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Man: COME, CAPTAIN, COME!

Narrator: AROUND THE WORLD,
DOGS ARE SAVING LIVES.

PREVENTING POTENTIAL DISASTER...

RESCUING FAMILIES...

Boy: HIGH FIVE, XENA.

Narrator: AND PROTECTING
ENTIRE SPECIES...

...OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

Woman: GOOD GIRL.

Narrator: DOGS ARE SMART, LOYAL

AND EQUIPPED TO DO THINGS
WE SIMPLY CAN'T.

THEIR POWERFUL SENSE OF SMELL,

THEIR STRENGTH AND STAMINA

AND THEIR UNLIMITED DESIRE
TO PLAY...

Woman: GOOD BOY!

Narrator: ...HAS ENABLED US TO
HARNESS THEIR NATURAL ABILITIES,

RESULTING IN AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY
OF DOGS...

...WITH EXTRAORDINARY JOBS.

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA.

A POPULAR SEASIDE DESTINATION
FOR TOURISTS,

WITH HUNDREDS OF TRAVELERS
ARRIVING EVERY DAY.

AT KING SHAKA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,

WHEN IT COMES
TO PASSENGER SAFETY,

THEY'RE TAKING
SURPRISING PRECAUTIONS.

AIRPLANES ARE MOST AT RISK
OF DANGEROUS ENGINE TROUBLE

DURING TAKEOFF AND LANDING...

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS
IS A BIRD STRIKE.

SINCE 1990,
MORE THAN 166,000 STRIKES

HAVE BEEN REPORTED
IN THE U.S.A. ALONE.

IN 2009, A FLOCK OF CANADA GEESE

STRUCK A PLANE LEAVING
LA GUARDIA AIRPORT IN NEW YORK,

FORCING THE PILOT
TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING

ON THE HUDSON RIVER.

AT KING SHAKA,
THERE AREN'T ANY GEESE TODAY,

BUT THERE ARE PLENTY
OF HERONS AND IBIS.

A DEDICATED TEAM
TACKLES THE RISK HEAD ON,

USING FOUR WHEELS AND FOUR LEGS

TO SCARE OFF THE BIRDS
BEFORE THEY POSE A DANGER.

TWO-YEAR-OLD TROY
AND EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BUZZ...

...ARE THE DRIVING FORCE

OF THE AIRPORT'S BIRD AND
WILDLIFE CONTROL PROGRAM.

Musa: THIS IS WHISKY CHARLIE
ONE ZERO. GOOD DAY.

Man on radio: WHISKEY CHARLIE
ONE ZERO, COPY. THANK YOU.

Narrator: MUSA GWALA
IS THE OFFICER IN CHARGE.

Musa: BORDER COLLIES
ARE HIGHLY ACTIVE DOGS,

AND THEY ARE GOOD
FOR HERDING AND STUFF,

BUT HERE WE USE THEM
AS WORKING DOGS

TO CHASE BIRDS OFF THE AIRFIELD

TO ENSURE THERE'S
NO RUNWAY INCURSION

BETWEEN AN AIRCRAFT AND A BIRD.

Narrator: BUZZ IS THE MOST
EXPERIENCED DOG ON THE TEAM.

HE'S AN EXPERT
AT TRACKING DOWN THE BIRDS,

STRATEGICALLY FORCING THEM
TO TAKE FLIGHT,

AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY
AND AWAY FROM DANGER.

WORKING ALONGSIDE BUZZ

IS THE LATEST RECRUIT, TROY.

Adrian: TROY IS THE YOUNGEST
OF THE BORDER COLLIES.

HE'S COME TO THE AIRPORT
FAIRLY RECENTLY.

HE WAS NOT ACCLIMATIZED
TO THE LARGE AIRCRAFTS,

SO WHEN HE GOT HERE,
HE WAS PETRIFIED,

BUT TROY HAS EMERGED TO BE

PROBABLY OUR LEADING DOG CURRENTLY.

Narrator: TROY IS TRAINED
TO INSTANTLY RESPOND

TO ADRIAN'S INSTRUCTION.

Adrian: GOOD BOY, GOOD BOY. GO!

MANY DOGS CAN CHASE BIRDS,
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS

ARE YOU ABLE TO RETRACT YOUR DOG

AT A POINT WHEN THE DOG
HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THE CHASE?

WHOA! WHOA!

THAT'S WHAT COUNTS,
CAN YOU CONTROL HIM

WHEN HE WANTS TO GO AT A POINT
WHEN HE CANNOT RESIST.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING,
AND HE CAN DO THAT.

WHOA!

COME, BOY, COME, BOY.
HERE, UP.

THAT'S A GOOD BOY!

Narrator: WHIZZING AROUND
IN GOLF CARTS AND CHASING BIRDS

MIGHT LOOK LIKE FUN,

BUT THE SERVICE TROY AND BUZZ
PROVIDE SAVES LIVES AND MONEY.

IN THE LAST 30 YEARS,
MORE THAN 260 AIRCRAFT

HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED
BY BIRD STRIKES WORLDWIDE.

Musa: MOST RUNWAY INCURSION
AND BIRD STRIKES

HAPPEN DURING TAKEOFF
AND LANDING.

Narrator: WITH MORE THAN 120
FLIGHTS A DAY,

AT THE SECURITY WATCH TOWER,

MUSA MUST KEEP A CONSTANT
LOOKOUT FOR DANGER.

Musa: THE RUNWAY ITSELF
IS 3.7 KILOMETERS LONG,

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE FULL VIEW
OF THE WHOLE AIRFIELD.

Narrator: TODAY, TO HELP
MAINTAIN VISIBILITY,

AIRPORT STAFF
ARE CUTTING THE GRASS.

