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Let's just be real quiet
'cause there's a lot of wind today.
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- I hope I get a big one.
- Are you ready to shoot a big one?
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- Yeah.
- Well, we're gonna try.
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Looks like there are some deer
back there.
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Yeah, there's deer everywhere.
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A pretty good one.
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Do you think I could shoot that one?
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We have to be able to age him.
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We have to be able to tell how old he
is before we can make that decision.
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He's gonna walk up there
if he's curious.
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- Well, those are two bucks right there.
- Yeah, that's a good one.
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OK, just get comfortable and get ready.
Take your time.
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Aim just to the right leg
of the feeder, OK?
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You can wait if you want,
but that's a shelter shot right there.
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Right.
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You put him down, son.
Where's that spike?
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- He's getting up, Dad.
- He's not going anywhere, don't worry.
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- You killed the doe.
- That's a spike.
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OK, let's go. Hold that.
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Yes!
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Are your hands shaking?
Alright, let's go.
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Good job, buddy.
Look at the horns on this guy.
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Whoo! Look at that.
Wow, that's a textbook shot, Jasper.
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Hold this gun like this.
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- How's that?
- Feels good.
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Now, the head up like this, OK?
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'Cause if it's down,
it doesn't look right.
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Let's try that. OK.
That's what we want right there.
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Smile. First trophy buck.
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Like this. Turn. One more.
Just smile. We're done.
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OK. As they say, that's history.
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No more doe and spike culling for you.
You're on to the big trophies.
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Hold the head.
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One, two, three.
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Short deep breaths.
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Nitro and blood reading's good.
Stable.
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Where's the brush? The brush?
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- Injecting.
- Yeah.
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Better run. It's on its side now.
Let's go.
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The operation goes very quickly.
It's painless.
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Probably less danger than a human being
having its wisdom tooth out.
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He will be back with his friends
within minutes.
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It'll take about two years before he
goes through the same procedure again
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and we know that the poachers prefer
rhinos with long and pointed horns.
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Every two years to save his life.
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I think if he had an opinion
to give to you, he would say,
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"I'm very happy to sacrifice my horn
in order to save my life."
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There he is, already walking normally.
He looks fine.
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I truly believe that I have the recipe
to save the rhino from extinction.
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Sell the horns, keep the rhinos alive,
and breeding more and more.
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I will give you a challenge.
Give me one animal that's gone extinct
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while farmers were breeding it
and making money out of it.
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There's not one. Not one.
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That's a dorper lamb.
That's what we do. We raise babies.
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We feed 'em,
we keep the predators out of 'em
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and we try to breed good genetics
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and try to raise the next generation.
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Alright, I've got your friend,
your little brother. Go.
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And so those lambs will be
three months old when they're weaned
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and they will go to a small packer
in central Texas,
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and that lamb will be harvested
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and typically will go
into your high-end grocery chains
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and then to a few specialty restaurants.
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I think we have a problem with people
thinking that all animals are pets.
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I don't think you can explain that.
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You raise a chicken
to kill a chicken to eat a chicken.
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If they can't understand that,
that's an infantile frame of mind.
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I don't know how to get in their mind.
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All I can tell 'em is I love raising
these animals. I love those lambs.
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Even the ones that are gonna be
somebody's lamb chops
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this summer for July 4th.
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But that's what they're for.
They're not for anything else.
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We don't care how it looks,
we just want the big one.
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Pull him. To the side, guys.
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One, two, three.
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Keep him on the grass.
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Pull him.
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Keep it on the grass.
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You are closing his nose.
He must breathe.
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You can't put your hand there.
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Let me close your nose also.
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Yes, 3.5 meters.
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OK, thank you, guys.
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Well, there's a big industry
in our country, not just the crocodiles.
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The lions, the sables, the buffalo.
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Everything has been bred for a purpose
at the end of the day.
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So, yeah, sure,
some of them will be hunted.
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We are, as humans, going to eat it
or we're going to use the skins,
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and then that's the cycle of life.
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Did one escape? John, John! Call John!
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Bring the rope!
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- Hello.
- Hello, Christo?
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Yes.
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I want to know if you do hunting?
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Who am I speaking with?
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Yes, Neels, we do hunting.
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I'm just busy catching crocs
and relocating them
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so today is not good for me.
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Let him bite on this
and then we can pull him.
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Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly.
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These are still wild animals.
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Even if they've been kept
in captivity like this,
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they will kill you in an instant
and eat you up.
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So then once it's closed up,
you load it on
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and it's ready for transport
to its next destination.
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If you don't come to Vegas,
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I think your business
will eventually not make it.
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This is the place to come,
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and everyone tries
to be better than the next person.
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That's my defense
in breeding lions or buffalo or sable.
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It's a passion, to have your wild game
and be able to breed them
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and make sure
you get better quality and genetics,
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and you're actually proud of it.
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The Safari Club International show
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is the largest hunting convention
on the planet.
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We have 2,000 booths
that are out there on the floor.
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We'll probably run
20,000 different folks through here
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from all over the world.
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And you'll be able to see
anything that you want
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in terms of hunting, hunting support
and conservation.
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Four of you, eight animals, big cats.
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I know that a lot of people are confused
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how hunting and conservation
go together.
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Hunt South Africa
on a ten-day game hunt for two hunters.
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About two hours ago, there was an
auction item that was an elephant hunt.
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20,000. 22,500. Let's go.
Blow him out of the water. 22,500.
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- Yeah!
- Thank you, sir.
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And that elephant hunt sold
for about $50,000.
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And that money
will all go back into conservation.
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Here!
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Sold right there. $18,000. 18.
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Item number six. A mink coat.
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The coat is not exchangeable
and model is not included.
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The number's valuation, $29,000...
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"I don't know,"
my granddaughter says.
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"I don't know why my gran
wants to shoot a zebra."
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So, I don't know, I'm losing face with
my three-year-old little granddaughter
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'cause I'm gonna go shoot a zebra.
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And crocodiles are really mean,
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so I don't feel bad
about killing one of those.
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Besides that, I want a pair of boots.
And a purse and a wallet. And a belt.
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You can not only pick
the species you want,
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but you can pick
the actual animal you want.
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So if you want a male or a female,
older, younger, color, type of fur.
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You can just pick
whatever animal you want
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from the menu that they offer you,
see the price and book the kill.
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The Safari Club convention is the
ultimate meat market for exotic species,
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and one of the prime attractions
is to get a big five grand slam.
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And so you shoot one of each
of the following species.
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Buffalo, which would cost you
about $8,000 or $9,000.
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Leopards for about 20, elephants for 45,
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lions for 50,000.
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And the most expensive,
because it's the rarest,
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the rhino for $350,000.
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So this is all the sort of stuff
that encourages this collecting,
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this obsessiveness
for more and more and more,
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and this status is applied
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to the individual hunter
who achieves those ends.
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I was hoping to be at Safari Club and
they were discussing fish and wildlife
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and all the bans they kept instituting,
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and there was a rumor that they wanted
to put lions on the threatened list
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and further regulate their take.
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And I decided at that moment
that if the big five was my goal,
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then I had to
step my plans up drastically.
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Get it ready.
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Wait, wait, wait. And take him.
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Yeah, I love it.
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It's exciting
to see people get here.
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They're going on a big hunt,
so they're excited.
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They've worked very hard to earn the
money to be able to pay for this hunt.
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And they come here with anticipation,
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they come here with a lot of nervousness
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because in Africa it is dangerous.
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We're right on the edge of a herd
of elephant. Find you a good bull.
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You hit him, just keep hitting him again
till he's down. Sound good?
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- Sounds good.
- Follow me up here.
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If you go back a thousand years,
the balance of nature was pretty stable.
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Unfortunately,
man has kind of screwed this up.
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We have encroached
on so much natural land
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that the species, all the species,
now have to be managed.
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For instance,
too many elephants in Botswana.
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On the right, on the right.
There he is. Hit him again.
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He's down. He's down.
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Of course,
we can't do this with live animals,
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but kind of get you pumped up,
what you're gonna feel on the real deal.
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Hunter's remorse,
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it's not been something
I've experienced recently.
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But as a child,
I certainly remember it.
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From the flight deck,
for those of you leaving us,
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I'd just like to welcome you to Katima.
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On behalf of the crew,
thank you for flying with Air Namibia.
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When I was a little boy,
I remember I had a BB gun.
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I can vividly remember
my mother telling me,
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"You can go shoot birds
but don't shoot a red bird."
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What did I do?
I went and shot a red bird.
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And I can still remember holding
that bird in my hands
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and looking at its beak
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and just seeing how beautiful it was
and how it was made.
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Right then in that moment,
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I realized that there is no way
I could have loved that bird anymore
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even though it was dead.
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And I think a lot of us,
as trophy hunters, feel the same way.
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We just want that experience
to go and hunt that animal one time.
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We really just want one.
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There you go.
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What's wrong, my baby?
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Yeah, Johnny.
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It's not a good morning
again this morning.
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Oh, fuck. Now what?
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- It's a dead rhino here.
- An adult rhino?
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- Yeah.
- Fuck.
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- Has she got a calf, Johnny?
- Yeah, she's got a two-year-old calf.
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- Two-year-old calf.
- Yeah.
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Fuck me. It never stops, does it?
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Yeah.
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Heartbreaking.
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Poor calf doesn't know
what to do with itself.
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Don't cry.
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It's gonna be alright, boy.
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Don't be childish.
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I'll just start with a post-mortem
and then I'll decide how to leave them.
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- That's fine. Alright then.
- OK.
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OK.
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The goal of this farm and myself
is to breed 200 rhinos a year.
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I have lost quite a few
of my breeding stock.
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Disease will always be a factor.
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Unfortunately so will poaching.
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The odds are stacked against them.
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And I'm always for the underdog.
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But more to the point,
I got to know them,
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and they are the last animal
in the world
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that deserves the persecution.
They don't deserve it.
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They are the nicest,
most user-friendly animal
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that wants to stay
this side of extinction.
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They definitely are
the most magical creatures.
