALLY COOL \h\h\h\hABOUT THESE LIONS

\h\hIS THAT THEY ARE SO USED TO TRAVELING.

THEY’VE GROWN UP WITH THIS VEHICLE

\hSINCE THEY WERE TINY LITTLE CUBS,

\h\h\h\h\hAND SO FOR THEM THIS IS ACTUALLY A TREAT.

HE’S LOOKING AT THE ROAD.

HEY, WHERE ARE WE GOING, BOY?

TO YOUR NEW HOME!

♪

HELLO, SWEETIE!

\h\h\h\hNarrator: EACH JOURNEY BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW RESERVE

IS A 136-MILE ROUND TRIP.

\h\h\h\hAFTER NEARLY AN HOUR, DINOKENG IS IN THEIR SIGHTS.

Kevin: COME, COME!

GO AHEAD.

COME.

Narrator: NONE THE WORSE \h\h\h\hFOR THE JOURNEY,

LIVY, GINNY AND VAYETSI

ARE FIRST TO BE RELEASED \hINTO THE NEW SANCTUARY.

\hKevin: DA BA DA BA DA. IS THAT A THANK-YOU KISS?

IS THAT A THANK-YOU KISS?

YEAH, YEAH.

DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW HOME? DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEW HOME?

\h\hNarrator: THE CULMINATION OF NEARLY A YEAR OF PLANNING.

AND FOR THE LIONS, \hA HOME FOR LIFE.

♪

♪

Kevin: IT’S A PLEASURE, MY BOY, IT’S A PLEASURE.

Narrator: WITH THE FIRST LIONS SAFELY SETTLING IN,

KEVIN TURNS HIS ATTENTION \h\h\hBACK TO THE HYENAS.

Kevin: READY, QUENTIN? \h\h\h\hQuentin: YEAH.

Kevin: OK! VINCI!

Narrator: IN BONGO’S CLAN,

THREE OF THE HYENAS \hWILL BE TRAVELING

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE BACK OF A SPECIALLY ADAPTED TRAILER.

\h\h\hAS STARS OF SEVERAL TV COMMERCIALS AND FILMS,

THEY’VE RIDDEN IN THIS VAN \h\h\h\h\hALL THEIR LIVES.

Kevin: VINCI!

Narrator: FIRST IN IS VINCI, \h\h\hWHO WILL SHARE THE TRIP

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH NYEBA, AN 18-MONTH-OLD ADOLESCENT.

\h\h\h\hTHE PAIR GET ON WELL, AND KEVIN HOPES THEY WILL BE

A CALMING INFLUENCE \h\hON EACH OTHER.

Kevin: YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING IN!

COME ON, BOY!

Narrator: NEXT UP SHOULD BE \h\hLUKE, NYEBA’S BROTHER.

BUT TODAY HE HAS OTHER IDEAS.

Kevin: LET’S GO!

WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO

IS WE’RE GOING TO LOAD \h\hONE OF THE ADULTS.

Narrator: INSTEAD ANOTHER MALE, KETO, GETS THE LAST SEAT.

Kevin: EXCELLENT, BOY!

GOODBYE! WE’LL SEE YOU \h\h\h\h\hANOTHER DAY!

Narrator: UNKNOWN TO KEVIN, \hTHERE’S TROUBLE BREWING.

VINCI IS AGITATED

\hAND HAS DECIDED TO TAKE OUT HIS STRESS ON THE VEHICLE...

BY TRYING TO CHEW HIS WAY \hOUT OF THE TRAVEL CAGE

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ESCAPE ONTO A BUSY MAIN ROAD.

Kevin: WE JUST HAD VINCE \h\h\h\h\hTRY AND ESCAPE.

\hHE HAS BITTEN A HOLE IN THIS EXPANDED MESH, LIKE A BAD JOKE.

HE’S OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPY \h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE BACK,

HE’S BITTEN A HOLE \h\hABOUT THAT BIG,

AND I JUST HAD A GUT FEELING THAT SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT,

SO I KEPT ON SAYING TO QUENTIN, PLEASE, JUST LOOK, LOOK, LOOK,

AND THEN WHEN I LOOKED \h\h\h\h\hIN MY MIRROR

I SAW HIS WHOLE HEAD \h\h\h\hSTICKING OUT,

SO I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND MANAGED TO ACTUALLY CATCH HIM

AS HE WAS ABOUT TO JUMP \hONTO THIS BUSY ROAD,

\h\hAND NOW I’M STANDING HERE STOPPING HIM FROM COMING OUT.

\hUNFORTUNATELY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRANQUILIZE VINCE,

AND PROBABLY, FOR SAFETY,

I’M GOING TO HAVE TO PROBABLY \hTRANQUILIZE THE OTHER TWO,

\hBECAUSE WE’VE GOT A BIG, GAPING HOLE

IN THE SIDE OF OUR TRAILER, SO.

IT’S UNBELIEVABLE, I MEAN,

YOU CANNOT, YOU CANNOT ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND HOW STRONG THIS IS,

AND NOW TO BITE THAT \h\hWITH YOUR TEETH!

THE VET’S HERE? OK, FANTASTIC.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: \h\hAN S.O.S. HAS BEEN SENT OUT TO VETERINARIAN CHRIS PERKINS.

Kevin: WHAT ARE YOU \h\h\hDARTING WITH?

WAIT, WAIT, OK.

Narrator: HE’LL USE A POLE DART

TO TRANQUILIZE ALL THE HYENAS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR SAFETY.

\h\hEIGHT MINUTES LATER, AND THEY’RE ALL OUT COLD.

\h\hTHE DRUGS LAST FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

BUT THERE’S NO GUARANTEE.

Kevin: JUST IN CASE HE WAKES UP.

Narrator: IF THE HYENAS \h\h\hWAKE UP CONFUSED,

THEY COULD ATTACK EACH OTHER.

SO FOR SAFETY THEY ARE SEPARATED OUT INTO DIFFERENT COMPARTMENTS.