BUT FRESHLY MOWN GRASS
REVEALS MICE AND INSECTS,

WHICH LARGE BIRDS
LIKE TO PREY ON,

DRAMATICALLY INCREASING THE RISK

OF A BIRD FLYING
INTO THE PATH OF A JET.

THIS TIME IT'S A LARGE HERON
THAT SWOOPS IN FOR A FEAST.

AND IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE MUSA
RAISES THE ALARM.

Musa: ATTENTION, ATTENTION,

CAN WE PLEASE GET A BIRD
AND WILDLIFE OFFICER,

IMMEDIATELY RUN TO THE THRESHOLD
OF 2-4 MIKE.

Narrator: THE HERONS HAVE LANDED
AT THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY

JUST AS A PLANE IS COMING IN.

TROY CAN'T WAIT TO GET GOING.

Adrian: GO, TROY, GO!

Narrator:
THE AGILE BORDER COLLIE

CAN REACH SPEEDS
OF UP TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

THEY MAKE IT JUST IN TIME.

Adrian: COME BOY. UP.

COME, BOY!

Narrator: THE DOGS' SCARING
TACTICS PROTECT THE PLANES,

BUT THEY ALSO HELP
TO SAVE THE BIRDS,

FORCING THEM AWAY FROM HARM.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE
OCCASIONAL CASUALTIES.

THIS MARTIAL EAGLE
FOUND DEAD ON THE AIRFIELD

COULD EASILY HAVE CAUSED
A DISASTER.

Musa: THIS SIZE BIRD COULD
REALLY PUT AN AIRCRAFT DOWN.

WE DO GET UNFORTUNATE SITUATIONS
LIKE THIS.

WE FOUND THE MARTIAL EAGLE
WHERE IT WAS STRUCK.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE DID FIND
WAS JUST A SMEAR OF BLOOD.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A JET BLAST

OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIT

AGAINST THE FUSELAGE
OF THE AIRCRAFT,

AND THEN IT DIED.

THE BORDER COLLIE PROGRAM
IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS

THAT ASSIST US TO NOT HAVE
SUCH SITUATIONS

THAT PARTAKE ON THE AIRFIELD.

Man: YOU WANT THIS, BOY?
YOU WANT THIS?

HUH? LET'S GO.

GO, BOY!

Narrator: THE BOND BETWEEN BOTH
TROY AND BUZZ AND THEIR HANDLERS

IS CLEAR FOR ALL TO SEE.

Adrian: I LOVE TROY.

THE DAYS THAT I'M OFF,
WHEN I'M ON MY WEEKENDS,

I WORRY ABOUT HIM.

WHEN I GET BACK TO WORK
AFTER A LONG WEEKEND

HE COMES OVER, HE JUMPS ON ME,

AND HE HOLDS ME
WITH HIS FOUR LEGS,

AND YOU CAN JUST SEE
THAT HE'S REALLY MISSED ME,

AND IT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME,
SO I LOVE THIS DOG.

I WISH THAT AT SOME STAGE
WHEN HE'S RETIRED

I COULD TAKE HIM HOME

AND HE CAN SPEND HIS RETIREMENT
WITH ME AND THE FAMILY.

Narrator: WHEN YOU NEED SPEED
AND STAMINA TO HELP SAVE LIVES,

THERE MAY BE NO BREED
BETTER THAN A BORDER COLLIE.

BUT THIS ENTHUSIASTIC SPANIEL

IS PUTTING ALL HER ENERGY
INTO HELPING SAVE A SPECIES.

GREAT BRITAIN,

WHERE THE WINDING WATERWAYS
OF THE COUNTRYSIDE

WERE ONCE TEEMING
WITH A SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMAL--

THE WATERVOLE.

BUT IN THE LAST 60 YEARS,

THESE RODENTS HAVE DISAPPEARED
FROM 94% OF THEIR FORMER RANGE

DUE TO HABITAT LOSS
AND PREDATION,

MAKING THE WATERVOLE THE UK'S
FASTEST DECLINING MAMMAL.

NOW A PROTECTED SPECIES,
A NATIONAL REINTRODUCTION SCHEME

IS HOPING TO ENSURE
THEIR SURVIVAL...

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM LOLA.

Ali: GOOD GIRL, GOOD GIRL. SIT.

Narrator: TRAINED
BY ECOLOGIST ALI CHARNICK,

LOLA IS A THREE-YEAR-OLD
SPROCKER SPANIEL

WITH A NOSE FINELY TUNED

TO THE DISTINCTIVE SMELL
OF WATERVOLES.

Ali: WAIT.

SIT.

Narrator: SHE'S ONE OF THE FIRST
WATERVOLE DETECTION DOGS

IN THE WORLD.

Ali:

COMBINING MY TWO LOVES

OF WORKING AND TRAINING DOGS

AND MY PASSION FOR WILDLIFE

AND ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION.

I GET TO WORK WITH AMAZING
LITTLE GUYS LIKE THIS EVERY DAY,

FINDING AN AMAZING CREATURE
IN FANTASTIC SITES

AND FANTASTIC LOCATIONS
ALL ACROSS THE UK.

Narrator: TODAY, ALI AND LOLA
ARE ON THE HUNT FOR WATERVOLES

ON FARMLAND
IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX,

ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF LONDON.

SINCE 2007,
ALMOST 800 WATERVOLES

HAVE BEEN REINTRODUCED
ALONG TWO ESSEX RIVERS

IN THE HOPE OF BOOSTING
THE LOCAL POPULATION.

ON SITES LIKE THIS,
FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS ARE VITAL

TO FINDING OUT WHETHER THESE
RARE ANIMALS ARE SURVIVING.

IF THEY'RE HERE, LOLA'S NOSE
WILL SNIFF THEM OUT.

WATERVOLES LIKE TO BURROW
ALONG THE RIVERBANKS.

THIS DRIES THE SOIL
AND ENCOURAGES THE GROWTH

OF A MORE DIVERSE RANGE
OF PLANTS.