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I can sit and watch them
for hours and hours and hours.
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And they're ancient.
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They don't look like they belong
in today's life. Yet they're still here.
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I'm hoping that people
get a whiff of places like this,
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what we're trying to do here,
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that more of them will start thinking
of opening their own breeding operations
242
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so that hopefully together
we can revive the numbers
243
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before we destroy another species
because of mankind.
244
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Almost every other wild animal has
to be killed to get what people want,
245
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whether that is horns, skin, meat.
246
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Rhino is the only exception,
247
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and that's why I concentrate on rhinos,
248
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because you don't have to hunt them,
you don't have to kill them.
249
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In fact, you shouldn't,
because they're growing gold for you.
250
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The rhino horn belief
has been around for millions of years.
251
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Unfortunately there are more people
that believe in rhino horn
252
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than there are Christians
on this earth, so...
253
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It's very difficult you're gonna tell
600 million Christians or whatever
254
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that God doesn't exist.
255
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By the same token, you're not gonna
tell people rhino horn doesn't work.
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This horn weighs about four kilos.
In Vietnam, on the black market,
257
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the retail value of this horn would
be about a quarter million dollars.
258
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It's more expensive
than gold or heroin by weight.
259
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The illogical part of it is that
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I have four ton of rhino horn
in expensive security,
261
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which, very conservatively,
I could get $60 million.
262
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But we're not allowed to sell it.
263
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When I started this project,
264
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it was legal to sell rhino horn
in South Africa.
265
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In 2009, our government put a moratorium
on the trade in rhino horn.
266
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But since the ban,
poaching has skyrocketed.
267
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The very crook who now will
kill a rhino and sell it illegally,
268
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if he could sell the horn legally,
he will never kill a rhino.
269
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Who would kill the hen
that lays the golden egg?
270
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Maybe somebody's watching for crocs.
I hope.
271
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Ooh!
272
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There's a little hole right there.
273
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It's all good.
274
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This is one of the last
destinations probably in Africa
275
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where there's no fences.
It's absolutely open.
276
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You have to work for your trophy.
277
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We believe here
that if you want to hunt,
278
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it's all in the food,
it's walk and stalk.
279
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It's giving also the animal a chance.
280
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So, for us, the three things is
281
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if he hears you, he smells you
or if he sees you, it's game over.
282
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Slow, slow, slow.
283
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The build-up to pulling that trigger,
in my case, started 18 months ago.
284
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So it's a long build-up to that point.
285
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Preparation, planning,
buying plane tickets,
286
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paying a deposit on a safari,
talking with your PH about the plans.
287
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:40,115
What are we gonna do? How are we gonna
hunt 'em? All that stalking, planning.
288
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And then finding
that the animal is coming.
289
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And then the animal's there.
290
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At the back.
291
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And then you pull the trigger.
And then, boom, you got him.
292
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:03,234
And then all of that anticipation
changes into a different emotion
293
00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:07,957
of joy and relief
and excitement and anticipation,
294
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,231
because you wanna go
over to him and see.
295
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,435
What does he look like?
What does he feel like?
296
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,115
What does he... Where did he fall?
297
00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,470
- Which one are you looking at?
- This one here on the left.
298
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OK.
299
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Wait.
300
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:01,919
- Wait a minute.
- Yeah?
301
00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,509
No, no, no.
That's a young bull.
302
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,072
Let's go back.
303
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,313
Let's go. Let's go, let's go.
304
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,033
Philip.
305
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:26,670
Let's go.
306
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,033
I think it's too dangerous.
Too many, they're too clumped up and...
307
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,152
All the ones I saw
had good tusks, the big ones.
308
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,158
But they're female.
It's all females.
309
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:40,674
We are looking for an old animal
that we can harvest for meat, so...
310
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:42,712
OK. Keep going.
311
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,437
For the better part
of two centuries now,
312
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you've had this hunting culture,
first in Britain and now in America,
313
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that it's somehow rugged and exciting
314
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:19,874
to be out in the wilderness
and hunting,
315
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,959
and Teddy Roosevelt bought into that
when he hunted thousands of animals,
316
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including something like 5,000 mammals
317
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,830
and started to record
all of these kills.
318
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,912
The hunters' accounts
of what they're doing
319
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:36,114
makes me sick to my stomach sometimes
about finding this amazing bull elephant
320
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,436
and putting a bullet
in the animal's head.
321
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,240
And that gives them
a rush of excitement.
322
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,440
Now, they cloak that in money,
conservation, helping people,
323
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,160
so, yeah, Roosevelt is declaring
all these parks national parks
324
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,555
and protecting wilderness,
325
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,434
but he's also killing
thousands of animals at the same time
326
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,432
because he wanted to be able
to do that hunting.
327
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,752
He wanted to be able
to consume those wild animals.
328
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,794
The hunting industry
is trying to convince people
329
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:09,073
that the way it was in Roosevelt's time
is the way it still is today.
330
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,477
A hunter was somebody
who was willing to go out
331
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,956
and spend three weeks
walking around on foot,
332
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:20,280
tracking an elephant, tracking a lion,
to shoot it and take home a trophy.
333
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,960
There was a challenge.
There was a sense of sport.
334
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,719
But what has happened
in the last ten or fifteen years
335
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:32,232
has been a growing segment
of the hunting demographic,
336
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,670
which are referred to as the shooters.
337
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,271
And the shooters may have to spend
as much money as it takes
338
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,392
to get a three-week permit,
339
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,995
but if they can kill everything
in the first two days,
340
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,396
they'll do it and they'll fly home.
341
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:51,158
It's that mentality that really fed the
birth of the canned hunting industry.
342
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,357
Basically you've gone shopping
at some import/export place
343
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,512
and you've got your rug,
you got your mantelpiece,
344
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,200
but it's not sport, it's just killing.
345
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:20,792
Shit. I'm out of bullets.
346
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,717
Piece of shit.
347
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,792
Where is it now?
348
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,758
That is one big-ass
fucking crocodile.
349
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:39,836
Yeah.
350
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,316
I'll tell you, the adrenaline
has been worth every penny of it.
351
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:43,920
It's not like we can fetch it out.
352
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,633
- Something's coming out there.
- Yeah.
353
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:48,275
- It's coming out there.
- Oh, fuck.
354
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:49,629
That's not yours.
355
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,036
- Is that yours?
- I don't know.
356
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,197
- No, but I wanna shoot it right now.
- No, no.
357
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,994
I wanna have... I wanna have two.
358
00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:00,670
That can't be yours,
swimming like that. That's impossible.
359
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,440
Oh, no, that is.
He keeps, like, hurting.
360
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,876
It is? Watch, I wanna shoot, so...
361
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,711
- Is that the one?
- Yeah.
362
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,236
I'll shoot it with this one. Let
me put my gear down. I might drop it.
363
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,876
- What's this?
- That's the blood.
364
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,754
- Blood?
- For the last crocodile.
365
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,997
- The last crocodile?
- Yeah.
366
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,431
It's just waiting for us to get close.
Oh, it's moving its eye.
367
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,195
I'll shoot it again.
368
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,034
Just shoot it in the brain.
369
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,152
Oh, yeah, motherfucker!
370
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,117
- Yeah, he's destroyed.
- No, they'll fix it.
371
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,359
They'll fix it. They'll fix it.
That's what taxidermists do.
372
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,273
That's why you pay them.
373
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,197
I'm done for the day.
It's party time, boy.
374
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:34,520
How much for that sucker?
375
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,956
That white one?
That's a big white lion.
376
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,879
- They're about 35.
- 35,000?
377
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,710
- How much was Cecil?
- Cecil was expensive. 50,000.
378
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,793
Make sure all your tags and things
are on them
379
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,196
so there's no mistake
on the trophies, OK?
380
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,831
Skin it now, salt it, put it in,
381
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,919
so that we know tomorrow
when they start with new animals,
382
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,111
we're finished with today's work.
383
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,870
I was in the cattle industry
for, like, ten, 12 years,
384
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,630
and because we had a lot of game
in the area,
385
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,673
I had some other outfitters those years
which always contacted me and said,
386
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,237
"Please, Christo, can I bring a client
over? We'd like to come and hunt."
387
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:21,238
And I'd say,
"OK, fine, bring the clients."
388
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,511
And then I start meeting
overseas clients
389
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:27,117
and it looked to me
like it can become a good business.
390
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:36,560
So what we offer our clients is
there's the lodge, there's a Jacuzzi,
391
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:40,071
and in the hunting area you can
drive around, try and spot the animals.
392
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,671
You get off and you try and get
the client up to a point
393
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,514
where he can have a clear good shot
at that animal.
394
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,231
Good shot. Good shot, buddy.
395
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,199
And normally, in the middle
of the day when it's really hot,
396
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,437
we bring the clients into the blind area
397
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,671
where they can sit down
for the rest of the afternoon,
398
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:03,076
so it makes it really comfortable.
399
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,271
The client can stand straight up
400
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,189
and be able to shoot
through that slot over there.
401
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,676
This may be, like, 25 yards.
402
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,598
We will put some feeders
out here as well
403
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:15,837
so that the animals
can only come into certain areas
404
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,952
where there's water for drinking.
405
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,596
Then we clear out around all
these water points where the blinds are
406
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:23,951
because you would like to see
the animals when they come in,
407
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,994
and that makes it an exciting hunt
and it makes it a natural environment,
408
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,440
which is very important.
409
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,875
Why don't you kill?
You're just wasting petrol.
410
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,799
Yeah, it's not a photo safari.
You got the wrong guide.
411
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,832
You should get a guide
which kills things.
412
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,397
Sorry. OK, sorry.
413
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:46,031
Just keep in mind, we don't feed no
Americans if they don't shoot something.
414
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:54,518
I would love to have a giraffe.
I probably would shoot it myself too.
415
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:55,790
Here's some more.
416
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,596
He says it's too expensive and we don't
have room for it in our house.
417
00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:01,916
I would find room for it in our house,
418
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,875
even if I probably would have to build
on to the trophy room,
419
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,037
which I don't want to.
