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00:00Hi, I'm Forrest Galante.
00:30Wildlife expert and conservationist.
00:35And I'm here to take you on a journey to a place you've probably never heard of.
00:43Because until now, it has been kept a secret.
00:47It is unmatched by any other place on earth.
00:53For those lucky enough to make it, it is a refuge, a sanctuary, a place to live their
01:00lives in safety and peace.
01:07In a world that has forgotten the importance of nature, a new Eden has been born.
01:16A place for animals to thrive.
01:22Because this isn't a zoo, this is an ark.
01:29This is Vantara.
01:54This is the world's largest animal rescue center.
02:013500 acres and still growing.
02:04It has several thousand animals.
02:08And hundreds of species.
02:13The policy here, if there's an animal in need, is never say no.
02:18So Vantara is growing every day.
02:23Not just to provide a place for these animals without a home.
02:26But to provide a home for the future of our planet.
02:39Vantara hosts a wide variety of rescues.
02:43From those with flippers.
02:47To those with fur.
02:50And those with neither.
02:54And this diverse population requires diverse habitats.
02:59But Vantara's youngest arrivals also require multiple habitats that evolve as they grow up.
03:07A perfect example of this need, Prince, the sun bear.
03:12Oh look at him.
03:13Hey buddy.
03:14What's that?
03:15That's a camera.
03:16Oh, he's going to eat it.
03:21He's going to eat it.
03:23Come on buddy.
03:28Don't fall, don't fall, don't fall, don't fall, don't fall, don't fall.
03:33There you go pal.
03:35Look at you.
03:38You're so cute.
03:39Yes you are.
03:40Look at you.
03:41Bite the glove.
03:42Bite the glove.
03:43He's really a devilish little bugger.
03:44Oh yeah.
03:45He loves to play with the glove.
03:46He's like a little gremlin.
03:47Prince came to us without a mother.
03:49He was pretty angry at me and he was very confused when he came in.
03:53So like any human child will be angry, confused at adults.
03:56I understood that from the get go and I sat with him and I let him vent out his frustration
04:03to a point that he understood that he doesn't need to be angry anymore.
04:07And now he knows that if he's with me, nothing can happen to him.
04:10So they're kind of genetically tuned to start doing this when they come in.
04:14So if they have company, like if they have other siblings, they're going to be playing
04:18like this.
04:19Or if they don't have siblings, they kind of play the same way with their mothers.
04:23Okay.
04:24And that's what prepares them to face, you know, like dangers or threats, you know, like
04:28in the wild.
04:29It's okay.
04:30It's okay.
04:31It's okay.
04:32Come here, baby.
04:33Come here.
04:34Easy, easy, easy, easy.
04:35Oh, shh, shh.
04:36Come, baby.
04:37Come, baby.
04:38Come, baby.
04:39Hey, sweetie.
04:40For cubs who are not raised by mothers, we have to teach them how to climb and be, you
04:47know, like, you know, even bears are scared of heights.
04:49So as they learn from their elders, I have to kind of teach him how to climb and how to
04:55get down, get those fears out.
04:57There he comes.
04:59Hey, buddy.
05:00What's this?
05:01What's this?
05:02Rawr.
05:03Rawr.
05:04He went for the camera again.
05:08Strong, huh?
05:09Yeah, yeah, very.
05:10Well, come here, baby.
05:11So right there, you can see the sun, baby.
05:16You can see the sun bear marking right there.
05:18That is exactly why they call sun bears is when they get up in that aggressive pose.
05:21Yeah.
05:22You see, like, an orangish, you know, like, white patch.
05:24Sure.
05:25And that is, that represents the rising sun.
05:28Ayushman has been side by side with Prince ever since the day the sun bear arrived at Ventara.
05:35But today is a big day for Prince.
05:38He's finally leaving quarantine and experiencing the great outdoors.
05:42Come on.
05:43Let's get you going.
05:44Come on.
05:45He's finished his quarantine.
05:46So I'm going to let him explore.
05:48I'm going to let him set the pace and use his, you know, hands, use his legs to, you know,
05:54climb, develop those muscles.
05:55Like, there are some things that he's going to pick up like this.
05:58And there are some things that he might take some time in.
06:00I'm just going to give him that, you know, like, push he needs.
06:03Come on.
06:04Come on.
06:05Hi.
06:06Hi.
06:07Prince.
06:08Come here, baby.
06:09Come on.
06:10It's okay, guys.
06:12Give him a second.
06:13Come, baby.
06:14Easy, boy.
06:15Hey, you.
06:17What's out here?
06:18Hey, monster.