SO THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART

IN MAINTAINING
A HEALTHY HABITAT.

BEFORE INVESTIGATING
THIS MUDDY MARSH,

LOLA NEEDS TO GET DRESSED
FOR WORK.

Ali: SHE LOVES
WEARING HER HARNESS.

IT ACTS AS A BIT
OF A PROMPT FOR HER.

SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S ABOUT TO GO
TO WORK IF SHE'S WEARING IT.

SO, SHE ALSO WEARS SOME BOOTS,

AND THESE BOOTS HAVE GOT
SOME NICE GRIP ON THE BOTTOM,

AND IT JUST PROTECTS THEIR FEET.

DOG'S PAWS ARE VERY SENSITIVE

AND OBVIOUSLY
SHE NEEDS HER FEET,

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
HER FEET ARE NICE AND PROTECTED.

SHE LOVES HER JOB, SO AS SOON
AS THE KIT BAG COMES OUT,

SHE'S READY AND RARING TO GO
AND EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO WORK.

ARE YOU READY?

Narrator: LOLA IS
A SPROCKER SPANIEL,

A CROSS BETWEEN THE SPRINGER
AND COCKER SPANIELS.

BOTH WERE ORIGINALLY BRED
BY GAMEKEEPERS AS GUN DOGS

AND TO FLUSH OUT GAME.

LOLA HAS INHERITED
THEIR WORKING TRAITS

AND CAN'T WAIT
TO BEGIN THE SURVEY.

Ali: FIND IT. FIND IT.

Narrator: DARREN TANSLEY
FROM THE ESSEX WILDLIFE TRUST

IS EAGERLY AWAITING THE RESULTS.

HE RUNS THE WATERVOLE
REINTRODUCTION PROGRAM.

WITHOUT ALI AND LOLA'S HELP,
DARREN WON'T KNOW

WHETHER HIS BELOVED WATERVOLES
ARE THRIVING OR DYING.

Darren: ANY SCHEME LIKE THIS

WHERE YOU'RE REINTRODUCING WATERVOLES,

YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE THEM,

SO YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOME KIND
OF MONITORING

TO KNOW THAT THE SCHEME
IS STILL SUCCESSFUL.

SO WITH THE INFORMATION
THAT ALI IS GETTING WITH LOLA,

WE ARE ABLE TO BUILD UP
A MUCH MORE ACCURATE PICTURE

OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

THEN WE CAN USE IT

TO DO OTHER REINTRODUCTIONS
IN OTHER AREAS OF THE UK.

Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY,
LATEST FIGURES NATIONWIDE

REVEAL A 30% DECLINE
IN WATERVOLE NUMBERS

OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS,

MAKING REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

THESE TINY RODENTS CONSUME

AN ASTONISHING 80% OF THEIR OWN
BODY WEIGHT IN PLANTS EVERY DAY.

THAT PRODUCES
A LOT OF DROPPINGS!

AND THIS IS WHAT LOLA
IS TRAINED TO DETECT.

Ali: HER NOSE
IS INCREDIBLY POWERFUL,

AND IT'S A REALLY VALUABLE
TOOL TO US.

SO, IF YOU IMAGINE IT,
AS WE SMELL A CURRY,

A DOG SMELLS
EVERY SINGLE COMPONENT

THAT MAKES UP THAT CURRY.

Narrator: WHEN SEARCHING
FOR A DISTINCT SMELL--

KNOWN AS AIR SCENTING--

DOGS CAN SEPARATE THE FLOW
OF AIR BREATHED IN

FROM THE AIR BREATHED OUT.

THIS MINIMIZES THE RE-BREATHING
OF EXHALED AIR

AND PROMOTES THE INHALATION
OF FRESH AIR

AND, THEREFORE, FRESH SMELLS.

THE PART OF THE BRAIN DEVOTED
TO ANALYZING THOSE SMELLS

IS 40 TIMES GREATER
THAN THAT OF A HUMAN,

MAKING LOLA SUPER EFFICIENT
AT FINDING THE DROPPINGS.

FOR ALI, SEARCHING
IN THE MARSHES AND REED BEDS

WOULD BE LIKE TRYING TO FIND
A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK,

SO TRUST IN LOLA'S INDICATION
IS VITAL.

Ali: OUCH!

IN AN AREA LIKE THIS

WHERE I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE
TO GET TO HER,

I WATCH FOR THE REEDS
TO STOP MOVING.

THE ONLY TIME SHE WILL STOP
IS WHEN SHE'S ON INDICATION.

Narrator: NO SIGN
OF ANY WATERVOLES SO FAR,

BUT LOLA'S NOT READY TO GIVE UP.

BEFORE WATERVOLES CAN BE
INTRODUCED TO ANY NEW SITE,

DARREN MUST ENSURE
IT'S AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

Darren: SO, THE PROBLEM,
REALLY, FOR WATERVOLES

IS THERE'S A LOT OF PREDATORS
OUT THERE THAT WANT TO EAT THEM.

Narrator: THE BIGGEST THREAT
IS THE INVASIVE AMERICAN MINK,

WHICH ESCAPED AND WERE RELEASED
FROM FUR FARMS IN THE 1960s

AND ARE NOW FLOURISHING
IN THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE.

Darren: THE PROBLEM WITH MINK IS
THAT IF THEY MOVE INTO THIS AREA

AND THERE'S A HEALTHY
WATERVOLE POPULATION,

THEY WILL QUICKLY PREDATE
THE WHOLE COLONY

AND JUST WIPE THEM OUT.

Narrator: DARREN WOULD HAVE TO
GET RID OF ANY MINK

HE DISCOVERS IN THE AREA,

BUT THERE'S NO SIGN
OF ANY TODAY.

BUT ARE THERE ANY SIGNS
OF WATERVOLES?