NIGHTFALL.

AND THE FIRST HYENAS \h\h\hFINALLY ARRIVE.

ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE IN THE STYLE ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

\h\h\h\hKevin: OTHER WAY. HIS HEAD MUST GO UPHILL!

I’LL GIVE THEM THE ANTIDOTE NOW.

Narrator: THEY’RE GIVEN \h\h\h\hA REVERSAL DRUG

TO BRING THEM AROUND.

Kevin: THANK YOU FOR CAUSING ME SO MUCH GRIEF TODAY, MY BOY.

Narrator: A QUICK CHECK-OVER, AND ALL THE ANIMALS ARE FINE.

Kevin: NOT A MARK, NOT A MARK. UNBELIEVABLE.

[LIONS ROARING]

Kevin: WHO LOVES HER BOYS?

Rodney Nombekana: COME ON!

Narrator: RODNEY NOMBEKANA HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE KEVIN

FOR OVER A DECADE.

Rodney: COME, BIG BOY, COME!

Kevin: YOU’RE LAST, SUJIE, \h\h\hYOU KNOW YOU’RE LAST!

Narrator: HE DOESN’T INTERACT \h\h\hWITH ALL OF THE LIONS.

BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.

Rodney: HELLO, BOY!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: INCLUDING THREE SPECIAL MALES--

TSAR, BONGANI AND SUJA.

Rodney: OK, LET ME BRING YOU THE KEY.

HELLO, SUJ!

\h\h\hNarrator: FOR RODNEY, TODAY IS THE END OF AN ERA.

IT’S HIS LAST DAY AT WORK.

HE’S SAYING FAREWELL AND TAKING THEM TO THEIR NEW HOME.

Rodney: THESE THREE BOYS HERE, THESE ARE MY FAVORITE LIONS.

GOT A VERY SPECIAL PLACE \h\h\h\h\h\hIN MY HEART.

\h\hI LOVE THEM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU LOVE SOME MORE THAN OTHERS.

Kevin: BOYS.

Narrator: THE THREE LIONS \h\h\hHAVE LIVED TOGETHER

\hSINCE THEY WERE ADOLESCENTS, JUST AS THEY MIGHT IN THE WILD.

Rodney: COME, BOY! \h\h\h\hCOME TO ME!

Narrator: AFTER THEY ARE FORCED OUT OF THEIR BIRTH PRIDE

AT AROUND THREE YEARS OLD,

WILD MALE LIONS OFTEN FORM \h\hSINGLE-SEX COALITIONS.

IT HELPS THEM TO HUNT.

\h\h\h\hBUT IS ALSO MEANS THEY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE

OF TAKING OVER A PRIDE \h\h\h\h\hOF THEIR OWN

WHEN THEY’RE OLDER \h\h\hAND STRONGER.

Rodney: THEY’RE SETTLING \h\h\h\h\h\h\hVERY WELL.

AS SOON AS WE LET THEM \h\h\hOUT OF THE TRUCK,

THEY ARE THREE STRONG BOYS,

THEY ARE NOT INTIMIDATED \h\h\h\h\h\hBY ANYTHING.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hQUITE CONFIDENT, GOING AND MARKING TERRITORIES.

[ROARS]

Narrator: BACK AT THE KINGDOM,

\h\h\h\hKEVIN IS CHECKING UP ON THE FIVE BOYS BEFORE THEY MOVE.

Kevin: HELLO, BOYS!

Narrator: THEY’VE BEEN INCREASINGLY IRRITABLE

WITH EACH OTHER.

Kevin: PBBBT!

WHAT’S HAPPENING? HEY?

NO!

WHY YOU ALL SO GRUMPY, HUH?

OF LATE IT’S BEEN EXTREMELY HOT AT THE KINGDOM,

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE CARRYING \hAROUND THIS HEAD OF HAIR

DOESN’T HELP MATTERS,

AND TODAY THESE FIVE ARE EXTREMELY GRUMPY.

NOT SO MUCH WITH ME, BUT WITH EACH OTHER.

\hYOU’VE GOT TO REALLY FEEL YOUR WAY AROUND THE PRIDE,

AND JUST ONE LITTLE TOUCH \h\h\hIN THE WRONG PLACE

COULD TRIGGER SOMETHING.

\h\hALWAYS THE WORRY IS THAT I GET CAUGHT

BETWEEN A SCRAP AMONGST THEM,

AND I WOULD END UP SECOND BEST,

\h\h\h\h\h’CAUSE I DON’T HAVE THAT 5-MILLIMETER-THICK SKIN.

Narrator: WITH THE FIRST HALF \h\h\h\hOF BONGO’S HYENA CLAN

NONE THE WORSE

FOR THEIR ATTEMPTED BREAKOUT \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE DAY BEFORE,

KEVIN TURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO THE REMAINDER OF THE GROUP.

Kevin: TODAY IT’S BONGO, TIKA, LUKE, AND AJIP’S TURN.

GOOD BOY!

WHEW, THAT WENT PRETTY WELL!

Narrator: AS SEASONED TRAVELERS, KEVIN ISN’T EXPECTING

ANY TROUBLE AT ALL FROM THESE HYENAS.

\h\hKevin: OK, WE’RE GOING TO TRAVEL WELL, THANK YOU!

LET’S GO.

Narrator: BUT HE ISN’T \hTAKING ANY CHANCES...

AND HAS LOADED THEM INTO A VAN WITH A SAFETY INNER CAGE.

\h\h\h\h\hWITH JAW STRENGTH MORE POWERFUL THAN A LION,

THE HYENAS DECIDE TO DEMONSTRATE EXACTLY HOW STRONG THEY ARE.

Kevin: IF YOU LEAVE THEM FOR ONE MOMENT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES,

THEN THEY GET UP TO MISCHIEF \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND BE NAUGHTY.

THEY’VE DESTROYED \hTHE MIDDLE GATE

BETWEEN THE TWO SECTIONS.