420
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,755
A beautiful animal.
I got one of those last year.
421
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:22,790
I still have a warthog
and a baboon and a bush buck,
422
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,594
a bush pig, a caracal,
so the list is still pretty big,
423
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,713
and we have the rest of this day
and two more days to hunt.
424
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,071
So we'll try to do our best
to get the most on the list,
425
00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:34,312
but it's not as easy.
426
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,354
It seems like once we're going for them,
they're real skittish.
427
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,197
Now you just try to get
all this grass out of the way.
428
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:55,917
Wash all the blood off.
Need water, only a little.
429
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,918
You're trying to stalk the plains game.
430
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:09,876
You know, animals, they get the feeling
and get used to our bush environment.
431
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:10,956
One, two, smile.
432
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,278
And then eventually
they've got the experience
433
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,955
to allow them to go after the big five.
434
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,118
That was the most expensive one.
435
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:22,789
Damn, that was a good shot.
436
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,359
- Beautiful photo.
- And one, two...
437
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,431
- A kiss?
- Yes.
438
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,035
That's a nice one.
439
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,197
Now I'm happy she got a second one.
440
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:34,040
- And oil's up two dollars.
- You what?
441
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:36,391
- Oil's up.
- Oil's up two dollars.
442
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:40,879
Let's add another one to the list.
Let's add that bitch to the list.
443
00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:47,111
We're going to start really
low, and what about one million here.
444
00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:48,594
500,000 now.
445
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:54,231
- 800,000. One million. Thank you, sir.
- Yeah!
446
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:58,832
One million that we have now.
I've got 1.2 now, 1.73 there.
447
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,873
I've got 1.73 now. We have 1.750.
448
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:06,677
Every outfitter,
if he has a lot of clients
449
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,953
or runs a good hunting business,
you kind of shoot out your animals.
450
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:12,918
So you have to buy in new blood.
451
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:18,200
The breeding is very important
because that's where the money is.
452
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,960
The money is in the breeding.
453
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:34,516
We've had buffalo go for between
four and five million US dollars,
454
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,633
and also sable bulls
go for four or five million US dollars.
455
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,638
It's good for the industry.
456
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,911
Very big demand
and a good market for it.
457
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,191
At 2,600,000, and done.
458
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,676
You have the capitalist system,
the profit motive,
459
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:52,950
making money off wildlife.
460
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:55,998
So it's a remarkable development
461
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,909
but in South Africa
they went through an incredible period
462
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:04,956
of removing nature
from their countryside in the 1800s,
463
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,231
and they literally removed everything.
464
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,959
It's only been in the last 20, 25 years
465
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,630
that there has been this recognition
that they could take private land
466
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:19,789
and private owners themselves
could profit by restoring these areas.
467
00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:24,714
Now, till recently, this land
was mostly used for livestock,
468
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,069
but a lot of people decided,
469
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:30,319
"Well, we could get more revenue
if we do game ranching."
470
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,194
You'd actually get much more money
than raising cows.
471
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,112
In this model,
they're filling the market
472
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:40,075
by first going rare ungulate species
like sable or roan
473
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:42,112
that are still attractive for hunters,
474
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:43,919
and you can also start
breeding your buffalo
475
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:45,952
so they have abnormally huge horns.
476
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,152
And then as the market saturates,
people are thinking,
477
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:56,196
"Well, you know, I've got all this land
and we could bring back big five."
478
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,317
Now you actually have got
a restored ecosystem.
479
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,919
And so this has been a success story.
480
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:10,111
There are far more lions
in South Africa now
481
00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:11,640
than there were 100 years ago.
482
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,276
There's far more predators in general
in South Africa
483
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,631
than there were 100 years ago.
484
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,559
Initially it may have been
because this would have involved
485
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:21,995
the slaughter of some animals,
486
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,874
but then you could go towards
a more naturalistic thing
487
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,071
that would not have happened otherwise.
488
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:34,520
If we're only gonna restrict
what we view as domesticated animals
489
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,871
to those species
that have been domesticated
490
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,231
hundreds or thousands of years ago,
491
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:42,558
then we're just gonna see
a lot of these species go away,
492
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:46,515
and I think that there are
a few species, like rhino,
493
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,672
that there should be rhino farms.
494
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:53,800
And one needs to recognize that
what they've achieved in South Africa
495
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,152
should not be lost.
496
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:12,718
This was a breeding buffalo bull.
497
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,072
This buffalo bull
was bought for millions.
498
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:20,351
And eventually he was done breeding
499
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,831
and we had to put him out there
for hunting.
500
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,316
So a Canadian client came over
501
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,592
and he was very happy
to harvest such a beautiful trophy.
502
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:33,031
So nothing goes for waste, nothing,
even that animal,
503
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:38,360
and we hope we will have, like, maybe
50 or 70 babies of him running around.
504
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:41,519
But eventually, one day,
he's going to be honored,
505
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:45,077
to put him up on the trophy room,
where someone can walk in and say,
506
00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:47,118
"You know what?
That was a top breeder."
507
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:51,029
He'll still be honored today as you look
at him and see it was a great trophy.
508
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:53,072
He makes a real great trophy.
509
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,078
Do you ever get attached to a lion,
510
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,759
that it's hard to release it for a hunt?
511
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,998
Is there some animal like that,
that you're like, "This one, I..."
512
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,750
All animals,
it doesn't matter what animal it is,
513
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,430
if you love animals,
you'll get attached to them.
514
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,832
You go out there every day, you see
this animal, you're feeding him...
515
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:16,432
the buffalo, your sable, of course,
516
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,672
but there will be a time
when you have to let go.
517
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:23,953
Cut.
518
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:28,832
You must cut this.
519
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:37,879
That is true.
There is animals you can't let go of.
520
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,870
You know, you will be playing with them
and they become like a friend.
521
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:53,719
OK.
522
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:00,754
Yeah!
523
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,109
- I busted a hip. Did you see that?
- Congratulations.
524
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,832
- Got him running away.
- Yeah.
525
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:14,319
Oh, mercy.
526
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,398
He's done.
527
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,314
Maybe if you come to the side.
528
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,193
- Where?
- To the chest.
529
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,277
- Straight through there?
- Yeah.
530
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,429
Let's stand a little bit back.
531
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:31,512
I think he's finished.
532
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:41,159
Cigarette?
533
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,992
Is he an old one, Philip?
534
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,312
No. Just a bull.
535
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:35,314
Doesn't have... the trophy quality
of a big elephant.
536
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:39,593
You know,
it will never grow big, so, yeah.
537
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,193
This is not an elephant.
538
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:37,878
It's too small.
539
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:39,670
It's an own use.
540
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:45,671
Own use. You can say that,
but this elephant is really young.
541
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,675
This is the same elephant
that ate in my crop field.
542
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:53,870
No way.
543
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:58,233
Yes, he ate all my watermelons!
544
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:03,312
These are tough times.
They must kill 30.
545
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:05,352
No, they are only allowed to hunt
seven elephants.
546
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:06,795
Seven?
547
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:11,280
The own-use elephant
548
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:14,279
is the elephant that we have to hunt
for the community.
549
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:19,156
As part of their quota, they get some
animals that they can harvest for meat.
550
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:24,435
Fifteen years ago, people poached
animals because they wanted meat
551
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:26,313
and there was no value
to the animal for them.
552
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:29,354
Now they know
they must protect the wildlife.
553
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,352
There's not only the meat,
554
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:34,638
there's actually money
going back to their pockets.
555
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:38,116
Good morning!
556
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:31,076
This one is just for a week.
557
00:50:31,200 --> 00:50:33,157
You need another one.
558
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:36,193
We need another one.
A big one. Not like this.
559
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:09,274
How many goats were killed?
560
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:10,629
- Five.
- Five?
561
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,150
There is only one baby goat left.
562
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:21,234
- Did you see the lion?
- When I ran out, the lion was gone.
563
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:26,955
I am very sorry.
564
00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:30,512
It's difficult here.
565
00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:35,518
We put thorns at the entrance
566
00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:40,351
but the lion pushed the thorns away
and pulled the cow out
567
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:43,240
and dragged it over there.
568
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:45,591
It ate everything
but the bottom of its legs.
569
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,116
Only the bones remained.
570
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:52,634
We know that elephants and lions
571
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,832
generate money for the community
when they are hunted here.
572
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,111
We have to look after all the animals.
573
00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:02,393
Now, if someone poaches our animals,
they go to jail.
574
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:06,036
So it's up to you, the wildlife
officers, to decide what to do.
575
00:52:06,160 --> 00:52:10,313
Whether you will kill this lion or not.
576
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:15,117
You need to have a plan
on how to handle this.
577
00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:16,913
Like this or like that.
578
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:22,951
We want to get involved
so this doesn't happen again,
579
00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:25,914
but there are
some other stakeholders involved,
580
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:29,556
people organizing photographic safaris,
581
00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:33,560
and they don't want the lions
to be killed.
582
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:40,913
After the lion killed our cows,
we brought the last one into the house.
583
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:45,954
The cow is sleeping
in the house with us.
584
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,520
We called you,
but you were not there when it happened.
585
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:54,317
If he smells cow inside,
next stage he will go into the houses.
586
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:56,079
Break the door where people sleep.
587
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:59,910
These are recurring problems
and we can't carry on like this.
588
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:03,112
Somebody's gonna get eaten.
It's just a matter of time.
589
00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:05,197
Maybe it's better
people cry about a dead lion
590
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:09,991
and we don't cry about a dead person.
Better that way.
591
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:21,993
We go to extreme lengths
to keep animals from being shot
592
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:23,952
on the problem animal control program.
593
00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:28,510
Probably 95% of the time, we can get
the animals out of the communities
594
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:33,760
and get them back into where they belong
and try and keep the two separate,
595
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:35,917
'cause they don't mix well.
596
00:53:36,040 --> 00:53:38,430
And people are killed every year
597
00:53:38,600 --> 00:53:41,911
by elephant and hippo
and crocodile and lion.
598
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:47,069
That's part of life.