LOLA'S BACK ON THE HUNT
FOR DROPPINGS.

Ali: READY?
FIND IT.

Narrator: SPANIELS ARE
EXTREMELY ENERGETIC,

AND MANY NEED AT LEAST TWO HOURS
OF EXERCISE PER DAY

OR THEIR BOREDOM CAN LEAD
TO DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR.

THEIR LOVE OF WATER
AND GETTING DIRTY

MAKES LOLA THE PERFECT DOG
FOR THIS EXTRAORDINARY JOB.

THIS TIME IT'S NOT LONG
BEFORE SHE STOPS IN HER TRACKS.

Ali: SO LOLA'S FOUND
WATERVOLE DROPPINGS

ON THE RIVERBANK.

THIS TIME OF YEAR
THEY'RE VERY GREEN.

THE VEGETATION
THAT THEY'RE FEEDING ON

IS REALLY GREEN, REALLY RICH,

SO YOU GET A LOT OF CHLOROPHYLL
COMING OUT IN THE DROPPINGS.

READY?

Narrator: LOLA SOON LOCATES MORE
DROPPINGS ON THE RIVERBANK.

SHE'S FOUND
THE WATERVOLE'S LATRINE.

Ali: GOOD.

GOOD GIRL!

IT'S A TYPICAL LATRINE.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE
OF THE RIVERBANK.

IT'S IN A NICE CLEAR AREA,

SO A WATERVOLE WILL HAVE BEEN
SITTING ON THERE

PROBABLY NOT THAT LONG AGO.

AND THEN IF WE PICK THESE UP,
THESE ARE ACTUALLY NETTLES,

STINGING NETTLE STEMS,

AND THERE'S A TYPICAL
- 45-
- DEGREE ANGLE,

AND THAT'S A REAL GOOD, STRONG
FIELD SIGN OF A WATERVOLE.

TO TEAM THAT WITH
THE DROPPINGS AS WELL,

WE CAN 100% SAY WE HAVE
WATERVOLES PRESENT AND ACTIVE,

WHICH IS KEY, ON THIS SITE.

Narrator: IT'S THE BEST NEWS
ALI COULD HOPE FOR.

SHE'LL PASS THE GPS DATA
OF THE WATERVOLES' LOCATIONS

TO DARREN, WHO STILL MARVELS
AT LOLA'S REMARKABLE TALENT.

Darren: SO, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS JUST STAGGERING,

AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
WHETHER IT WOULD WORK OR NOT,

IS CAN A DOG JUST SNIFF OUT
A DROPPING OF A WATERVOLE?

AND I JUST WOULDN'T HAVE
BELIEVED THAT THAT WAS POSSIBLE,

AND YET ALI'S PROVED US WRONG.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING
THAT HUMAN BEINGS CANNOT DO.

Narrator: LOLA'S WORK MAY BE
DONE FOR THE DAY,

BUT SHE'S STILL AS ENERGETIC
AND ENTHUSIASTIC AS EVER.

Ali: SHE DOES HAVE
A GREAT OFF SWITCH.

AS SOON AS WE GET HOME,
SHE CHILLS OUT.

SHE DOES GET ON THE SOFA
AND SNUGGLE UP,

BUT SHE HAS WORKED ALL DAY.

Narrator: WATERVOLES REMAIN ON
THE ENDANGERED LIST IN BRITAIN,

BUT WITH LOLA HELPING DARREN
IDENTIFY SUCCESSFUL SITES,

THEY MAY HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE
OF SURVIVAL.

Ali: THEY'RE A GREAT CREATURE
TO STUDY AND GET TO KNOW,

AND THROUGH USING THE DOG

WE MANAGE TO GET MUCH MORE DATA
ON OUR SURVEYS,

IN THE HOPE THAT WE
CAN STOP THE DECLINE

AND ACTUALLY HELP WATERVOLES
TO FLOURISH IN THE UK AGAIN.

Narrator:
WHILE LOLA'S SCENTING SKILLS

ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE SURVIVAL
OF ONE SPECIES...

THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY

A SHEPHERD DOG'S
NATURAL INSTINCT TO PROTECT

IS HELPING TO SAVE ANOTHER.

NAMIBIA.

ONE OF THE LAST STRONGHOLDS

OF AFRICA'S MOST ENDANGERED
BIG CAT, THE CHEETAH.

A CENTURY AGO THERE WERE ROUGHLY
100,000 CHEETAHS IN THE WORLD.

TODAY THERE ARE JUST 7,000 LEFT.

HABITAT LOSS AND
HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT...

...MEANS THE CHEETAH
COULD BE EXTINCT IN THE WILD

IN JUST 30 YEARS.

HERE IN NAMIBIA,

FARMERS KILLING CHEETAHS
TO PROTECT THEIR LIVESTOCK

IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF DECLINE.

BUT A PIONEERING SCHEME
IS OFFERING HOPE

OF A PEACEFUL SOLUTION.

Mbeu: COME, CAPTAIN, COME.

COME.

COME, COME, COME. COME.

Narrator: CAPTAIN IS A
TWO-YEAR-OLD ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD.

UNDER HIS CHARGE
ARE A HUNDRED GOATS

BELONGING TO FARMER
MBEU HARAKUTA.

FOR YEARS, CHEETAHS HAVE WREAKED
HAVOC ON MBEU'S LIVESTOCK.

Mbeu: SOME YEARS BACK
WE HAD SOME CHEETAHS

COMING AS CLOSE AS 10 METERS
TO THE HOMESTEAD...

...AND KILLING SOME OF MY GOATS.

COME.
COME, COME, COME ON.

WE ALWAYS HAD AT LEAST A LOSS
OF 10 LAMBS A YEAR

WITHIN OUR GOATS.

Narrator: MBEU WAS FORCED TO
CARRY A GUN TO DEFEND HIS HERD.