06:19Monster bear.
06:20Monster bear.
06:21Come on.
06:22Watch out here.
06:23There we go.
06:24Look at that little gremlin face.
06:25See, he's trying to grab the…
06:26He wants the leaves.
06:27The fresh green leaves.
06:28Yeah.
06:29Cubs specifically love to tear everything apart.
06:30And it's the curious face.
06:31It is something like they want to touch.
06:32They want to, you know, bite into everything just to see.
06:35Come on, baby.
06:36Come on, good boy.
06:37Good boy.
06:38What a good climber.
06:39You're a good kid.
06:40Yeah, it's the car.
06:41It's the leaves.
06:42The fresh, green leaves.
06:43Cubs specifically love to tear everything apart.
06:44And it's the curious face.
06:45It is something like they want to touch.
06:46They want to, you know, bite into everything just to see.
06:48Come on, baby.
06:49I don't know how you're going to stop him though.
06:50Oh, nothing.
06:51I'm going to let him figure out how to calm down.
06:53Come.
06:54Prince, you crazy boy.
06:55Come, baby.
06:56Come on.
06:57Good boy.
06:58Good boy.
06:59There he comes.
07:00Good boy.
07:01Good boy.
07:02good boy what a good climber good boy very good wow that is so agile this is a very crucial time
07:11where i have to let him kind of do a little bit of mischief also so that he understands you know
07:16like what not to do what to do you made it down silly boy very unique personality though yeah
07:22very adventurous very independent there he goes he goes back inside oh he's ready for a nap now
07:27so initially when he came in he didn't trust us yeah because the way that he was before
07:33he's not really taking care of that much and now we're all in this together he seems pretty happy
07:39yeah hey buddy hi sweetie pie hey baby
07:48oh here comes the milk milk time look at him look at him
07:57listen to him oh he's angry now he says give me my milk
08:04he's attacking there there there easy there look there
08:09full attack mode
08:10given more time with us he's going to calm down it's a pleasure to you know kind of
08:20to be able to do this yes it's an absolute pleasure oh he's so cute
08:25as i see him grow i see that you know my need in his life is diminishing slowly slowly he's getting
08:30more confident so he doesn't need me to push him or to you know like introduce new things to him he's
08:35doing it on his own so i have to take a step back and it's always heartbreaking but you have to always
08:41look what is good for that animal and right now uh me taking that step back is the you know like best
08:47thing for that animal and that is what needs to get done
08:53as prince grows up he'll need less time with his keepers and more space to roam on his own
08:59it's this attention to an animal's individual needs that makes ventara work
09:04and there's no greater example of this ethos than the care given to one of the rarest mammals on the
09:10planet the okapi an elusive animal only found in the dense rainforests of central africa
09:20this female okapi arrived to ventara suffering from a foot condition that could prove fatal if not treated
09:26and that's what it is and that's what it is and that's what it is and that's what it is and that's what it is
09:29look at this absolutely incredible creature and these unbelievable animals are to me one of
09:35the most incredible and mythological creatures ever to be discovered and only discovered in the early
09:411900s they're one of the newest known large animals look at how incredible this creature is to
09:46me this is like something that a child would draw it's like a fabricated animal it's some kind of
09:52cross between a horse and a zebra and a donkey and a giraffe i mean they're just magnificent
09:58animals really truly one of the most incredible angulates on the planet it's a very extraordinarily
10:04unique animal uh in the sense that they are available in a very very small section of the globe
10:11in a congo forest they are also called the forest giraffe i've been working with this okapi
10:18since the day she arrived she came with a very bad feet and uh laminitis in all the forelegs leading
10:26to disfigured hooves constant pain and irregular hoof growth the laminitis affects the foot of hoofed
10:35animals how is it caused nutrition and it is very painful because this area of the foot is extremely
10:43sensitive to pressure okay touch feel everything that we have in our palm is represented here in
10:51terms of neuronal inputs okay so when that is inflamed it's very painful sure and the worst part is
10:59there's always a crooked hoof it's like somebody twisting both the fingers away from each other sure
11:05if we don't attend to this on a routine basis the infection goes in and it forms a bunch of pool of
11:12pus here oh so i'm going to start trimming her this feet and this overgrown stuff here okay so what
11:20i'm going to do is to let her get used to my presence here because she cannot be anesthetized or sedated
11:27for this yeah the past her life three or four instances they have done that and she's had a cardiac arrest
11:34so easy b girl and okapi being one of the rarest mammal was discovered only in the 1905 so very little
11:46knowledge or database is available about how much they can get laminitis if they get what to do so it
11:54is something a path breaking every time you take a step if i want to cut here i try and give a mock
12:02over here over here over here and then she would know where i'm going to do and they go for it oh