Part of life here, anyway, certainly.
599
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:53,116
Lions come in and absolutely destroy
a guy's livelihood
600
00:53:53,240 --> 00:53:56,312
and he doesn't have a way
to sustain his future.
601
00:53:56,440 --> 00:54:00,195
Maybe does he end up in the bush,
putting up wire snares and poaching?
602
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:04,633
At the end of the day, you know,
we're fighting a poaching war.
603
00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:09,520
We are trying to recruit people.
We do the anti-poaching campaigns,
604
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:14,755
trying to teach people and explain
to them the importance of animals.
605
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:19,751
The problem is,
people, they are suffering.
606
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:25,433
So they are forced now
to get into the poach to make a living.
607
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,356
Stay. Stay.
608
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:45,434
Stay. Be a good boy. Be a good boy.
Stay, honey, stay.
609
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:52,394
I don't know if I want to see this.
610
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:56,236
Yeah, David, you don't.
Let me tell you, you definitely don't.
611
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:03,716
That one over there
was only 14 months old.
612
00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:05,320
I think two of them were pregnant.
613
00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:09,400
And then another cow with a young calf
was also wounded.
614
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:12,200
She still has a bullet in her brisket.
615
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:16,555
Whether that'll prove fatal or not,
we don't know.
616
00:55:23,760 --> 00:55:25,672
Fucking sick.
617
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:36,232
They can give you ten,
12, even 13 calves in their life.
618
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:40,276
That is all wiped out.
619
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:43,872
In one moment.
620
00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:53,516
The bodies were actually mutilated.
621
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:58,038
Means that there's definitely, sort of,
locals involved.
622
00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:03,753
I'm suspicious about the camp master,
because the rhinos, they know him,
623
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:08,517
and he knows how to go and stand
in the middle of them quietly,
624
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:10,552
and then maybe, you know, two guys,
625
00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:13,155
one banging that side
and one banging this side.
626
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,114
That's how I pictured it
in my nightmare.
627
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:39,600
So where does that leave me?
628
00:56:39,720 --> 00:56:40,949
Yeah, but what I was saying
629
00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:45,393
is that we're going to have a harder
thing convincing the pro-trades...
630
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:48,314
- You mean the anti-trades.
- Yeah, the anti...
631
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:50,033
Convincing the anti-trades, you mean?
632
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,880
- Yes. John, you should know...
- I know that.
633
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,515
I know that better than any of you.
I'm there.
634
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:59,520
I'm in the fight, all day and every day,
so I know that.
635
00:56:59,680 --> 00:57:01,876
I am not pro and I'm not anti.
636
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:08,554
Both of those approaches
have merit in cases and not merit,
637
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:11,957
because the motives
behind the commercial acts
638
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:15,118
are very seldom conservation-based.
639
00:57:15,240 --> 00:57:19,359
They are profit-based and they sell it
to the public on the basis of...
640
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:22,194
- It pays, it stays.
- ...it pays, it stays, yeah.
641
00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:26,353
I'm not a missionary for your cause,
not at all.
642
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:29,553
Just be for the rhinos,
not for my cause.
643
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,831
It's all I fucking want.
Be for the rhinos.
644
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:35,476
Try and keep them alive.
That's all I'm fucking asking everybody.
645
00:57:35,600 --> 00:57:39,719
- You and I can have a discussion.
- Let me tell you something.
646
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:43,231
If you are anti-trade,
then you're anti-legal trade.
647
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:45,875
Then there's two things
I want you to think about.
648
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:49,630
Firstly, you are keeping the money
away from me
649
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,070
which I need to protect my rhino.
650
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:57,195
Secondly, if you're anti-legal trade,
by implication, to me,
651
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:01,234
you are pro-illegal trade,
and those are the poachers.
652
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:07,354
The fact of the matter is that...
653
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:10,160
Fact of the matter is
in ten years' time,
654
00:58:10,280 --> 00:58:13,591
if there's not legalization,
you won't see one fucking rhino here.
655
00:58:13,720 --> 00:58:17,600
They'll all be dead or gone.
That's the fact of the matter.
656
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:30,674
Open! Open! Open!
657
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:39,718
Go outside! Get out!
658
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:41,160
Get out! Get out! Get out!
659
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:43,355
- Sister...
- Mm?
660
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:51,634
Sister, the black boots
are coming today.
661
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:54,514
And they are tough. They are tough.
662
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:57,030
And they are serious.
663
00:58:57,160 --> 00:59:00,358
- The older wife knows everything.
- What does she know?
664
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:03,234
She knows everything
about our husband's poaching.
665
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:06,837
They don't tell me anything
because I might betray them.
666
00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:11,549
There's a gun here.
667
00:59:12,320 --> 00:59:13,800
Here?
668
00:59:16,200 --> 00:59:17,236
Lie down.
669
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:20,319
We know you're lying.
Lie on the ground.
670
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:23,080
Don't beat me.
671
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:24,270
Don't beat me.
672
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:28,557
You can die for nothing if you're lying.
673
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:40,234
The husband had been going into the bush
and shooting elephants.
674
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:44,752
That network over the years,
probably over the last ten years,
675
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:48,794
would have accounted for
a couple of thousand elephant at least.
676
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:53,112
So, yeah, a bad guy.
Done a lot of bad things.
677
00:59:54,040 --> 00:59:57,078
Tell this fucking lady now
we are now tired of this, yeah,
678
00:59:57,240 --> 00:59:59,357
and we are going to leave her
with boots...
679
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:01,432
We kill! Do you understand?
680
01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:05,075
Where is the gun?
Tell us now!
681
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:10,514
- The gun is with Tobaco!
- Yeah, better answer.
682
01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:16,958
Here is the gun cabinet.
683
01:00:22,560 --> 01:00:23,710
Sit down, boys.
684
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:26,236
Sit down!
685
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:44,359
I'm tired of this nonsense.
686
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:47,158
They are not dangerous kids.
687
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:48,953
On this system of poaching,
688
01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:51,754
these young boys will grow up
to be in the same system.
689
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,560
Maybe these boys will end up
690
01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:57,832
carrying ivory in the bush
and we will kill them.
691
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,680
Better that these kids
hear the straight story.
692
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:01,950
Come here.
693
01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:07,397
We've known your father a long time.
The future in the bush ain't a future.
694
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:09,199
- There's no future there.
- Of course.
695
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:12,438
Otherwise you can die,
leaving your family behind.
696
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:14,916
- Yeah.
- Or to be jailed.
697
01:01:15,040 --> 01:01:20,160
And you're young guys
with plenty of future to your side.
698
01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:24,069
I know if we stay like this,
we will end up... in the bush.
699
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:27,830
We will end up meeting in the bush.
And that's not good.
700
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:29,872
That's not going forward.
701
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:36,397
We're fighting this war
for the community.
702
01:01:36,560 --> 01:01:38,756
This community
and another community further away
703
01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:41,634
want these elephant's teeth.
They're worth a lot of money
704
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:44,229
and they will go to all lengths
to get what they want.
705
01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:48,149
So, yeah, we need to look in the mirror
every morning.
706
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:50,920
I make a point of it. Every
single morning I look in the mirror.
707
01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:56,069
Because we've gotta make sure
that we don't cross the bounds,
708
01:01:56,240 --> 01:02:00,632
that we can't lose our humanity
for humanity.
709
01:02:00,760 --> 01:02:02,672
I think that's really important.
710
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:09,070
It gets harsh and we do things sometimes
that... you saw it... scare people.
711
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:14,952
But we have to do what we've gotta...
712
01:02:15,080 --> 01:02:16,958
We have to keep this fight going.
713
01:02:17,960 --> 01:02:20,270
It's a war to save elephants
from extinction.
714
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:34,951
Twenty rhinos were poached
in less than a year. Twenty.
715
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:44,233
When I fired
the previous security company,
716
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,192
I already had a suspicion
717
01:02:46,320 --> 01:02:49,518
that some of them were involved
in the rhino poaching.
718
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:55,755
One of the people in that team I really
liked was the second in command,
719
01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:58,793
a chap by the name of Thomas Chauke.
720
01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:02,834
That is our friend Thomas
at the time that he was here.
721
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:06,192
I've got a very reliable report
from the police
722
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:09,398
that Thomas was in on the poaching.
723
01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:18,635
That is, emotionally, the worst part
of this was who your friends are.
724
01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:22,350
Who are the friends of your rhino?
You feel you can't trust anybody.
725
01:03:24,320 --> 01:03:28,394
I won't be able to guarantee
zero losses on this property.
726
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:31,553
But most of those incidents
which are mapped there
727
01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:36,311
are as a direct result
of having the wrong people on site
728
01:03:36,440 --> 01:03:38,830
with not the right equipment,
not the right training,
729
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:40,912
not being highly motivated.
730
01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:43,839
So we will now
change the policy completely
731
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:46,429
to have elite reaction unit.
732
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:52,759
I don't necessarily want them
in a body bag,
733
01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:55,270
but I would like to upset them,
734
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:58,837
for them to say, "No, no, no.
You don't wanna go to that place."
735
01:04:00,600 --> 01:04:03,399
We have a case
of shots being fired.
736
01:04:03,520 --> 01:04:05,352
We have to bring the chopper in.
737
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,990
While a lot of their politicians
are praying for peace,
738
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:14,157
we are praying for war.
739
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:18,115
More conflict is probably needed
in this arena to sort out the problem.
740
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:26,719
Quite frankly, I feel poor,
because they're all very expensive.
741
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:30,390
Radar seems to be somewhere between
ten and 20 million rand.
742
01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:35,159
This chopper here is costing me
nearly a million a month.
743
01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:38,876
Then there's the underground man
and the bloody information man
744
01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:40,832
and, and, and.
745
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:45,952
Derek, would that have
come through as an alarm
746
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:48,271
if you'd tapped it
on the top of the fence?
747
01:04:52,920 --> 01:04:57,233
I mean, why did they come in here?
They walked from that bottom road there
748
01:04:57,360 --> 01:05:00,159
all the way up here into this camp
to come and poach these.