BUT NOW CAPTAIN IS ALL
THE AMMUNITION HE NEEDS.

Mbeu: HE'S QUITE
A LOUD-BARKING DOG,

AND WITH THE PREDATORS
THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE,

WE WOULDN'T WANT TO KILL THEM,
OF COURSE,

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SCARE THEM
AWAY FROM THE LIVESTOCK.

Narrator: EVERY DAY, CAPTAIN
HEADS OUT WITH HIS GOAT HERD

AS THEY GRAZE.

THE ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD

IS A LARGE, LOYAL AND
EXTREMELY PROTECTIVE BREED.

ITS HERITAGE CAN BE TRACED
BACK TO THE BRONZE AGE.

ORIGINATING FROM TURKEY,

ITS ABILITY TO ENDURE
EXTREME CONDITIONS

MAKES IT IDEALLY SUITED
TO NAMIBIA'S ARID TERRAIN.

CAPTAIN WAS BRED
FOR THE JOB HERE,

AT THE CHEETAH CONSERVATION
FUND, OR CCF.

THE FACILITY HAS A FEW RESIDENT
ORPHANED OR INJURED CHEETAHS.

BUT MANY ANIMALS IN ITS CARE
ARE DOGS.

THE AIM OF THE PROGRAM IS TO
PROVIDE LIVESTOCK GUARDING DOGS

THAT CAN HELP SAVE
A WHOLE POPULATION OF CHEETAHS

FROM BEING KILLED BY FARMERS.

CCF'S FOUNDER
IS DR. LAURIE MARKER.

Dr. Laurie: GO OVER THERE.

I ACTUALLY SET UP THE CHEETAH
CONSERVATION FUND IN 1990,

AND I MOVED TO NAMIBIA TO TRY
TO HELP WORK WITH THE PEOPLE

ON WHOSE LAND THE CHEETAH
WAS LIVING

AND TO TRY TO FIND WAYS TO HELP
REDUCE THEIR LIVESTOCK LOSSES

SO THEY WOULD STOP
KILLING CHEETAHS.

I THOUGHT THE ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD
WOULD BE THE BEST

BECAUSE THEY'RE
AN INDEPENDENT-THINKING DOG

THAT DOESN'T REALLY NEED
A HERDER OR A PERSON

TO BE RIGHT WITH THEM
TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO.

Narrator: FARMERS WERE ONCE
SKEPTICAL THAT DOGS LIKE CAPTAIN

COULD SUCCESSFULLY PROTECT
THEIR HERDS.

BUT NOW THERE'S A LONG
WAITING LIST FOR A GUARDIAN DOG.

PAIGE SEITZ IS CCF'S LIVESTOCK
GUARDING DOG PROGRAM MANAGER.

HER DAILY ROUTINE BEGINS
BY CHECKING UP

ON THE LATEST ADDITIONS
TO THE FAMILY.

Paige: HI, MOMMY.
HI, MOMMY.

THIS IS ONE
OF OUR FEMALES, REBIT.

SHE JUST GAVE BIRTH
THREE DAYS AGO TO FOUR PUPPIES,

TWO MALES AND TWO FEMALES.

SO THIS KIND OF WHERE
OUR WHOLE PROGRAM BEGINS.

WE HAVE OUR LITTLE PUPPIES HERE,
AND THEY LOOK REALLY SMALL,

BUT THEY END UP GROWING UP

INTO THE LARGE
LIVESTOCK GUARDING DOGS

THAT PROTECT THE WILD CHEETAHS.

Narrator: CLOSE CONTACT
WITH GOATS AT AN EARLY AGE

IS CRITICAL TO ENSURE
THE PUPPIES

INSTINCTIVELY GUARD THEM
WHEN NO ONE ELSE IS AROUND.

Paige: ABOUT TWO WEEKS OLD

THESE GUYS START TO OPEN
THEIR EYES AND EARS,

AND THEN AT FOUR WEEKS
WE PUT IN GOATS WITH THEM

SO THEY START TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEIR JOB IS.

COME.

AH, GOOD GIRL, GOOD GIRL.

OH, LOOK AT THIS MESS.

Narrator: PUPPIES REARED AT CCF
AREN'T GIVEN NAMES;

THEY'RE SIMPLY KNOWN AS "PUPPY."

Paige: THESE GUYS,
WE DON'T REALLY NAME THEM;

WE LET THE FARMERS NAME THEM.

THE FARMERS FIND THAT
QUITE EXCITING

TO GET TO NAME THEIR
NEW LITTLE EMPLOYEE.

THESE ARE NOT PET DOGS.
THESE ARE WORKING DOGS.

Narrator: REGULAR SESSIONS
WITH CCF'S RESIDENT GOAT HERD

HELPS DEVELOP THE BOND
BETWEEN THE TWO...

Paige: COME ON, LET'S GO OUT.

Narrator: ...AND ENABLES PAIGE
TO IRON OUT

ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES.

Paige: COME, COME, COME.

SO THEY'RE OUT HERE IN
THE CORRAL 100% OF THEIR TIME.

WE DO NOT TAKE THE DOGS HOME.

WE INTERACT WITH THEM A BIT,

JUST SO THAT THEY'RE
USED TO GETTING VACCINATED

AND HANDLED IF THEY DO
HAVE AN INJURY,

BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM
TO CARE ABOUT US,

WE WANT THEM TO CARE
ABOUT THEIR LIVESTOCK,

AND IF THERE'S ANY
BAD BEHAVIOR STARTING,

SUCH AS MAYBE NIBBLING ON THEIR
EARS OR NIBBLING ON THE HOOVES,

WE CAN USE SOME VERBAL REPRIMAND
AND TELL THEM NO.

SO ACTUALLY HOW SHE'S
APPROACHING THE GOAT RIGHT NOW

IS REALLY GOOD.

GOOD GIRL.
YEAH, YOU'RE A VERY GOOD GIRL.

