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An Australian musician guides us through his musical career and his wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra, where rescued traffic | dG1fVmZmLW9JZzZvSUU
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00:00You alright?
00:01Yeah, it's alright, it's okay mum.
00:02You got the right tune?
00:06I never found the right tune.
00:12Playing music was always an act of meditation for me.
00:17The world stops.
00:19I could never roll that into real life.
00:23As a kid, I would come in here and sit.
00:26There was this statue of light from Pompeii.
00:28The story of the exploding volcano.
00:37The woman's hand over the baby's face.
00:42Trying to protect.
00:45Doing whatever you could.
00:48The main exit from Sumatra to Java.
00:52This is a huge smuggling route for animals.
00:54The poachers catch them for the illegal pet trade when they are babies.
01:00It's so sad.
01:02These are critically endangered animals.
01:04But there was no centre here.
01:06Then Warren stepped in and the impossible became possible.
01:09I really can't wait to meet them.
01:10Have you been in a cage with primates before?
01:13No, I haven't.
01:14You hold my hand.
01:15Here was a team of people who were so devoted to what they were doing.
01:29It absolutely blew me away.
01:31The park is not a zoo.
01:35The goal of the place is to give them their freedom back.
01:40Here I see care.
01:42And I see faith.
01:43And I see hope.
01:44And I see compassion.
01:45I see all these values that it has taken me a long time to try and come to terms with
01:53in my life.
01:56What's that, an eagle?
01:58An eagle.
01:58Yeah.
01:59I put that through a stem of a champagne glass.
02:01That's pretty wild too.
02:02Yeah.
02:03Well, it's not like an eagle.
02:04It's not like an eagle.

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