749
01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:04,240
Why? Just 'cause
they're fucking with my head, or why?
750
01:05:12,560 --> 01:05:13,994
You feel very helpless, you know.
751
01:05:21,560 --> 01:05:23,438
Good morning, darlings.
752
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:25,550
Let me scratch you.
753
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:28,912
This one is four months old.
754
01:05:38,120 --> 01:05:40,237
I don't think anybody ever thought
755
01:05:40,360 --> 01:05:45,719
any private person
would have 1,300 rhinos.
756
01:05:46,120 --> 01:05:48,874
And next year
we're going to have 200 more, maybe.
757
01:05:50,680 --> 01:05:54,276
But I suppose it's an addiction,
I would think.
758
01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:59,320
And where do you think it's gonna stop?
759
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:02,151
When he kicks the bucket, I guess.
760
01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:07,834
Then hopefully
one of his sons will carry on.
761
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:12,357
He won't stop
before he's six foot under.
762
01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:23,110
My dream is to carry on
what my dad's doing,
763
01:06:23,240 --> 01:06:25,118
is to carry on with the rhino breeding.
764
01:06:26,360 --> 01:06:30,991
Unfortunately, the irony,
I wouldn't breed rhino
765
01:06:31,120 --> 01:06:35,194
because it's too expensive
and it's very high risk.
766
01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:38,154
I mean, we've had death threats
here at the house.
767
01:06:38,280 --> 01:06:42,160
If I see what he's gone through
in sort of the last 15 years,
768
01:06:42,320 --> 01:06:44,710
his financial position
has got gradually worse and worse
769
01:06:44,840 --> 01:06:48,151
the more rhino, you know, he's acquired.
770
01:06:50,120 --> 01:06:54,831
I've invested $50 million
in this project
771
01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:56,872
with virtually no return.
772
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:09,315
This project will come to an end
unless it is making money.
773
01:07:09,440 --> 01:07:14,310
I can go on selling my assets, but
it is not sustainable in the long run.
774
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:21,678
I used to have six resorts.
I used to have over 3,000 beds.
775
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:27,117
All the resorts have been
776
01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:30,358
and this is the last one
that will be sold on auction.
777
01:07:30,520 --> 01:07:33,354
A bid, sir? At $17 million.
778
01:07:33,520 --> 01:07:36,319
At 17 and a half. At 17 and a half.
779
01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:38,557
Nineteen. At 19 now.
780
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:40,876
Half. At 19 and a half.
781
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:43,356
At 20,750,000 now.
782
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:45,796
At 22,750,000.
783
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:47,240
At 24 million.
784
01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:52,435
For the first time,
for the second time at 24 million.
785
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:56,913
Thank you, ma'am. It's yours.
786
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:07,837
After taking various advice,
I believe that I don't have any option
787
01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:11,317
but to take the government to court
to lift the moratorium.
788
01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:16,717
If I don't, I will run out of money
789
01:08:16,840 --> 01:08:19,753
and my rhinos
will be killed by poachers.
790
01:08:32,520 --> 01:08:34,034
Sure.
791
01:08:34,160 --> 01:08:38,120
We believe that the poachers
would have shot an elephant today
792
01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:43,440
and we hope to meet them on the road
and explain to them
793
01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:46,672
that this no longer happens
in this area.
794
01:08:55,440 --> 01:08:58,194
There was a sting operation
in the district south of us
795
01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:00,630
where a lot of our armed poachers
come from.
796
01:09:00,760 --> 01:09:04,754
And what had transpired
was a guy whipped out a knife,
797
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:08,317
tried to stab the police officer.
He was shot.
798
01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:12,520
He died shortly after that.
799
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:16,592
Yeah, don't know.
800
01:09:17,560 --> 01:09:22,032
It was a bit strange 'cause the next day
I had to go and shoot an elephant
801
01:09:22,160 --> 01:09:23,719
on behalf of the council.
802
01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:28,280
But walking up to that elephant,
803
01:09:28,440 --> 01:09:32,992
which is
an incredibly dangerous thing to do,
804
01:09:33,160 --> 01:09:38,076
and you have this huge adrenaline rush
as you're walking up to it.
805
01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:40,635
Your heart's going. Your head's going.
806
01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:43,992
You need to cleanly shoot this animal,
807
01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:49,195
and as it folds,
it falls to the floor after your shot,
808
01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:53,394
there's just this huge drop of emotion,
for me, anyway.
809
01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:59,158
And it's, to me...
810
01:10:01,240 --> 01:10:02,720
really sad.
811
01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:06,231
It turns from this beautiful animal
812
01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:11,071
into this floppy mess of grey skin.
813
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:14,952
To me, shooting elephant's hard.
814
01:10:16,200 --> 01:10:18,874
I understand it's gotta be done
and I have to do it sometimes,
815
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:21,435
but it's a tough call.
816
01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:25,998
Yeah, it's an emotional thing,
killing an animal,
817
01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:27,952
and I think maybe
that's a part of the hunting,
818
01:10:28,080 --> 01:10:32,359
where people have this huge build-up
819
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:35,672
and then this emotional switch.
820
01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:40,795
I get that, so I understand
maybe if others get it,
821
01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:43,833
and maybe it becomes
a passionate addiction.
822
01:10:43,960 --> 01:10:44,950
I don't know.
823
01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:00,274
- And many more!
- Cheers!
824
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:07,312
Want a bite?
825
01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:11,593
Your hair's all wild.
You just spilled it.
826
01:11:11,720 --> 01:11:13,791
What are you, some kind of wild animal?
827
01:11:14,560 --> 01:11:19,112
Mom, Dad, y'all watch.
Philip's opening his gift.
828
01:11:19,240 --> 01:11:20,754
Oh, I remember what these are.
829
01:11:22,720 --> 01:11:26,760
"Birthday cheers
on your quest for the big five."
830
01:11:26,880 --> 01:11:29,031
- Something merlot.
- Something.
831
01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:31,629
And some kind of chocolates.
Is that what that is?
832
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:34,150
- Happy birthday.
- Thank you.
833
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:44,840
Well, unfortunately,
this is my birthday present, I guess.
834
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:48,954
They've listed the lions as threatened,
and all lions as threatened,
835
01:11:49,080 --> 01:11:53,438
and another species is endangered.
So, effectively, lion hunting is over.
836
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,360
When this all goes into effect,
I don't know.
837
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:02,076
We're just a few months out,
so maybe we're OK, maybe we're not.
838
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:03,839
Maybe we have to go
to a different country.
839
01:12:04,000 --> 01:12:06,595
Maybe the whole trip's ruined.
I don't know.
840
01:12:06,720 --> 01:12:08,393
So I think the thing
that makes me the maddest
841
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:13,237
is this service director, Dan Ashe,
says that, and I quote,
842
01:12:13,360 --> 01:12:14,919
"That it's a privilege, not a right
843
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:17,953
for us to bring back these trophies
from other countries."
844
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:21,395
You know, I don't think
he was elected by anybody.
845
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:24,519
I think he's an appointed bureaucrat
and he has no right to tell me
846
01:12:24,640 --> 01:12:29,669
what my rights are and what a privilege
of being a US citizen is.
847
01:12:29,840 --> 01:12:32,400
I'm gonna be the first hunter in there
for the hunting season,
848
01:12:32,560 --> 01:12:33,914
and we planned it that way,
849
01:12:34,040 --> 01:12:36,874
so I'm going as early as I can
in this coming year.
850
01:12:37,000 --> 01:12:40,516
But it might not be early enough.
851
01:12:54,880 --> 01:12:58,874
Ladies and gentlemen,
today is a very significant day
852
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:04,439
for the South African
Predator Association.
853
01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:10,796
I want to inform you
about what is happening
854
01:13:10,920 --> 01:13:14,038
with the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
855
01:13:15,440 --> 01:13:19,878
And what are we going to do
to open the lion industry again?
856
01:13:20,960 --> 01:13:22,633
That's the bottom line.
857
01:13:22,760 --> 01:13:28,392
We will do anything
to prevent losing the American market.
858
01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:33,711
There are about 150 farms
in South Africa
859
01:13:33,840 --> 01:13:37,800
that have permits
to keep and breed lions.
860
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:43,120
About 70% of all hunters
are coming from the US and Canada.
861
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:49,911
And right now the importation of lion
trophies will be much more difficult,
862
01:13:50,040 --> 01:13:52,555
and that will give my industry
a severe blow.
863
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:59,198
If we can't get hunters
to hunt our lions
864
01:13:59,320 --> 01:14:03,678
we slaughter the lions
and sell their bones.
865
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:09,192
What other alternative is there?
866
01:14:10,160 --> 01:14:13,631
If you cannot look after your animals
and there's no value to your animals,
867
01:14:13,760 --> 01:14:15,080
how will you look after them?
868
01:14:15,200 --> 01:14:17,920
Where will you find the money
to feed them
869
01:14:18,040 --> 01:14:19,838
if you take away the value of it?
870
01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:23,954
I have to get rid of it.
There's no other option for me.
871
01:14:24,120 --> 01:14:27,113
Walk away from my place,
let people shoot them, euthanize them?
872
01:14:27,240 --> 01:14:30,517
What else?
What can you expect me to do?
873
01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:33,439
I can't just let them open the camps
874
01:14:33,600 --> 01:14:36,354
and let them run out free
and kill people.
875
01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:48,031
Just once in a while,
an individual animal
876
01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:52,712
can capture the public imagination
and change public attitudes.
877
01:14:53,240 --> 01:14:55,994
Worldwide outrage
over the death of Cecil the lion,
878
01:14:56,120 --> 01:14:57,998
killed at the hands
of an American dentist.
879
01:14:58,120 --> 01:15:03,195
Cecil's death created
a sort of public groundswell of opinion
880
01:15:03,320 --> 01:15:05,232
that's been translated into real action.
881
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:08,916
You know, I eat hamburgers, but that was
not a hunt. That was a murder.