THE GOATS CAN ACTUALLY TELL HER
WHEN SHE'S BEING A BIT TOO MUCH.

PUPPY, COME!

Narrator: "PUPPY"
WILL EVENTUALLY GROW

TO A HUGE 29 INCHES TALL
AT THE SHOULDER

AND WEIGH AROUND 150 POUNDS.

BUT FOR NOW, SHE'S OUTSIZED!

Paige: GOOD GIRL.

Narrator:
THE ANATOLIAN'S CALM BEHAVIOR

MAY SEEM AT ODDS

WITH ITS ABILITY TO INTIMIDATE
AND SCARE OFF PREDATORS.

WHILE CHEETAHS ARE THE FASTEST
LAND ANIMALS ON EARTH,

THEY ARE SURPRISINGLY SHY

AND GENERALLY PREFER
TO AVOID CONFRONTATION.

Dr. Laurie: CHEETAHS ARE NOT
AN AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL,

SO THEY BELIEVE IN FLIGHT
VERSUS FIGHT.

THEY'RE A SLENDER ANIMAL,

AND EVERY PART OF ITS BODY IS
SO IMPORTANT FOR ITS HUNTING,

HEARING THE BIG DOG BARK...

...WOULD BASICALLY SAY
TO A CHEETAH, "I'M OUT OF HERE."

Narrator: CCF'S ULTIMATE GOAL

IS TO SAVE THE CHEETAH
FROM EXTINCTION.

AND DR. MARKER'S OWN DOG, HERCULES,

IS PUTTING HIS GUARD DOG SKILLS
TO GOOD USE.

BUT HE'S NOT GUARDING GOATS.

Narrator: IN A SURPRISING
ROLE REVERSAL,

HERCULES IS THE GUARDIAN
OF AN ORPHANED CHEETAH CUB

BROUGHT TO CCF
AFTER BEING RESCUED.

Dr. Laurie: THIS IS DOMINIC,
AND HE'S AN ORPHAN,

HE CAME IN WHEN HE WAS
ABOUT 10 DAYS OLD,

AND HE'S ACTUALLY BEING RAISED

BY AN ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD
AND A BORDER COLLIE.

COME. GOOD BOY, FINN.
YOU'RE SO GOOD.

HERC IS A THREE-YEAR-OLD,

AND HE'S HUGE, AS YOU CAN SEE,
BUT HE IS AS GENTLE AS A LAMB,

AND AS SOON AS THIS LITTLE CUB
CAME IN AT ABOUT 10 DAYS OLD,

THE CUB WAS IN QUARANTINE,

AND HE JUST LAID
OUTSIDE OF THE NURSERY,

AND AS SOON AS HE CAME
OUT OF QUARANTINE

WHEN HE WAS A COUPLE WEEKS OLD,

THE TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN
BEST FRIENDS EVER SINCE.

ANYTHING THAT THIS BREED
GROWS UP WITH

OR THINKS IT'S
SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF,

THAT'S WHAT THEY DO,

AND HERCULES IS A GREAT PARTNER
FOR LITTLE DOM TO HAVE.

Narrator: HAVING BEEN ORPHANED
AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE,

DOM WON'T HAVE THE SKILLS
HE NEEDS TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD.

INSTEAD, HE'LL BECOME
AN AMBASSADOR

FOR CCF'S CHEETAH
EDUCATION PROGRAM

AND BE NO THREAT TO GOATS.

BACK ON FARMER MBEU'S LAND,
WHILE THE GOATS ROAM FREE,

CAPTAIN DOES HIS BEST
TO KEEP THEM OUT OF TROUBLE,

STICKING WITH THEM
WHEREVER THEY GO.

Mbeu: NORMALLY, HE WILL TRY
AND GO ON ALL EDGES.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE CAN'T GUARD
ALL FOUR EDGES AT THE SAME TIME,

BUT SOMETIMES YOU OBSERVE

THAT HE'S MORE INTO THE MIDDLE
OF THE GROUP,

HE BLENDS IN WITHIN THE GOATS,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME LISTENING,

TAKING SOME SMELLS
AND WATCHING OUT.

BECAUSE HE'S A BIT TALLER,
DUE TO HIS BODY SIZE,

HE SEES EVERYTHING
A BIT MORE FROM UP,

BUT FROM THE PREDATOR'S EYE
HE BLENDS IN WITHIN THE GOATS

DUE TO HIS COAT COLOR,

WHICH MAKES IT A BIT DIFFICULT
FOR THE PREDATOR TO SEE HIM,

BUT THEN HE SEES THE PREDATOR

WAY BEFORE THE PREDATOR
SEES HIM.

Narrator: IF A CHEETAH
APPROACHES THE HERD,

IT CAN DETECT DANGER
THROUGH SCENT,

SO CAPTAIN MARKS HIS TERRITORY.

Mbeu: THE DOGS PEE ONTO LITTLE
SMALL BUSHES IN A CIRCLE

TO MARK OFF THE TERRITORY
WHERE HE'S GRAZING

TO SAY "THIS IS OCCUPIED BY ME,

WHOEVER CROSSES THE LINE,
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE."

Narrator:
URINE CONTAINS PHEROMONES,

OR CHEMICAL MESSAGES,

THAT WARN ANIMALS
OF ANOTHER'S PRESENCE.

Mbeu: IT ACTUALLY
STOPS THE PREDATOR

FROM EVEN ENTERING
THE WHOLE TERRITORY.

ONCE HE MOVES DUE TO THE GRAZING
INTO ANOTHER TERRITORY,

HE DOES EXACTLY THE SAME.

Narrator: FARMERS WITH
AN ANATOLIAN GUARD DOG

REPORT A REDUCTION IN LIVESTOCK
LOSSES OF BETWEEN 80 AND 100%.