THE ONLY REALLY HYENA-PROOF VEHICLE THAT YOU COULD MAKE

\h\hWOULD BE OUT OF TANK ARMOR PLATING.

THAT’S PROBABLY THE ONLY THING

\hTHEY WOULDN’T GET THEIR JAWS THROUGH.

AND THEN, EVEN THEN, \h\h\hTHEY WOULD TRY.

Narrator: DESPITE THEIR BEST EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE THE VAN,

THE LAST HALF OF THE CLAN \h\h\h\h\hARRIVES SAFELY

\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE REUNITED WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP,

LED BY DOMINANT MALE BONGO.

\h\hTHE SPOTTED HYENA IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY GREGARIOUS

OF ALL CARNIVORES.

THEY HAVE A COMPLEX \hGREETING CEREMONY

\hWHICH HELPS TO MAINTAIN A STRICT CLAN HIERARCHY.

THEY USE BODY LANGUAGE TO SIGNAL SUBMISSION AND DOMINANCE.

[CHUCKLES]

Kevin: YOU CAN SEE, PHYSICALLY, THE LIONS GET OUT,

THEY’RE A LITTLE BIT \h\h\h\hAPPREHENSIVE.

THE HYENAS GET OUT, YOU CAN \h\hACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SEE

THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE \h\hIN THEIR TERRITORY!

THEY ARE TRYING OUT \h\h\hTHE NEW BATH.

\hTHEY ARE PASTING ON ALL THE BUSHES.

THEY ARE RUNNING AROUND \h\h\hLIKE MAD THINGS.

IT’S FANTASTIC.

THEY’RE GOING TO BE \h\hSO HAPPY HERE.

YO KIDO KIDO!

Narrator: AND VINCI TAKES SOME TIME OUT WITH KEVIN,

WITH BARELY A SCRATCH TO SHOW \h\h\h\hFOR HIS GREAT ESCAPE.

[LAUGHS]

Kevin: VERY, VERY NICE \h\h\h\h\h\hHOME, HUH?

DE DE DE DE DE!

Narrator: TODAY, IT’S THE TURN OF ANOTHER PRIDE OF FIVE

TO MOVE TO THEIR NEW HOME.

Kevin: COME, LET’S GO. \h\h\h\h\h\h[WHISTLES]

Narrator: AMONG THE MALES... \h\h\h\h\h\h\hKevin: RAFIKI!

Narrator: ...A LION WHO HAS A REPUTATION FOR TROUBLE--

RAFIKI.

Kevin: RAFIKI! HERE, HERE!

Narrator: HE’S KNOWN FOR BEING INCREDIBLY POSSESSIVE

AND HAVING A STUBBORN STREAK.

Kevin: HERE! RAFIKI, RAFIKI!

JIM, LOOK AT THE WHEELS, PLEASE,

MAKE SURE HE’S NOT BITING \h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE WHEELS!

\h\hSUCH A NIGHTMARE, HE’S A PROBLEM CHILD.

RAFIKI!

I LOVE HIM, BUT HE DOESN’T \hMAKE MY LIFE ANY EASIER.

[WHISTLES] \h\h\hHERE!

AND THE BIGGEST WORRY \h\h\h\h\hWITH RAFIKI

IS THAT HE IS GOING \hTO EAT THE TIRES.

HERE, BOY, HERE, PSST, HERE!

LET’S GO, COME!

WOO-HOO!

NOW WE’RE READY TO GO.

OK.

Narrator: WITH THE LIONS \h\h\h\h\hSAFELY LOADED,

\h\h\hKEVIN TURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO ANOTHER PRECIOUS CARGO--

BLACK LEOPARDS COAL AND NIKITA.

Kevin: GOOD BOY!

Narrator: HE WILL BE TOWING THEM IN A CONVOY

ALONG WITH RAFIKI’S PRIDE.

Kevin: LET’S GET ON THE ROAD!

I DON’T THINK THE EXCITEMENT \h\h\h\h\h\hOF THIS NEW HOME

AND THIS NEW VENTURE \hHAS QUITE SUNK IN,

BUT I THINK IT’S JUST \h\hSO OVERWHELMING,

AND I’VE GOT STILL SO MUCH \hTO DO AND TO THINK ABOUT.

EVERY DAY THERE’S A NEW PROBLEM, A NEW CHALLENGE.

\h\h\h\h\hI THINK, UH, IT’S BEEN QUITE TIRING,

I’VE HAD TO BASICALLY MANAGE \hTHE MOVE MOSTLY ON MY OWN,

BUT IT’S GONE WELL.

Man: WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

Kevin: EVERYONE IN \h\hTHIS ENCLOSURE,

UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE NEXT \h\h\h\hON THE LIONS’ MENU.

HERE, COME!

LET’S GO, COME!

GOOD BOY!

COME, BOY!

Narrator: TIRED AFTER THEIR JOURNEY AND FROM THE HEAT,

\h\hRAFIKI’S PRIDE QUICKLY SETTLE DOWN

AFTER ALL THE EXCITEMENT.

\h\h\hAS THEY ENJOY A WELL-EARNED REST,

COAL AND NIKITA ARE RELEASED \h\h\h\hINTO THEIR NEW HOME.

\h\hBLACK LEOPARDS ARE NOT TRULY BLACK BUT MELANISTIC,

\h\h\hMEANING A RECESSIVE GENE GIVES THEM THEIR DARK COLORING.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLY RARE,

WITH ONLY A HANDFUL OF SIGHTINGS EVER REPORTED IN THE WILD.

LEOPARDS ARE EXPERT CLIMBERS, \h\h\hSO THEIR NEW ENCLOSURE

HAS PLENTY OF TREES AND BUSHES FOR THEM TO EXPLORE.

♪

Kevin: HERE, BOY!

Narrator: THE FIVE BIG BOYS \h\h\hARRIVED TWO DAYS AGO.

\h\h\h\hNOW, IT’S TIME FOR THEIR FIRST SUPPER.