882
01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:11,396
And this guy must have
quite a collection of animal heads
883
01:15:11,560 --> 01:15:14,280
because, well, here he is
posing next to a bear he shot.
884
01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:16,437
He killed, like, half of Noah's Ark.
885
01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:19,031
Killing a lion for sport?
886
01:15:19,160 --> 01:15:21,550
Not in the era
of Instagram and Facebook.
887
01:15:21,720 --> 01:15:24,758
Not to a generation
brought up to relate to Simba.
888
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:26,678
We'll always be together, right?
889
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:32,432
No, we won't. I'll be murdered
by a dentist from Minnesota.
890
01:15:32,600 --> 01:15:34,159
See that constellation,
891
01:15:34,280 --> 01:15:38,035
the one that looks like a white guy
in his 50s with a fake smile?
892
01:15:38,160 --> 01:15:39,276
Walter fucking Palmer,
893
01:15:39,400 --> 01:15:42,632
you hunted Cecil the lion
like a fucking cowardly bitch.
894
01:15:42,800 --> 01:15:45,952
Dentist Palmer,
welcome to the court of public opinion.
895
01:15:46,080 --> 01:15:48,390
I'm really happy that social media
is getting this story out.
896
01:15:48,600 --> 01:15:50,512
Stop talking about it.
I'm gonna get really angry.
897
01:15:50,640 --> 01:15:52,996
What would happen
if you were being hunted, motherfucker?!
898
01:15:53,120 --> 01:15:55,954
We'll never forgive what you did,
Palmer!
899
01:15:56,080 --> 01:15:58,231
In the wake of public outrage
900
01:15:58,360 --> 01:15:59,953
over the killing of Cecil the lion,
901
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:03,272
the three largest US airlines
are instituting bans
902
01:16:03,400 --> 01:16:06,438
on carrying trophies as freight.
903
01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:08,910
Somebody is paying
for this thing to function.
904
01:16:09,040 --> 01:16:13,831
Someone provides the clothing,
the scopes, the outdoor gear,
905
01:16:13,960 --> 01:16:19,240
and it makes the big corporate players
in this think very carefully
906
01:16:19,360 --> 01:16:24,037
about how closely they wish to be
associated with certain practices.
907
01:16:24,160 --> 01:16:27,915
And I think that that will change
and it will change fast
908
01:16:28,040 --> 01:16:31,158
and people will say,
"Mm-mm, don't wanna be part of this."
909
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:34,114
- Save our lions!
- Ban canned hunting!
910
01:16:34,240 --> 01:16:37,790
- Save our lions!
- Ban canned hunting!
911
01:16:37,920 --> 01:16:40,833
- Save our lions!
- Ban canned hunting!
912
01:16:40,960 --> 01:16:42,189
Save our lions!
913
01:16:42,360 --> 01:16:46,149
We will shame these people.
We will ostracize these people.
914
01:16:46,280 --> 01:16:48,237
We will put such pressure
on our governments
915
01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:51,114
that they've got nowhere to go.
And it isn't just lions.
916
01:16:51,240 --> 01:16:55,075
A certain gentleman that breeds
1,200 white rhinos in South Africa
917
01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:59,240
and spends 5.2 million rand a year
feeding them and looking after them
918
01:16:59,360 --> 01:17:01,636
says he can no longer afford
to pay for all of that.
919
01:17:01,760 --> 01:17:05,515
He'll have to kill those animals
unless he can sell the rhino horn.
920
01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:09,429
And we've gotta say enough is enough.
We won't allow that to happen.
921
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:13,230
We won't allow South Africa
to abuse its position...
922
01:17:15,440 --> 01:17:18,717
Welcome.
I'm here tonight to moderate a debate
923
01:17:18,880 --> 01:17:22,874
between two
very prominent conservationists,
924
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:28,871
Will Travers of the Born Free
Foundation and Mr. John Hume.
925
01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:32,640
I'm very keen to hear
what he's gonna say.
926
01:17:32,760 --> 01:17:36,800
He's far more experienced than I am
in wooing the public.
927
01:17:36,920 --> 01:17:40,118
Don't forget that. That's what he does,
he woos the public.
928
01:17:40,240 --> 01:17:43,916
And that's how they collect money
and that's why he's so good at it.
929
01:17:48,200 --> 01:17:50,237
Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen.
930
01:17:50,360 --> 01:17:52,750
I'm a retired property developer
931
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:58,797
and now custodian of 1,403 rhinos.
932
01:17:58,920 --> 01:18:00,877
If I can sell the horns,
933
01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:05,199
my 1,400 will become
2,000, 3,000 and 10,000.
934
01:18:06,080 --> 01:18:12,634
I cannot see what is wrong with that
when my rhinos are happy alive.
935
01:18:12,760 --> 01:18:15,719
Come and see them where they are.
936
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:20,596
I have the recipe,
but it takes a lot of money.
937
01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:22,837
I have a way to raise the money
938
01:18:22,960 --> 01:18:25,429
without going begging
all over the world.
939
01:18:25,560 --> 01:18:28,678
All I need is for it to be legal.
940
01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:30,359
I don't think
there's any legitimate case
941
01:18:30,520 --> 01:18:32,876
for you having these animals
in large numbers
942
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:35,674
in private areas of owned land
where you can harvest them,
943
01:18:35,800 --> 01:18:37,029
where you can profit from them,
944
01:18:37,160 --> 01:18:39,277
where you can put them
into the international market,
945
01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:42,399
where we can lead to more destruction.
946
01:18:43,360 --> 01:18:47,070
Excuse me, sir.
I don't think you understand Africa.
947
01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:49,476
You simply don't understand Africa.
948
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:53,640
How many consumers
could you supply from your rhinos?
949
01:18:53,760 --> 01:18:55,353
I trim my horns every two years,
950
01:18:55,520 --> 01:19:00,037
so I can produce, with my current
rhinos, one ton of horn a year.
951
01:19:00,160 --> 01:19:02,277
Your rhino.
What about the rest of the population?
952
01:19:02,440 --> 01:19:03,510
They must do the same.
953
01:19:03,640 --> 01:19:06,075
That's why I wanna give them
to the communities.
954
01:19:06,200 --> 01:19:07,839
I want to teach the community...
955
01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:12,432
What about Sumatran rhino, Indian rhino?
Won't you "flood" your market?
956
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:14,517
So you want me to give up
and let my rhino all die?
957
01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:17,155
It's all about your rhino.
What about the global rhino?
958
01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:20,079
Let the global rhino do the same thing.
959
01:19:20,200 --> 01:19:22,635
You have to speak for all rhino,
not just yours.
960
01:19:25,840 --> 01:19:30,198
The "if it pays, it stays" principle,
the commodification of wildlife.
961
01:19:30,360 --> 01:19:32,511
Elephants will stay
if we can sell their ivory.
962
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:35,599
Lions will stay if the wealthy elite
can shoot them for fun.
963
01:19:35,720 --> 01:19:40,112
And rhino will stay, albeit on ranches
very similar to Mr. Hume's,
964
01:19:40,240 --> 01:19:44,234
if their horns can be sold
to remote, distant, deluded buyers.
965
01:19:44,360 --> 01:19:46,875
What a vision of nature that will be,
966
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:51,074
contained, confined,
commercialized and counterfeit.
967
01:20:35,080 --> 01:20:38,278
South Africa is yet
to decide on a push to end a global ban
968
01:20:38,440 --> 01:20:40,716
on buying and selling rhino horn.
969
01:20:40,840 --> 01:20:42,752
The move could open up
a $2 billion market
970
01:20:42,880 --> 01:20:45,998
and also determine the fate
of the critically endangered species.
971
01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:48,593
Rise.
972
01:20:57,200 --> 01:20:59,032
When we assess this trade,
973
01:20:59,160 --> 01:21:02,119
what this trade is actually doing
is going into the international trade
974
01:21:02,240 --> 01:21:03,879
and the international trade
is unlawful.
975
01:21:04,000 --> 01:21:07,277
The moratorium is
one of the six reasons, top reasons,
976
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:08,914
why poaching has escalated.
977
01:21:10,160 --> 01:21:12,117
Mr. Hume says that's based
on your records.
978
01:21:12,240 --> 01:21:15,039
We accept that poaching is one of
the factors that we need to consider,
979
01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:17,231
but the department
and none of its reports
980
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:19,875
accept that the way to deal
with poaching immediately now
981
01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:21,275
is by lifting the moratorium.
982
01:21:21,400 --> 01:21:27,715
So the department accepts that
the moratorium encourages poaching?
983
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:30,678
No, My Lord.
The department does not accept that.
984
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,838
There are a number of factors
that contribute to poaching
985
01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:37,271
and the viability report accepts
that the moratorium is one of them,
986
01:21:37,400 --> 01:21:38,959
is one of those contributing factors.
987
01:21:39,080 --> 01:21:41,276
The viability report does not find
that it is the main one.
988
01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:42,959
It does not find
that it is the only one.
989
01:21:43,080 --> 01:21:44,400
It does not find that it is the cause.
990
01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:49,919
And if we do not do that now,
the escalation of poaching continues.
991
01:21:50,040 --> 01:21:54,114
No, My Lord. The reasons why there is
continued poaching are complicated
992
01:21:54,280 --> 01:21:55,953
and that is the department's version.
993
01:21:56,080 --> 01:21:58,993
Would you say this is rational, really?
994
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:04,235
"I have been breeding rhinos
for a very long time
995
01:22:04,360 --> 01:22:06,875
and all of a sudden, I am very poor."
996
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:10,311
But the point is, there is an
eco-tourism market and a hunting market
997
01:22:10,440 --> 01:22:12,830
which enables them
to capitalize their assets.
998
01:22:12,960 --> 01:22:15,156
They say that they prefer
not to allow hunting,
999
01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:18,079
and that is a choice,
not to exploit in a particular way.
1000
01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:22,956
If I understand you correctly,
is that if you hunt,
1001
01:22:23,120 --> 01:22:29,196
you can sell to tourists and tourists
can pack and go with the horns.
