00:00The next day
00:06After a night of darkness
00:08they went out
00:12In the smell of a dog
00:14There's no way they can pass
00:20Full of courage
00:22They are climbing the cliff
00:24To find the egg of the king
00:26But not to be eaten and sold
00:34If not to be saved
00:36From any threat
00:42He is Mang Jani
00:44And his pet is Bantay
00:46They are the protectors of the king
00:56In San Juan, La Union
01:02Mang Jani and Bantay are preparing
01:10After bathing Bantay
01:14Mang Jani is preparing
01:16the necessities for patrolling
01:22Later on
01:24They are the guardians of the king
01:26Brother Jani
01:28How are you?
01:30This is your dog
01:32This is Bantay
01:34Hello Bantay
01:36How did you train him?
01:38When I started patrolling
01:40When I saw
01:42I gave him the egg
01:48Then when I found the egg
01:50I gave it to him
01:52The second time
01:54I saw him
01:56He was following the king
01:58Then he bit the egg
02:00But it was not deep
02:02Then I gave it to him
02:04It was there
02:08And that is how it all started
02:10He has natural talent
02:12It's really a job
02:14Bantay is really a job
02:18In that way, it's good for the dog
02:20Because they burn their energy
02:22That's why sometimes
02:24Dogs become destructive
02:26Because there's so much energy
02:28in them that they don't know
02:30where to bring it
02:32Then what do they do?
02:34They dig the ground
02:36They become destructive
02:38They tear the furniture
02:40They tear the slippers
02:42You know why?
02:44Because you burn their energy
02:46So when they come home
02:48He's been patrolling for 11 years
02:50To find the egg of the king
02:54Since then
02:56He always has a dog
02:58Because
03:00I don't have a companion
03:02Because it's dark
03:04I take care of the dog
03:06When I take a rest
03:08The dog is behind me
03:10I know when it barks
03:12I know there's someone
03:14If it barks in the sea
03:16This is where he saw
03:18the potential of dogs
03:20in finding the egg of the king
03:22But he still needs to
03:24get used to
03:26not hurting the king
03:28and not eating the eggs
03:30Why is your dog so good?
03:32I saw my companion there
03:34He was sniffing the egg
03:36He knew how to do it
03:38He said, yes, that's how
03:40my dog is
03:42When it breaks, I let him sniff
03:44That's how he knows where it is
03:46Of all the dogs
03:48that he has with him
03:50to guard the kingdom
03:52Bantay is the only one
03:54He doesn't leave me
03:56He always follows me
03:58He follows me wherever I go
04:00Bantay has no wife or children
04:02That's why Bantay and
04:04other dogs serve his family
04:06The daily patrol
04:08of Bantay and Johnny
04:10is a big help
04:12in the mission of KURMA
04:14A non-government organization
04:16in La Union
04:18that takes care of penguins
04:20It's been more than a decade
04:22In most years
04:24he's one of the highest
04:26looking for nests every year
04:28He's one of the top
04:30patrollers
04:32He was able to train his dogs
04:34to sniff out the penguins' eggs
04:36Here in San Juan
04:38since it's a surf area
04:40the tracks of the penguins have been erased
04:42So there's no way for us
04:44to actually locate the nests
04:46But because the dogs
04:48have a great sense of scent
04:50even without the tracks
04:52they can still find them
04:54But dogs are not the only
04:56enemy of penguins
04:58When I was a kid
05:00I already knew
05:02that my grandfather's eggs were passing by
05:04The penguins were taking the eggs
05:06We didn't get any
05:08In KURMA, we train everybody
05:10So all the future folk
05:12the idea is that
05:14everyone has knowledge
05:16Many of them are former poachers
05:18Now they're transformed
05:20They're the proud
05:22Pauican patrollers
05:28When the dark comes
05:30the work of
05:32Johnny and Bantai begins
05:34Can you see the waves?
05:36The waves are strong
05:38That's what the Pauicans want
05:40Because when they're
05:42near the sea
05:44it's easier for them to surf
05:46So
05:48let's start looking
05:50Bro, we're with you
05:52You can watch
05:58Johnny and Bantai
06:00walk for 30 kilometers
06:02every night
06:04From 6 in the evening
06:06they reach
06:084 in the morning
06:10This is Bantai
06:12He's been here for a while
06:14while we're walking
06:16He's sniffing the area
06:18He's like a bum sniffing dogs
06:20They're very active
06:22He's sniffing the area
06:24trying to look for
06:26scent
06:28that will lead us
06:30to where we can see
06:32Pauican nests
06:34If you notice
06:36this area of the beach is dark
06:38This is where the Pauicans want
06:40to lay their eggs
06:44What's that?
06:46An egg?
06:48We're lucky today
06:54We caught an egg
06:56An olive ridley turtle
07:02Their species
07:04is already vulnerable
07:06It means
07:08they have a risk of extinction
07:10That's why
07:12it's important for them
07:14to breed
07:18While laying eggs
07:20they use red light
07:22because
07:24they can't see it
07:26If the Pauican
07:28gets disturbed
07:30it won't continue
07:32to lay eggs
07:34and go back to the sea
07:38Later on
07:40the Pauican
07:44laid eggs
07:50and went back to the sea
08:00The Pauican
08:02laid eggs
08:04and went back to the sea
08:06The Pauican
08:08laid eggs
08:10and went back to the sea
08:12The Pauican
08:14laid eggs
08:16and went back to the sea
08:18The Pauican
08:20laid eggs
08:22and went back to the sea
08:24The Pauican
08:26laid eggs
08:28The Pauican
08:30laid eggs
08:32and went back to the sea
08:34The Pauican
08:36laid eggs
08:38and went back
08:40to the sea
08:42The Pauican
08:44The Pauican
08:46will lay eggs
08:48in hatcheries
08:50and wait
08:52for them to lay eggs
08:58Because of the dedication of Johnny and Bantay in protecting the turtles,
09:03our program has a surprise for them.
09:08Kuya, because we know the sacrifice that you're doing for our turtles here in La Union,
09:14and you're with your dogs,
09:16we're going to give you a gift from Born to Be Wild.
09:20There, look at that.
09:21That's amazing.
09:23Bantay really loves you.
09:25To make his life longer,
09:27and to help him more,
09:29so we can have more turtles in the sea.
09:32Bantay, thank you very much.
09:34Thank you very much.
09:35Sir, Merry Christmas to us.
09:38Merry Christmas to you two.
09:40I also gave Bantay a health assessment.
09:42So if you look at these dogs, they're very active.
09:44You can see their bodies.
09:46They're fat and obese.
09:47They're very athletic and built.
09:51As an active dog, it's important that Bantay is always healthy.
09:56He needs vitamins so he won't just get sick.
10:11Thank you for watching Born to Be Wild.
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