\h\h\h\h\hA MALE CAN CONSUME UP TO A QUARTER OF ITS BODY WEIGHT

IN JUST ONE SITTING.

IN THE WILD, LIONS ONLY FEED \h\hON AVERAGE TWICE A WEEK.

\h\h\h\h\hKEVIN MIMICS THE SAME FEEDING PATTERNS IN CAPTIVITY.

Kevin: WATCH THIS, THIS IS ME \h\h\h\h\h\hPICKING THIS UP.

[STRAINING]

I’D SAY ABOUT 40 KILOS.

WATCH THIS LION TAKE IT.

Narrator: BACK AT THE KINGDOM,

THERE ARE A FEW MORE \hTO BE TRANSFERRED.

THREE LIONESSES THAT WON’T LOAD \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO THE VAN

NEED TO BE TRANQUILIZED.

FIRST UP IS TABBY.

Kevin: HERE! TAB TAB!

Narrator: PRIDE MATES NAPOLEON, \h\h\h\hTAU AND LIONESS MADITAU

HAVE ALREADY MOVED.

BUT TABBY REFUSED TO BE LURED \hINTO THE VAN WITH THE REST.

Kevin: HERE, HERE!

\hNarrator: KEVIN TRIES TO LURE THE LIONESS IN

SO VETERINARIAN CLARE SPEEDY \h\h\h\hCAN GET CLOSE ENOUGH

\h\hWITH THE POLE DART WITHOUT TABBY NOTICING.

\h\h\h\hIF SHE’S SPOOKED, THIS COULD TAKE ALL DAY.

Kevin: DID YOU DO IT?

Clare Speedy: YEAH.

[GIGGLES]

Kevin: DID YOU GET HER \h\h\hIN THE SHOULDER?

Clare: YEAH.

Kevin: OH, GOOD ONE!

SHE WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS,

\hSHE WOULDN’T EVEN COME NEAR THE SPRINTER TODAY,

WHICH IS UNUSUAL.

\h\h\h\h\hSHE IS A BIT UNNERVED BECAUSE HER PRIDE IS NOT HERE,

\hAND THE PRIDE DOES GIVE HER CONFIDENCE.

Clare: SHE HAS GONE BEHIND THOSE BUSHES QUITE FAR OFF.

\h\h\h\hCAN YOU SEE HER? DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE IS?

’CAUSE I KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

Narrator: IT WILL TAKE \h\h\hUP TO 10 MINUTES

FOR THE DRUGS TO TAKE EFFECT.

KEVIN GOES IN FIRST TO MAKE SURE SHE IS WELL AND TRULY UNDER.

\h\h\hHER EYES ARE COVERED TO PROTECT THEM FROM LIGHT,

\h\h\h\hAND ALSO TO PREVENT HER FROM BEING UPSET OR DISTRACTED

IN HER SEMICONSCIOUS STATE.

Kevin: BUT IT’S DEAD WEIGHT.

\hNarrator: AN ADULT LIONESS CAN WEIGH ALMOST 400 POUNDS.

Kevin: CAREFUL, ROCKS THERE!

Narrator: JUDGING HOW LONG \h\h\h\hTHE DRUGS WILL LAST

IS AN INACCURATE SCIENCE.

Kevin: THAT’S A GROWL!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: EVERY LION REACTS DIFFERENTLY

DEPENDING ON THEIR METABOLISM, AGE AND WEIGHT.

Kevin: NO, SHE SHOULD BE FINE TO GET HER INTO THE VEHICLE.

\h\h\hNarrator: WITH ANOTHER TWO LIONESSES TO TRANQUILIZE,

THE TEAM MUST MOVE FAST.

Kevin: THAT SHOULD BE FINE.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: SISTERS CASASA AND SIBINDI

\h\hARE SEMI-WILD LIONESSES WHO HAVE HAD LITTLE HUMAN CONTACT.

AS THEY’VE NEVER TRAVELED \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE VAN,

THEY NEED TO BE SEDATED.

BUT THEY ARE EXTREMELY WARY \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PEOPLE.

THE ONLY WAY TO SEDATE THEM WILL BE TO USE A TRANQUILIZING GUN.

[GROWLS]

[GROWLING]

NOT TOO IMPRESSED BY THE DART,

\h\h\h\hCASASA IS LEFT ALONE WHILE THE DRUGS TAKE EFFECT.

NEXT UP IS SIBINDI.

[DART SHOOTS, GROWLS]

AS SHE’S LAST TO GO UNDER,

HER SISTER IS MOVED \h\h\hINTO THE VAN.

Kevin: YOU ALRIGHT?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THE TWO LIONESSES WILL TRAVEL \h\h\h\hIN ONE COMPARTMENT...

WHILE TABBY IS IN ANOTHER.

Kevin: AND THE THING \hON THE LEFT THERE.

Narrator: THEY DON’T KNOW \h\h\h\h\h\h\hEACH OTHER,

SO IF THEY WAKE UP EARLY,

A FIGHT COULD START,

THEIR CONFUSION AGGRAVATED \h\h\h\h\h\h\hBY THE DRUGS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKevin: WE HAD TO DART TABBY FIRST,

AND SHE HAS BEEN IN THE VEHICLE

A LOT LONGER THAN CASASA \h\h\h\h\h\hAND SIBINDI.

SO I HAVE GOT TWO PROBLEMS HERE.

ONE IS THAT TABBY WAKES UP

WHILE CASASA AND SIBINDI \h\h\h\h\hARE IN THE BACK

AND TRIES TO GET AT THEM.

WE DO HAVE A SEPARATING GATE.

BUT THESE ARE LIONS.

CASASA AND SIBINDI \hARE VERY STRONG,

VERY AGGRESSIVE WILD LIONESSES.

\h\h\h\h\hCASASA SEEMS TO METABOLIZE THE DRUGS

A LITTLE BIT QUICKER \h\h\h\hTHAN SIBINDI,

\h\h\hWHICH MEANS WHEN I ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION AT DINOKENG

\h\h\hI COULD HAVE ONE LION THAT’S A LITTLE BIT AWAKE.