1002
01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:34,679
But then, we have brought 2,000 rhinos,
1003
01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:38,760
say, for example, for Mr. Hume,
1004
01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:41,190
down by one we have slaughtered.
1005
01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:45,593
And where is the preservation
of the rhinos?
1006
01:22:48,640 --> 01:22:53,510
My Lords and My Lady, consider that
for a moment, coldly and analytically,
1007
01:22:53,640 --> 01:22:58,271
the entire world
and South African citizens
1008
01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:03,714
are hugely concerned
about the preservation of this species.
1009
01:23:03,840 --> 01:23:05,877
It's on the brink of extinction,
virtually.
1010
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:07,798
We say we can't afford
to defray the costs.
1011
01:23:07,920 --> 01:23:09,240
What does the Minister say?
1012
01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:12,273
"Well, you can garner some income
by having them hunted."
1013
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:16,437
It is actually quite sad
1014
01:23:16,600 --> 01:23:21,072
that the Environmental Minister
can resort to an allegation,
1015
01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:24,671
in the midst of all people
trying to preserve the species,
1016
01:23:24,800 --> 01:23:26,314
to an allegation that, yeah,
1017
01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:30,150
you can garner income
by having them hunted. Killed.
1018
01:23:30,320 --> 01:23:33,552
If there were only ten left in
the world, and Mr. Hume had those ten,
1019
01:23:33,680 --> 01:23:35,751
and he had raised the same argument,
1020
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:39,032
would the Minister have said,
"Well, hunt them, shoot them"?
1021
01:23:39,160 --> 01:23:41,914
Then we will be down to one
and we will put that one in the museum.
1022
01:23:42,960 --> 01:23:44,758
It's, with respect, absurd.
1023
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:49,992
Oh, my gosh.
1024
01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:54,954
- I got this one.
- You got this one?
1025
01:23:55,080 --> 01:23:57,037
- Alright. I'm coming back.
- You bet.
1026
01:24:01,040 --> 01:24:04,920
Justice for Cecil!
Justice for Cecil!
1027
01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:06,633
Justice for Cecil!
1028
01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:10,032
They like to talk about the numbers,
about conservation.
1029
01:24:10,160 --> 01:24:13,790
They're just greenwashing, basically,
the fact that they enjoy killing.
1030
01:24:13,920 --> 01:24:17,152
And that's basically
psychopathic behavior.
1031
01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:19,118
We're seeing a lot of progress
for animals.
1032
01:24:19,280 --> 01:24:22,637
The change is coming.
We're gonna put an end to this.
1033
01:24:28,920 --> 01:24:30,798
I'm actually a conservation hunter.
1034
01:24:30,920 --> 01:24:32,639
We're very conscientious
about what we do hunt,
1035
01:24:32,800 --> 01:24:34,359
and we don't hunt
any endangered species.
1036
01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:37,752
- Well, I'm against all hunting.
- Just all hunting? No matter what?
1037
01:24:37,880 --> 01:24:40,793
- No matter the results or...?
- All hunting.
1038
01:24:40,920 --> 01:24:42,798
From the conservationist's
point of view,
1039
01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:45,389
the money that comes in
from hunting in those areas
1040
01:24:45,560 --> 01:24:48,837
where those conservancies are
is actually what's keeping them there.
1041
01:24:48,960 --> 01:24:50,758
Do you honestly think
your money goes anywhere
1042
01:24:50,880 --> 01:24:54,157
except into someone's back pocket?
You are breeding corruption.
1043
01:24:54,280 --> 01:24:56,920
We're going to go to the school
that we paid for.
1044
01:24:57,040 --> 01:24:59,077
- We're going to go to the clinic...
- So go build a school.
1045
01:24:59,200 --> 01:25:00,236
If you wanna build a school,
1046
01:25:00,360 --> 01:25:02,591
I'll shake your hand
and build it with you, no problem.
1047
01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:03,995
Why do you have to shoot an animal?
1048
01:25:04,120 --> 01:25:07,431
I'm just saying, that's part
of our industry. That's an off-shoot.
1049
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:09,637
Murder is murder.
1050
01:25:09,760 --> 01:25:12,150
- No, it's not murder if it's an animal.
- Yes, it is.
1051
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:15,034
Did you murder a chicken
that you had for lunch?
1052
01:25:15,160 --> 01:25:16,879
I don't eat meat, sweetheart.
1053
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:19,276
- I'm vegan. I don't eat meat.
- OK.
1054
01:25:19,400 --> 01:25:23,633
Cos I have regard for all species
and all living, breathing things.
1055
01:25:23,760 --> 01:25:27,913
Shame on you! Cowards!
1056
01:25:33,520 --> 01:25:36,354
It's human nature
to be empathetic with the individual,
1057
01:25:36,520 --> 01:25:38,637
and so the animal rights organizations,
1058
01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:41,514
that's their thinking,
is the individual,
1059
01:25:41,640 --> 01:25:44,360
as if that's somehow
gonna protect the entire area,
1060
01:25:44,520 --> 01:25:46,989
it's gonna protect the whole ecosystem,
and it's not.
1061
01:25:47,120 --> 01:25:50,352
So they think in terms
of Bambi or Simba or Fifi,
1062
01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:52,119
'cause we can see Fifi, we know Fifi,
1063
01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:55,597
and we send out photographs of Fifis
to our donors.
1064
01:25:55,720 --> 01:25:58,189
Then that's great, OK?
1065
01:25:58,320 --> 01:26:00,835
But Fifi might be
in the right middle place
1066
01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:02,519
and she's right
in the most protected area
1067
01:26:02,640 --> 01:26:04,871
and you're ignoring everywhere else
around the periphery.
1068
01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:07,117
And all people are cutting away
1069
01:26:07,240 --> 01:26:09,675
and they're felling forests
and they're clearing land
1070
01:26:09,800 --> 01:26:15,080
and they're bringing their livestock
right next to Fifi, and it all goes.
1071
01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:21,070
They're ignoring the fact that
local people are being killed by lions
1072
01:26:21,240 --> 01:26:23,755
or being trampled by elephants.
They're losing their crops.
1073
01:26:23,880 --> 01:26:26,952
That they do not share
their value system.
1074
01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:31,154
If you cannot empathize
with the local people,
1075
01:26:31,280 --> 01:26:35,069
then you're not gonna be successful
in protecting them in the long term.
1076
01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:39,269
On the other hand, you have the hunters
1077
01:26:39,440 --> 01:26:41,830
who are convinced
that where they operate,
1078
01:26:41,960 --> 01:26:45,271
they're the last bastion of support
to protect these areas.
1079
01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:49,314
But to an animal welfare organization,
no, no animal must die.
1080
01:26:52,320 --> 01:26:55,631
The reality of hunting
is that, yes, there are a few places
1081
01:26:55,800 --> 01:26:57,917
where hunting does make a difference.
1082
01:26:58,040 --> 01:27:00,714
But in many areas,
the economics don't add up.
1083
01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:03,799
They're not generating enough money,
the land is being lost,
1084
01:27:03,920 --> 01:27:06,071
especially in the most
corrupt countries.
1085
01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:08,669
We've seen that happen over and over
in many parts of Africa,
1086
01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:11,076
where they go out and say,
"Everything's fine."
1087
01:27:11,200 --> 01:27:14,034
No, it's not fine. Things are declining.
1088
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:27,917
What we do is run the camp and
kind of manage the ongoing management
1089
01:27:28,040 --> 01:27:29,872
of the anti-poaching in the area,
1090
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:33,994
and we get a daily rate when
foreign hunters come in to hunt here
1091
01:27:34,160 --> 01:27:39,394
which really subsidizes the money
that I have to run my anti-poaching.
1092
01:27:42,080 --> 01:27:46,871
You can imagine
all that dust and dirt and rain and...
1093
01:27:47,000 --> 01:27:48,798
Our firearms take a bit of a hammering.
1094
01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:51,754
That's why we like these AK actions.
Good old AK.
1095
01:27:51,880 --> 01:27:53,712
Built in Israel.
You can't really go wrong with it.
1096
01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:55,797
No, no.
1097
01:28:00,360 --> 01:28:05,037
We're fighting to save this
for the community...
1098
01:28:06,560 --> 01:28:10,440
while people kill it.
1099
01:28:12,120 --> 01:28:15,875
It really is pretty weird.
1100
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:19,118
We're fighting to save something
so somebody else can kill it.
1101
01:28:21,600 --> 01:28:24,160
It just comes back to control...
1102
01:28:25,200 --> 01:28:29,160
Ethic, morals, sustainability.
1103
01:28:30,120 --> 01:28:33,352
You can assimilate the two,
the poachers and the commercial hunters,
1104
01:28:33,520 --> 01:28:36,194
but the difference is, the poachers...
1105
01:28:37,720 --> 01:28:41,714
They shoot anything for their teeth,
literally anything.
1106
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:44,912
And they will shoot
every last one that there is
1107
01:28:45,040 --> 01:28:49,080
because there's a commercial-driven
desire for these teeth.
1108
01:28:49,200 --> 01:28:54,355
On the hunting side, if done correctly,
1109
01:28:54,520 --> 01:28:57,752
where there's
a very carefully measured off-take...
1110
01:28:59,360 --> 01:29:01,716
I can live with that.
1111
01:29:01,840 --> 01:29:05,151
Killing every last animal,
no, can't live with that, won't do that.
1112
01:29:06,160 --> 01:29:08,038
That's just wrong.
1113
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:12,719
- You loaded up there, bro?
- No.
1114
01:29:12,840 --> 01:29:15,639
You gotta load up.
You never know what we can bump here.
1115
01:29:19,160 --> 01:29:20,879
- I'm not really after a buck.
- OK.
1116
01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:21,911
Yeah, I mean...
1117
01:29:22,040 --> 01:29:23,793
You know what?
We're gonna need bait, so...
1118
01:29:23,920 --> 01:29:25,593
We got three more places to bait.
1119
01:29:25,720 --> 01:29:28,110
But it's your call.
You know, no pressure.