THIS SUCCESS HAS RESULTED
IN A CHANGE

IN FARMERS' ATTITUDES
TOWARDS THE CHEETAHS.

Dr. Laurie: HAVING THE DOG
HAS PLAYED A HUGE ROLE

IN THE BEHAVIOR OF THE FARMERS
TOWARDS THE PREDATORS.

THE FARMERS
DON'T SEE THE PREDATORS

KILLING THEIR LIVESTOCK,

AND THEY DON'T ACTIVELY GO OUT
AND JUST KILL THE PREDATORS.

Narrator: AS A RESULT,
CHEETAH DEATHS ARE DECLINING,

GIVING HOPE THAT THE BIG CAT'S
DWINDLING POPULATION

MAY SOON BE ON THE UP.

Mbeu: COME, CAPTAIN, COME!

Narrator: FOR FARMER MBEU,
CAPTAIN HAS TRANSFORMED

THE FUTURE OF HIS GOATS
AND THE CHEETAH.

Mbeu: CAPTAIN HAS MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE TO OUR FARMING.

HE CAME AS A LITTLE PUPPY
OF THREE MONTHS OLD,

AND FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS,
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY LOSS.

BEFORE WE HAD HIM WE HAD LOSSES

OVER TEN LITTLE LAMBS
BORN PER YEAR,

BUT SINCE I HAD CAPTAIN,
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FOOTSTEPS

AND I HAVEN'T SEEN
ANY CHEETAH OR PREDATOR.

CAPTAIN BECAME PART
OF THE FARMING FAMILY

AND WE CONSIDER HIM AS FAMILY.

HE HAS BEEN QUITE,
QUITE FANTASTIC,

AND I REGARD HIM AS A FRIEND
AND AS A FAMILY, OF COURSE.

Narrator: THE CALM, CARING
ANATOLIANS ARE SAVING LIVES

EVERY DAY THEY'RE ON THE JOB.

BUT EVEN AS PETS
RATHER THAN WORKING ANIMALS,

DOGS' LOYALTY AND AFFECTION
CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

Jonny: THANK YOU SO MUCH,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Grant: RIGHT.

Narrator:
- 13-
- YEAR-OLD JONNY HICKEY

WAS BORN WITH
LEARNING DIFFICULTIES,

AND HE STRUGGLES TO COMMUNICATE.

Grant: BE NICE, OK?

Narrator: BUT THIS DOG
HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE.

Narrator: XENA IS ONE OF FIVE
DOGS IN THE HICKEY FAMILY.

FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, SHE
AND JONNY HAVE BEEN INSEPARABLE.

AND THEIR CLOSE BOND

HAS HELPED JONNY OVERCOME
MANY OF HIS ISSUES.

Linda: GOOD GIRL.

WHEN JONNY WAS LESS THAN TWO,

WE REALIZED THAT SOMETHING
WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.

HE WASN'T REACHING MILESTONES.

WE WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE DOCTOR,

AND HE WASN'T EATING
THE WAY HE SHOULD,

HE WASN'T SLEEPING
THE WAY HE SHOULD,

SO IT WAS ACTUALLY
LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD

WHEN WE REALIZED
SOMETHING WASN'T QUITE RIGHT.

Narrator:
AFTER MONTHS OF EVALUATION,

JONNY WAS EVENTUALLY DIAGNOSED
WITH AUTISM.

Jonny: HEY.

Linda: DOES THAT FEEL GOOD?
Jonny: HEY.

Narrator: LINDA AND
HER HUSBAND GRANT

WERE DESPERATE TO HELP THEIR SON

AND SPENT THOUSANDS
ON VARIOUS THERAPY SESSIONS.

Jonny: FINE. AGAIN!

Grant: WE HAD SOMEBODY TEACH HIM
HOW TO WALK UPSTAIRS.

WE HAD SOMEBODY TEACHING HIM
HOW TO TOUCH FOOD.

I MEAN, WE PROBABLY WENT A YEAR

BEFORE HE TOUCHED
A PIECE OF FOOD.

HE WAS, UM, HE DIDN'T LIKE FOOD.

Narrator: UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS
TO HELP JONNY

WERE PUTTING A STRAIN
ON THE WHOLE FAMILY.

BUT THEN THEY GOT XENA.

LIKE JONNY, XENA HAD
A DIFFICULT START IN LIFE.

Jonny: XENA WAS HURT REALLY BAD
BY SOME NOT-SO-NICE PEOPLE.

Narrator: XENA WAS ABANDONED AS
A PUPPY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

ANIMAL SERVICES
CAME TO HER RESCUE...

AND WERE HORRIFIED
BY WHAT THEY SAW.

Xan: SHE LITERALLY
WAS SKIN OVER BONES.

HER BODY HAD ALREADY
STARTED SHUTTING DOWN.

HER EXTREMITIES WERE VERY COLD.

WHEN WE CHECKED THE COLOR
UNDERNEATH HER GUM,

IT WAS VERY PALE AND GRAY.

XENA WAS NOT GIVEN MUCH CHANCE.

Narrator: THERE WAS LITTLE HOPE
FOR THE STRAY PUPPY,

BUT THEY REFUSED
TO GIVE UP ON HER.

Xan: ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS
FELT SO STRONGLY

THAT SHE WANTED TO GIVE
THIS LITTLE PUPPY A CHANCE.

SHE LITERALLY SHOVED HER
UP UNDERNEATH HER SHIRT

SO THAT THE PUPPY COULD FEEL
THE BEAT OF HER HEART

AND THE WARMTH OF HER SKIN.

Narrator:
SOMEHOW THE EMACIATED STRAY

WITH AN INCREDIBLE WILL TO LIVE

STARTED TO SHOW SIGNS
OF RECOVERY.

THE WARRIOR PUPPY.

LINDA WATCHED
XENA'S HEARTBREAKING STORY

UNFOLD ON THE NEWS.