Narrator: AND HIS WORST FEARS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE CONFIRMED.

[GROWLS]

CASASA IS GIVEN ANOTHER DOSE OF DRUGS TO SETTLE HER AGAIN.

Kevin: IT WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES

FOR HER TO GO TO SLEEP AGAIN.

SHH SHH SHH!

WHY ARE YOU ALL LOOKING AT ME?

\h\h\h\h\h\hJUST STAY AWAY FROM THE BITING PARTS, OK?

\hIF SHE DOES START TO MOVE, JUST LET ME HANDLE THE HEAD,

JUST HOLD, HOLD TIGHT, OK, \hDON’T JUST DROP AND RUN.

\h\h\hNarrator: VOLUNTEERS FROM THE DINOKENG SANCTUARY

ARE HELPING TO MOVE CASASA \h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE VAN.

Kevin: GUYS, YOU NEED TO HOLD \h\h\h\h\hTHAT HEAD DOWN, OK?

HOLD THAT HEAD DOWN.

\hSOMEBODY HAVE THEIR HANDS ON THAT HEAD ALL THE TIME!

WHERE’S THE CLOTH?

[GROWLS] \h\hGUYS!

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: BUT IT SEEMS SHE IS FIGHTING \h\hTHE SECOND DOSE AS WELL.

Kevin: OK, LET’S GO.

TWO, THREE.

PUT HER DOWN.

COME OUT, YOU COME OUT.

\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU GO OUT. YOU BOTH CAN COME OUT.

[SIGHS]

OK.

\h\hOK, TWO, THREE, LET’S GO, LET’S GO.

Narrator: SIBINDI IS PUT \h\h\hINTO A SEPARATE PEN

WHERE SHE WILL BE GIVEN \h\h\h\hA REVERSAL DRUG

TO BRING HER AROUND.

Kevin: OK!

Narrator: LAST BUT NOT LEAST \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS TABBY,

WHO HAS WOKEN UP OBLIVIOUS \h\h\h\hTO THE EXCITEMENT.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE THREE LIONESSES WILL BE LEFT TO FULLY RECOVER

\hBEFORE BEING REUNITED WITH THEIR PRIDE MATES.

[GROWLS]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKevin: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,

\h\h\h\h\hAND WE’VE GOT THREE LIONESSES MOVED,

THE LAST THREE LIONS \h\hFROM THE KINGDOM.

SO THAT MEANS ALL THE LIONS ARE HERE AT THE NEW PLACE,

WHICH MAKES ME VERY, VERY HAPPY.

WE ONLY HAD TO DART THREE LIONS

OUT OF THE TOTAL OF 27 LIONS \h\h\h\h\h\hTHAT WERE MOVED.

THAT, BY ANYONE’S STANDARDS, IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT.

FINALLY I CAN RELAX, \hBUT NOT QUITE YET,

BECAUSE I’VE STILL GOT MY LOVELY LAST CLAN OF HYENAS TO MOVE.

Narrator: THIS IS THE FINAL DAY OF THE MOVE.

\h\hREMAINING FOR TRANSPORT IS A SEVEN-STRONG CLAN OF HYENAS,

\h\h\h\hLED BY GEENA, THE DOMINANT FEMALE.

Kevin: IF ONLY IT WAS THAT EASY WITH ALL OF THEM.

Narrator: FOUR OF THEM ARE MORE THAN CONFIDENT

TRAVELING IN THE VAN.

Kevin: ARE YOU WANTING \h\h\h\h\hTO COME LOAD?

Narrator: BUT THREE OF THEM, \h\h\hMAXI, WOODY AND RINGO,

HAVE OTHER IDEAS.

FOR OVER A MONTH, KEVIN HAS BEEN TRYING TO TRAIN THEM

TO CLIMB ON BOARD, TO NO AVAIL.

\h\h\h\h\hAND THAT MEANS TODAY THEY’LL HAVE TO BE TRANQUILIZED.

VET CHRIS PERKINS,

WHO TRANQUILIZED THE HYENAS \hBY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD,

IS BACK TO HELP.

HE’S HOPING TODAY \hWILL BE CALMER.

Kevin: MAXI, MAXI, MAXI, MAXI!

Narrator: FIRST UP IS MAXI.

[DART SHOOTS]

Kevin: OK.

Narrator: EACH HYENA WILL BE PUT INTO A SEPARATE COMPARTMENT

IN CASE THEY WAKE UP EARLY.

[DART SHOOTS]

WITH TWO SAFELY TRANQUILIZED, \h\h\h\h\h\hIT’S NOW THE TURN

OF LOWEST-RANKING MALE RINGO \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO BE DARTED.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hChris: THIS GUY IS A LITTLE TRICKY,

\h\h\hHE’S TRYING TO KEEP A GOOD DISTANCE FROM US,

AND HE’S RUNNING.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: SENSING SOMETHING IS UP,

RINGO HAS DECIDED TO GIVE \hTHE TEAM THE RUNAROUND.

♪

\h\h\hChris: AH, THERE HE IS, RUNNING ROUND THE BACK THERE.

Narrator: RINGO IS PUTTING \h\hCHRIS’S SHOOTING SKILLS

TO THE TEST.

[DART SHOOTS]

[BLEEP]

BUT THERE’S ANOTHER PROBLEM.

IN THE RISING HEAT OF THE DAY,

\h\hTHEY DON’T WANT TO STRESS THE HYENA OUT BY CHASING HIM.

Chris: HE DUCKED THAT ONE!

IT JUST--VOOF!--THE THING WENT STRAIGHT OVER HIS HEAD.

Narrator: IF HE OVERHEATS,

IT WILL PUT EXTRA STRAIN \h\h\h\hON HIS METABOLISM

AND COULD LEAD TO COMPLICATIONS FROM THE ANESTHETIC,

\hINCLUDING CHOKING AND HEART FAILURE.