1120
01:29:28,240 --> 01:29:30,118
How much am I paying
for the hippo for bait?
1121
01:29:30,280 --> 01:29:31,873
4,750.
1122
01:29:32,000 --> 01:29:33,832
- And how much for the buffalo?
- 5,500.
1123
01:29:33,960 --> 01:29:34,950
OK.
1124
01:29:44,000 --> 01:29:46,117
- OK.
- When you're ready, take it.
1125
01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:09,673
This is one of now probably 17 baits
we've put up so far for Philip.
1126
01:30:09,800 --> 01:30:12,872
We've used hippo, zebra, impala,
1127
01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:16,038
and our biggest problem is
they're rotting really quick.
1128
01:30:16,160 --> 01:30:17,992
They're only lasting two or three days,
1129
01:30:18,120 --> 01:30:21,875
so hopefully cats find us in the next
two days while they're still fresh
1130
01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:23,593
and give us a bit of luck.
1131
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:31,513
The Bible says he gave man
dominion over all the animals.
1132
01:30:31,640 --> 01:30:34,200
And that dominion comes
with responsibility,
1133
01:30:34,320 --> 01:30:36,880
but it also means it's the right to use.
1134
01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:38,593
And so I think that is a big part of it,
1135
01:30:38,720 --> 01:30:40,871
and it's a big part
of appreciating God's creation.
1136
01:30:41,000 --> 01:30:44,880
And some people think, "Well, how can
you go out and shoot God's creation?"
1137
01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:48,357
That's a totally false statement,
false point of view.
1138
01:30:48,520 --> 01:30:50,159
God said we have dominion
over the animals.
1139
01:30:50,280 --> 01:30:52,590
That means we can do
what we choose with them.
1140
01:30:52,720 --> 01:30:55,360
It's a very powerful statement
that's in the Bible.
1141
01:30:57,680 --> 01:30:59,876
- The nice broad-cut one.
- You mean the ram?
1142
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:01,354
Any one.
1143
01:31:05,240 --> 01:31:07,357
I think it does make it more special
for me as a believer
1144
01:31:07,520 --> 01:31:09,989
to go out there and pursue these animals
and know that God placed them.
1145
01:31:10,160 --> 01:31:13,198
When I put my hand on that lion,
I can promise you...
1146
01:31:15,000 --> 01:31:16,992
at that moment, as with all of my life,
1147
01:31:17,120 --> 01:31:20,079
anybody that believes in evolution
is a complete fool.
1148
01:31:20,200 --> 01:31:22,556
I just don't understand
how people can't understand
1149
01:31:22,720 --> 01:31:24,996
that God raised that animal
into existence.
1150
01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:01,753
It's a big lion. Massive.
Look at the mane on him.
1151
01:32:01,880 --> 01:32:04,349
It's a big cat.
1152
01:32:07,360 --> 01:32:08,396
Wow!
1153
01:32:09,400 --> 01:32:11,039
Nice one. It's got a big head.
1154
01:32:11,160 --> 01:32:12,913
Fantastic cat, bro.
1155
01:32:29,120 --> 01:32:30,952
A thought came to mind
as I was coming here
1156
01:32:31,080 --> 01:32:36,280
and beginning to feel the emotion
and the anticipation of this big hunt.
1157
01:32:39,200 --> 01:32:42,671
You know,
I've been a hunter my whole life.
1158
01:32:42,800 --> 01:32:45,076
They say I fell out of the hunting
vehicle when I was two or three
1159
01:32:45,240 --> 01:32:48,278
and landed on my head. Maybe that's
what's wrong with me sometimes.
1160
01:32:49,520 --> 01:32:53,070
And, you know, I lost my dad
a few years ago and he was a hunter.
1161
01:32:55,000 --> 01:32:57,993
At the time, I was a little angry
with him, the way he would treat me,
1162
01:32:58,120 --> 01:33:02,034
but he would do funny things to me
to make me learn to hunt.
1163
01:33:02,160 --> 01:33:06,279
We'd be in a pick-up, and whether it was
a rabbit or a deer, summer or winter,
1164
01:33:06,400 --> 01:33:09,279
we'd be driving along
and he would see some game,
1165
01:33:09,400 --> 01:33:12,757
and all he would do is turn the engine
off and sit there and not say a word.
1166
01:33:12,880 --> 01:33:14,599
And I would have to find the animal
1167
01:33:14,720 --> 01:33:17,155
and get out of the vehicle
and go take a shot.
1168
01:33:20,080 --> 01:33:21,230
But, no, he challenged me.
1169
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:23,955
My dad challenged me in many ways.
That was just one way.
1170
01:33:27,920 --> 01:33:31,391
And I think
that he would be really tickled
1171
01:33:31,560 --> 01:33:34,359
to be able to tell the people
back home at the coffee shop,
1172
01:33:34,520 --> 01:33:37,479
and when I say coffee shop,
I mean the Dairy Queen,
1173
01:33:37,600 --> 01:33:39,637
that his son is out hunting a lion.
1174
01:33:39,760 --> 01:33:43,037
I think if he was around, he would
really get a big kick out of that.
1175
01:33:50,600 --> 01:33:54,037
It would be better
if it was a little bit up.
1176
01:33:54,160 --> 01:33:57,278
Yeah. But it'll work,
but if you can make it up a little bit.
1177
01:33:57,920 --> 01:34:00,754
Down just a bit. Up. Right there.
1178
01:34:38,120 --> 01:34:41,670
I wanna get his hair patterns right.
1179
01:34:41,800 --> 01:34:44,918
You wouldn't believe it,
but hair patterns are very important.
1180
01:34:45,880 --> 01:34:48,520
It's not gonna look alive
if it looks mangy.
1181
01:34:51,520 --> 01:34:56,231
I actually have nothing of myself.
I've never kept a piece of work, ever.
1182
01:34:56,360 --> 01:34:59,956
One day I'll probably end up
buying a skin from a zoo,
1183
01:35:00,080 --> 01:35:02,037
an animal that's, you know, expired
1184
01:35:02,160 --> 01:35:04,755
and creating
my own little private museum.
1185
01:35:06,960 --> 01:35:10,237
Even if it's private,
it's still something
1186
01:35:10,360 --> 01:35:13,114
that will preserve this
when it's long gone,
1187
01:35:13,240 --> 01:35:16,074
which is inevitable
with the way we carry on in this world.
1188
01:35:18,160 --> 01:35:23,872
People killing animals
for the wrong reasons, i. e. poaching,
1189
01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:29,155
using them for completely irrational,
what do you call it, illogical reasons,
1190
01:35:29,320 --> 01:35:32,996
like medicine that doesn't work,
it's just a fantasy.
1191
01:35:33,160 --> 01:35:38,758
And besides that, the displacement
of their natural habitat.
1192
01:35:38,880 --> 01:35:40,678
They've got nowhere else to go.
1193
01:35:40,800 --> 01:35:44,919
They come into conflict with people,
they always come second.
1194
01:35:45,880 --> 01:35:50,432
So there's that too. Animals will
end up one day behind cages,
1195
01:35:50,600 --> 01:35:52,557
like we have in zoos,
but on a larger scale,
1196
01:35:52,680 --> 01:35:55,878
or just fantasies
that people talk about.
1197
01:35:56,000 --> 01:35:57,639
"One day there were these animals."
1198
01:35:57,760 --> 01:36:00,434
So this might
do justice to them at least,
1199
01:36:00,560 --> 01:36:03,837
or at least that's what I aim for.
Cos if they do become extinct one day,
1200
01:36:04,000 --> 01:36:07,516
then it's something to show the world
what they looked like.
1201
01:36:07,640 --> 01:36:09,791
There we go. Get the clear acrylic.
1202
01:36:42,560 --> 01:36:46,759
I really feel as if they know
that they're in danger.
1203
01:36:50,680 --> 01:36:55,880
They know that they're not equipped
to avoid extinction.
1204
01:37:02,280 --> 01:37:05,557
It is humans
that have messed up their lives.
1205
01:37:09,600 --> 01:37:10,636
We are to blame.
1206
01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:22,913
And it makes me understand
that I cannot give up.
1207
01:37:39,160 --> 01:37:43,632
Why should we save any species
from extinction?
1208
01:37:46,920 --> 01:37:49,799
It's almost like,
"Why should we breathe?"
1209
01:37:51,040 --> 01:37:57,196
It's because it's us.
Surely we want our world to survive.
1210
01:37:58,920 --> 01:38:02,118
We want our world to be a better place.
1211
01:38:31,400 --> 01:38:32,993
Oh, my.
1212
01:38:34,160 --> 01:38:35,799
Ready?
1213
01:38:38,080 --> 01:38:39,150
Philip.
1214
01:38:40,440 --> 01:38:42,750
Fantastic, bud.
An excellent, excellent shot.
1215
01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:50,559
My gosh.
1216
01:39:25,000 --> 01:39:26,639
Move.
1217
01:39:37,160 --> 01:39:39,516
He just laid down on the sticks,
didn't he?
1218
01:39:44,520 --> 01:39:46,398
That was a good idea.
1219
01:40:14,000 --> 01:40:16,390
You don't want those to get a hold
of you, I promise you that.
1220
01:40:18,000 --> 01:40:22,677
Those teeth
are just absolutely magnificent.
1221
01:40:25,880 --> 01:40:29,669
What a mane. Look at that red.
And the black.
1222
01:40:31,600 --> 01:40:33,831
Black on his ears.
1223
01:40:33,960 --> 01:40:35,872
Green eyes.
1224
01:40:38,560 --> 01:40:42,520
And he is an old, old male.
Really a one of a kind.
1225
01:40:43,760 --> 01:40:47,834
I made the decision several months ago
that I was coming to hunt lion,
1226
01:40:47,960 --> 01:40:49,394
and this is my trophy,
1227
01:40:49,520 --> 01:40:52,558
and there's not any bureaucrat
that can take it away from me.
1228
01:40:59,640 --> 01:41:02,235
OK, Martin, can we set him up
to take some pictures?
1229
01:42:01,920 --> 01:42:05,834
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