Linda: I WAS HOME CLEANING UP
THE FAMILY ROOM, THE TV WAS ON,

IT WAS OUR NIGHTLY NEWS
HERE IN ATLANTA,

AND A PICTURE OF XENA,
THIS HORRIFYING PHOTO OF XENA,

ACTUALLY, JUST STOPPED ME
IN MY TRACKS

AND TOOK MY BREATH AWAY.

I REMEMBER MENTIONING HER
TO THE FAMILY.

WE HAD REALLY ALL BEEN TALKING
ABOUT A LABRADOR RETRIEVER,

AND I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE
WITH A LAB.

Narrator: LINDA WANTED TO SAVE
XENA, BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

JONNY DISLIKED ANYTHING NEW
INVADING HIS PERSONAL SPACE,

AND THAT INCLUDED DOGS.

BUT AS THEY COLLECTED XENA,
SOMETHING REMARKABLE HAPPENED--

Narrator:
XENA CRAWLED ONTO JONNY'S LAP...

Linda: ARE YOU READY TO GO?

Narrator: ...AND STAYED THERE.

Jonny: YES, SHE READY.

Linda: WHICH WAS A MIRACLE
IN ITSELF, RIGHT?

BECAUSE OF ALL THE SPACE ISSUES
THAT HE HAS.

Jonny: SHE HAS LOTS OF TEETH.

Linda: SHE DOES HAVE
LOTS OF TEETH.

I JUST WAS, I WAS IN TEARS.

Jonny: YOU GOT A NEW PUPPY
FROM THE NEW PLACE.

YOU GOT HER FROM THE NEWS?

Narrator: FROM THAT MOMENT ON
LIFE CHANGED

FOR XENA, JONNY AND THE REST
OF THE HICKEY FAMILY.

AFTER XENA'S ARRIVAL,
JONNY WAS SUDDENLY HAPPY

TO TOUCH FOOD
WITHOUT IT BEING A PROBLEM.

Jonny: SHEEP.

Narrator: AND THERE WERE
EVEN MORE CHANGES IN STORE.

Jonny: "QUACK," SAID HIM.

Linda: OUR HOME
WAS A SILENT HOME. SILENT.

YOU KNOW, HE WOULD PLAY INDEPENDENTLY.

NO TALKING, NO SINGING,
NO GIGGLING, NO NOTHING.

IT WAS A COMPLETELY QUIET HOME.

Jonny: HIGH FIVE, XENA.

COME ON, XENA, COME ON.

Linda: AND, UM, WE'RE
IN THE FAMILY ROOM

WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN...

IT WAS GIGGLING AND LAUGHTER,

AND I'M LIKE,
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

Jonny: GOOD GIRL!

Narrator: IT'S THOUGHT AUTISTIC
CHILDREN RESPOND WELL TO DOGS

BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL
PRESSURED BY THEM.

DOGS DON'T JUDGE.

THEY SIMPLY CALM AND COMFORT.

Jonny: MY NAME IS JONNY,
AND THIS IS MY PUPPY, XENA.

I THINK WE MAKE
A PRETTY PERFECT TEAM.

Narrator: BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
A VERY DIFFERENT STORY.

BEFORE ADOPTING HER,
THE FAMILY DISCOVERED

THAT XENA WAS NOT
A LABRADOR AFTER ALL,

BUT PART PIT BULL.

Grant: I SAID NO AT FIRST.

I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THAT DOG
INTO MY FAMILY

AND EXPOSE MY SON WITH AUTISM
TO A PIT BULL.

AND I WAS JUST LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE WORLD--

I THOUGHT THAT PIT BULLS
WERE EVIL, VICIOUS DOGS.

Narrator:
STUDIES SHOW THAT PIT BULLS

ARE ACTUALLY AMONG
THE MOST TOLERANT OF DOGS,

JUST SECOND BEHIND LABRADORS.

BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTEN USED
FOR FIGHTING

AND TO PROTECT PROPERTY,

THEY'VE GAINED AN UNDESERVED
REPUTATION FOR BEING VICIOUS.

Linda: I WAS UNDER THAT,
YOU KNOW,

MISCONCEPTION ABOUT PIT BULLS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WRONG END
OF THE LEASH.

I BELIEVE THAT A PIT BULL
OR ANY DOG, ANY DOG,

IS A PRODUCT
OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.

YOU TREAT THEM
WITH KINDNESS AND LOVE,

AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA
GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO YOU,

AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DONE.

Narrator: XENA HAS BECOME
JONNY'S OWN PERSONAL THERAPY DOG

AND HAS CHANGED
HIS LIFE FOREVER.

Grant: IF IT WEREN'T FOR XENA,

NONE OF THIS WOULD BE
TAKING PLACE.

Linda: THERE'S NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT,

SHE HAS GONE FROM SURVIVOR
TO SAVIOR, REALLY, YOU KNOW?

Narrator: RESEARCH HAS SHOWN
THAT ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY

NOT ONLY HELPS IN THE TREATMENT
OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN,

BUT REDUCES THE STRESS AND
ANXIETY OF EVERYONE AROUND THEM.

Linda: THIS IS HIS FRIEND,

AND THEY'RE LIKE
PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY,

THEY DO REALLY
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

SHE NOT ONLY SAVED THE BOY
WITH AUTISM,

SHE ACTUALLY SAVED
THE WHOLE FAMILY.

Narrator: DOGS ARE NOT ONLY
MAN'S BEST FRIEND,

BUT LIFESAVERS
TO A WHOLE RANGE OF SPECIES.

THEIR REMARKABLE ABILITY
TO TRACK, CHASE AND PROTECT...

Jonny: HIGH FIVE, XENA.

Narrator:
...HAS SEEN THEM DEVELOP

INTO A VITAL WORK FORCE
OF DOGS WITH EXTRAORDINARY JOBS.