Chris: ONCE THEY GO DOWN \h\hWITH THE ANESTHETIC,

THEY CAN’T CONTROL THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE AS WELL AS WE CAN

AS MAMMALS NORMALLY \h\hDURING THE DAY.

[DART SHOOTS]

[BLEEP]

Narrator: IF THEY DON’T \hTRANQUILIZE HIM SOON,

HE WILL HAVE TO BE LEFT BEHIND.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKevin: IF EVERY ANIMAL WE HAD TO MOVE

GAVE US AS MUCH TROUBLE \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS RINGO,

WE WOULD BE RUNNING AROUND HERE, WE WOULD,

IT WOULD TAKE US A YEAR.

\h\hWHY DON’T WE JUST LEAVE A SYRINGE FILLED WITH DRUGS

ON THE TOP THERE

\h\h\h\hAND SAY, "PLEASE, PLEASE INJECT YOURSELF"?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: TIME FOR A CHANGE OF TACTICS.

Kevin: WE ALL JUST FAN OUT... \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWoman: YEAH.

Kevin: I WANT TO TRY AND CORNER HIM IN A CORNER SOMEWHERE.

WE’LL GET HIM.

[DART SHOOTS]

Kevin: GOT HIM! Chris: GOT HIM!

Kevin: CHRIS, YOU CHAMPION!

Narrator: AT LAST, \hRINGO IS DARTED.

BUT IN A FINAL ATTEMPT TO OUTWIT HIS CAPTORS,

\hHE’S FLED TO THE SAFETY OF AN UNDERGROUND DEN...

...WHICH IS ALSO HOME TO ANOTHER RATHER UNPREDICTABLE GUEST.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[WHISPERING] Kevin: WHERE ARE THOSE WASPS?

[WASPS BUZZING]

[CHUCKLES]

Narrator: THIS UNDERGROUND DEN HAS ANOTHER ENTRANCE

\hFOR EASY ACCESS-- IF THEY CAN GET IN.

Chris: THEY’RE TYPICALLY \h\h\hNOT TOO AGGRESSIVE

IF YOU LEAVE THEM ALONE.

[BUZZING]

HOLY MOLY.

[BLEEP]

AH! HE IS STINGING ME! \h[BLEEP, BLEEP, BLEEP]

[BLEEP]

HOW AM I SUPPOSED \hTO GET HIM OFF?

[LAUGHING]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: THERE’S NO OTHER OPTION

BUT TO TRY AND CLIMB DOWN \hTO THE NARROW ENTRANCE.

Kevin: THIS END FIRST?

Narrator: IT’S HEADFIRST \h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR KEVIN,

\h\hAS HE ATTEMPTS TO PULL RINGO OUT.

Kevin: LET’S GO.

IS HE OK?

Chris: STILL BREATHING NICELY. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKevin: OK.

Kevin: HEY? YEAH.

Narrator: FINALLY, RINGO \h\hIS SAFELY TUCKED AWAY

IN THE TRAVEL CAGE.

\hA DOUSING OF WATER WILL HELP KEEP HIS BODY TEMPERATURE DOWN.

SOMEWHAT LATER THAN EXPECTED,

THE LAST GROUP OF ANIMALS LEAVE THE KINGDOM FOR THEIR NEW HOME.

♪

Kevin: COME ON! \h\h[WHISTLES]

LET’S GO, HERE, HERE, HERE!

Narrator: FINALLY AWAKE AND NONE THE WORSE FOR THEIR JOURNEY,

THE CLAN IS REUNITED...

Kevin: HERE.

Narrator: ...AND QUICKLY RE-ESTABLISH THEIR BONDS

BEFORE EXPLORING THEIR NEW HOME.

Kevin: GOOD! GOOD!

♪

Narrator: WITH ALL THE ANIMALS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hSAFELY DELIVERED,

IT NOW REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW THEY WILL SETTLE IN.

Kevin: EVERYONE’S SO HAPPY NOW.

\h\h\h\hNarrator: LIONS ARE THE ONLY TRULY SOCIAL CAT.

IN THE WILD, ENCOUNTERING \h\hUNEXPECTED CHALLENGES

HELPS TO KEEP THEM STIMULATED.

\h\h\h\hNOW, AS THEY ENCOUNTER THE UNFAMILIAR SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

OF THEIR NEW HOME,

\h\h\hIT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO ACT OUT NATURAL BEHAVIOR.

Kevin: HELLO, BIG BOY.

DON’T BE LIKE THAT!

Narrator: MOVING THEM IN ESTABLISHED PRIDES

HELPS THEM ASSIMILATE AND ADAPT TO THEIR NEW SURROUNDINGS.

♪

\h\hKEVIN IS HEADING INTO THE NEIGHBORING DINOKENG RESERVE.

HE WANTS TO CATCH UP \hON THE WHEREABOUTS

OF ANOTHER LION.

\h\h\hONLY THIS ONE IS PART OF AN INTRODUCTION PROGRAM

INTO THE WILD.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA YOUNG MALE THAT NEARLY DIED IN A FIGHT.

\hKevin: MR. GRUMPY, THE NOMAD MALE LION,

AS HE’S AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN,

HE’S THE 3 1/2-YEAR-OLD MALE \hTHAT WE TOOK INTO OUR CARE

TO RECUPERATE AFTER THE MALES \h\hUP NORTH HAD A GO AT HIM.

WE RELEASED HIM.

WE’VE BEEN TRACKING \h\h\hHIS PROGRESS.

HE’S HUNTING ON HIS OWN.

CURRENTLY, TODAY, HE IS ACTUALLY QUITE FAR NORTH

IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND IT’S INACCESSIBLE--

WE CAN SEE WHERE HE IS, \hBUT CAN’T GET TO HIM.

\h\hSINCE THE LIONS HAVE ALL MOVED IN,

\h\h\h\hHE IS VERY CURIOUS AS TO WHAT’S GOING ON HERE

AND HOW SO MANY LIONS ARRIVED \h\hIN THIS AREA SO QUICKLY.

\h\hHE JUST DID ONE KIND OF RECONNAISSANCE MISSION

AND THEN CIRCLED BACK TO WHERE HE GENERALLY LIKED TO HANG OUT.

Narrator: THE YOUNG MALE

HAS NOW SAFELY ESTABLISHED \h\h\h\h\hA NEW TERRITORY,

\hFAR FROM THE OTHER WILD LIONS HE WAS ORIGINALLY FIGHTING WITH.

Kevin: A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SIT AND THINK, WELL,

WHY SO MUCH EFFORT AND FUSS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBEING MADE

OVER THIS SINGLE 3 1/2-YEAR-OLD NOMADIC MALE LION, YOU KNOW?

AREN’T THERE JUST THOUSANDS OF THEM OUT THERE IN THE WILD?

AND THAT’S THE POINT THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE HAMMERED HOME,

IS THAT LION NUMBERS \h\h\hHAVE DWINDLED.

SO EVERY SINGLE WILD LION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT,

AND OBVIOUSLY THE NEXT STEP

IS IN BRINGING SOME MORE FEMALES INTO THIS REGION

SO THAT HE CAN TEAM UP \h\h\hAND FORM A PRIDE.

♪

Narrator: IT’S BEEN TWO WEEKS \h\h\hSINCE THE ANIMALS MOVED

TO THEIR NEW HOME IN DINOKENG.

WHILE SOME HAVE BEEN \h\hSETTLING IN WELL,

IT SEEMS THE EXCITEMENT OF THE NEW ENVIRONMENT

IS UNNERVING OTHERS,

RESULTING IN INJURY.

Kevin: THERE WAS A BIT \h\h\h\h\h\hOF FIGHTING

IN AND AMONGST THE GROUPS,

NOT REALLY AIMED AT EACH OTHER, BUT BECAUSE OF EACH OTHER.

THE LIONS ARE GRUMPY \hWITH, FOR EXAMPLE,

THE LIONS NEXT DOOR,

\h\h\h\h\hAND ONE OF THEM GETS ON THE OTHER’S NERVES AND WHOP!

YOU GOT A FIGHT.

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THE FIGHT IS SLIGHTLY MORE SERIOUS

THAN IT WOULD NORMALLY BE.

NOTHING THAT’S GOING TO \h\h\hPUT A LION DOWN,

BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST UNSIGHTLY.

THE HYENAS, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE JUST BEEN A BIT DIFFERENT,

THE ONE CLAN ESPECIALLY.

\h\hTHEY’RE JUST LOOKING TO TRY AND GAIN FAVOR IN THE RANKINGS.

AND THE OTHERS ARE LOOKING \h\h\h\h\h\hTO MAKE A STAND

AND SAY, "THIS IS THE RANKING,

\h\h\hYOU’RE NOT GETTING ANY HIGHER IN THIS CLAN!"

Narrator: IN GEENA’S CLAN

\h\hTHE EXCITEMENT OF THE MOVE HAS TRIGGERED TEMPERS TO FLARE.

THE LOWER-RANKING HYENAS \h\hHAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING

\h\h\hTO RE-ESTABLISH A NEW PECKING ORDER.

\hBUT IT MEANS TWO HAVE BEEN INJURED.

Kevin: OOH.

\hNarrator: SHANZI HAS HAD A LARGE SECTION OF HIS LIP

TORN AWAY BY SPUNNEY,

AND KEVIN NEEDS TO TREAT IT.

Kevin: YOU’RE SUCH A GOOD BOY.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS SEVERE,

THE WOUND WON’T CAUSE HIM \hANY LONG-LASTING HARM.

Kevin: THE BITE IS THE RESULT \hOF HIM PICKING ON SPUNNEYS,

AND UNFORTUNATELY SPUNNEYS \h\h\h\h\hIS ALWAYS THE ONE

THAT’S AT THE RECEIVING END,

AND ACTUALLY HE’S ALSO GOT \h\hA BIT OF A SWOLLEN LEG

\h\hAS THE RESULT OF HIM BITING HIM ALL THE TIME.

\hSPUNNEYS PROBABLY JUST HAD HAD ENOUGH

AND LASHED OUT AND GAVE HIM \hA GOOD BITE TO THE HEAD.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: \hTHESE KINDS OF INJURIES ALSO HAPPEN IN THE WILD.

Kevin: I’VE SEEN HYENAS \h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE WILD

WITH THREE LEGS, MISSING EARS, MISSING NOSES--

MOST THINGS THAT A HUMAN \h\h\h\hWE WOULD DIE FROM

OR AT LEAST BE IN HOSPITAL FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

THESE ANIMALS DON’T HAVE \hANY OF THAT IN THE WILD

AND CAN SURVIVE THROUGH IT.

\h\h\hTHEIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS ARE AS HARDY AS ALL CAN BE.

YOU CAN START TO UNDERSTAND WHY

\h\h\h\h\hTHIS IS SUCH A SUCCESSFUL PREDATOR.

\h\h\hDON’T GET INTO ANY MORE FIGHTS NOW.

Narrator: BUT SPUNNEY’S LEG \h\h\h\h\hIS GETTING WORSE.

\h\h\hKEVIN IS FEARFUL HE MAY HAVE BROKEN IT.

HE’S ALSO NOT EATING HIS FOOD.

Kevin: WE’RE GOING TO KNOCK HIM DOWN,

\h\h\h\h\hAND WE’LL ASSESS WHETHER IT’S BROKEN OR NOT.

IF IT’S A BAD BREAK,

THEN CHRIS HAS TO TAKE HIM \h\h\hBACK TO THE SURGERY.

Narrator: IF HYENA SPUNNEY’S LEG IS BROKEN,

IT WILL MEAN MONTHS \hOF RECUPERATION.

♪

Kevin: TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

LET’S GET OUT OF HERE.

YOU POOR SAUSAGE.

Chris: POSSIBLY NOT BROKEN.

JUST NEED TO CLEAN \hTHESE WOUNDS OUT.

Kevin: TWO, THREE.

Narrator: HIS FUR IS SHAVED

SO THEY CAN INSPECT THE LEG \h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORE CLOSELY.

\h\hTHE WOUNDS ARE FLUSHED OUT WITH STERILE SALINE SOLUTION...

[SQUIRT]

...AND TREATED WITH ANTISEPTIC.

IT’S GOOD NEWS--NO BREAK.

AND THAT MEANS THEY CAN \hTREAT HIM WITH DRUGS.

Chris: THIS IS GOING TO REVERSE THE DRUG.

\hWE’VE GIVEN HIM SOME ANTIBIOTICS,

\h\hAND THEN ALSO A PAINKILLER AS WELL AS AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

TO TRY TO BRING THIS LEG DOWN

AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PAIN WHICH HE’S OBVIOUSLY FEELING,

BECAUSE HE’S NOT PUTTING \hANY WEIGHT DOWN THERE.

Narrator: WITH THE OTHER HYENAS SAFELY LOCKED AWAY,

\h\h\hSPUNNEY IS LEFT TO RECOVER IN PEACE.

\hIN RAFIKI’S PRIDE, TENSIONS HAVE ALSO BEEN RUNNING HIGH.

UPSET BY THE PRESENCE OF NEW NEIGHBOR THOR,

MALES RAFIKI AND SIAM HAVE STARTED TO FIGHT

\h\h\hFOR DOMINANCE OVER THE LIONESSES.

[GROWLING]

AT THE RECEIVING END, NAOBI,

WHO HAS A DEEP PUNCTURE BITE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hON HER BACK.

\h\h\h\hA LION’S CANINE TOOTH IS AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES LONG

\h\hAND CAN EXERT A BITE FORCE PRESSURE OF ALMOST 300 POUNDS.

Kevin: FLIES JUST LOVE \h\h\h\hAN OPEN WOUND,

\hAND THEY TRY THEIR DAMNEDEST TO LAY THEIR EGGS IN THE WOUND,

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

\hNarrator: NOW KEVIN NEEDS TO MAKE SURE NAOBI’S WOUND

\h\h\h\h\h\hIS KEPT CLEAN AND FREE FROM INFECTION.

HIS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP \h\h\h\hWITH HIS LIONS

\h\h\h\h\hMEANS HE’S ABLE TO TREAT WOUNDS LIKE THIS

WITHOUT NEEDING ANY SEDATION.

\h\h\h\hKevin: YOU NEVER KNOW HOW A LION IS GOING TO REACT

WHEN IT’S INJURED.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT NAOBI COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD IT, FROM THE WORD GO,

THAT I WAS TRYING TO HELP HER.

SHE ALMOST LOOKED ME IN THE FACE AND SAID,

\h\h\h\h"OK, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO DO.

\h\hDO YOUR STUFF, I WON’T INTERFERE."

IT’S REALLY HUMBLING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS

AND TO BE ACCEPTED TO SUCH \hA DEGREE AND SUCH A LEVEL

THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SIT HERE AND PHYSICALLY TREAT A WOUND,

ON A--THIS IS NOT A DOG, \h\h\h\h\hYOU KNOW, SO...

\hYOU KNOW, AN ANIMAL WITH THE SHEER SIZE AND POWER OF A LION,

AND HERE IT IS IN YOUR HAND

SAYING, "I CAN’T REALLY \h\h\h\h\hHELP MYSELF,

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME?"

YOU’RE A NUMBER ONE PATIENT, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMY GIRL.

♪

HELLO, WOODY!

Narrator: THE NEXT DAY, KEVIN GOES TO CHECK UP

ON HYENA SPUNNEY.

Kevin: LITTLE POOR \hSPUNNER, SPUNNER.

\h\h\h\h\hHOW ARE YOU, MY LITTLE INJURED BOY?

ARE YOU FEELING BETTER? HMM?

YOU’RE LOOKING BETTER, MY BOY.

YOUR GUMS ARE LOOKING PINKER, \hYOU LOOK MORE RELAXED. YES.

\h\hTHAT IS AMAZING, AND THAT SWELLING HAS GONE RIGHT DOWN.

OOH, YOU’RE SO SORRY \h\h\h\hFOR YOURSELF.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: EXHAUSTED BY HIS ORDEAL,

SPUNNEY WILL NOW CATCH UP ON SOME WELL-NEEDED REST.

WHEN HE IS FULLY RECOVERED,

HE WILL BE SLOWLY REINTRODUCED TO THE CLAN,

\h\h\hA MEMBER AT A TIME, UNDER CLOSE SUPERVISION.

♪

IT’S TAKEN NEARLY A YEAR

\h\hFOR KEVIN’S DREAM TO BECOME A REALITY.

THE ANIMALS ARE SETTLED \h\hIN A HOME FOR LIFE.

\h\hIT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE WITH LIONESSES MEG AND AMY.

FOR KEVIN, A CHANCE TO REFLECT ON HIS JOURNEY WITH THE LIONS

OVER THE LAST YEAR.

Kevin: TO BE HERE AND AMONGST THEM

AND SEE THEM BEING SO HAPPY,

THEY HAVE SETTLED IN \h\h\h\hREALLY WELL.

I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW HAPPY I AM.

\h\hIT’S JUST BEEN SO BUSY AND SUCH A WHIRLWIND TIME,

\h\hTHIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST DAYS

THAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO JUST \hSIT HERE WITH MEG AND AMY

AND JUST PLAY.

AND JUST DO WHAT I ENJOY DOING--

BEING WITH THE LIONS,

LETTING ALL MY TROUBLES \h\h\h\hJUST DISAPPEAR

AND JUST ENRICHING THEIR LIVES,

THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUST LIVE A GOOD TIME IN CAPTIVITY.

[GROWLS]