12:10yeah whenever i get time i just try and be here spend time with her because it's it's the one-on-one
12:18contact that gives the confidence to both of us sure to accomplish because very few copies you can pick
12:24of the feet very few copies you can touch you can touch they're such shy animals it's impossible to
12:33know what an animal is thinking but in a short time it has become clear to me there is a deep mutual
12:39understanding and respect between this okapi and dr ramanathan that's a good girl and it seems
12:47possible this additional attention is why several months ago the okapi that arrived suffering from
12:53laminitis gave birth to a miracle
13:05they're the only pair of twino copies that have ever been birthed in captivity that have been reared by
13:11the mother to sub adulthood that's never been successful before in any facility in the world
13:17but here at ventara they managed to succeed with the mama they rescued whose feet we're working on
13:22look how beautiful they are
13:31the circle of life is in constant motion here so the ventara staff always have newborns to care for
13:41so the one species has proven harder to breed in captivity than any other cheetah are famous for
13:49being the fastest land animal in the entire world but did you know that until recently they were
13:55widespread across india the last one was shot in 1948 now ventara is working to breed these animals
14:02in the hopes of one day reintroducing the species to the wild however cheetah are incredibly difficult to
14:10breed in captivity fortunately one team has figured out just how to do it isn't that right sweetie
14:16leading that team is dr adrian torteff dr torteff is a world-renowned cheetah veterinarian who has come
14:23to ventara from south africa to support and advise the team here today he's doing a checkup on the cheetah
14:30cubs that were born here in ventara and he's invited me along to assist once mom is contained in her enclosure
14:37she's inside okay okay we're off to find the cubs you're gonna be hiding in the long grass
14:53i think they're here i'm gonna go look over here okay you'll look at that side let me just see
14:58just don't stand on them i won't putting the mother in a separate enclosure is the only way to
15:03do a medical checkup on the cubs but with mom away their first instinct is to play hide and seek here
15:11here they are oh my god look at that oh hello guys i actually want to do
15:25i know you're going to quickly have a look yeah yeah yeah somewhere in here oh they're getting quite
15:31faster that's the problem yeah
15:36hi here we go hello hello look at you look at you so we're going to sex you i believe yeah let's
15:43have a quick look yeah a little girl yeah they're all three little girls good lord she's beautiful
15:49though this generation may be the next generation to go back into the wild here in india it's possible
15:53yeah so she is a wild mom so if she gets she keeps her distance from from us when she gets released
16:00into the wild that's a good thing right we don't want to be to be totally terrified but we don't
16:04want to to become so familiar with people that she walks up to people in the wild and gets herself
16:09into trouble so it's just a little bit of interaction yes yeah right there we go go find your siblings
16:14go on okay she peed all over me covered covered in baby cheetah pee i'll take it okay let's let them
16:21reunite yeah yeah yeah she's calling to her babies that's what that sound is
16:36she's gonna take her food with her excellent yeah take it to the babies yeah there we go what a good
16:41mama huh amazing professor adrian and his team just might have solved the challenge of breeding cheetahs
16:52in captivity but the work doesn't end when the new generation is born new animals require new homes
17:00and building these massive habitats requires substantial resources construction materials and
17:07millions of gallons of water but the most finite resource of all is time it's a resource some of
17:16these animal species like the sphicks macaw have almost run out of if i seem distracted it's because
17:26i am because i'm around six macaws which are one of the most rare most incredible species of bird on
17:32planet earth perfectly understandable ow and you see in only 15 years uh you know you you can you can
17:40actually save a species to the point that you release them just recently in the wild yeah the sphicks
17:47patrol was first documented in the early 1500s in brazil now sphicks already had it hard enough it's a
17:53very harsh environment but then all of a sudden farmers come they bring goats the goats eat all the
17:58seedlings which doesn't allow for as many trees to grow now food is more scarce nesting sites are more
18:03rare all of a sudden there's nowhere left for the birds to reproduce thus their population crashes
18:11in addition to all of these environmental factors and human encroachment factors at play that were
18:16driving the birds towards extinction they're stunningly beautiful so guess what people collected them
18:21and that was the nail in the coffin for the sphicks macaw in the wild all hope has lost the species
18:27has now gone extinct well turns out because of how beautiful they are and because of how rare they
18:32are there were still three captive populations but the species declined to 19 individuals yeah at that
18:40time only one female was capable of reproducing offspring but then all of a sudden a whole bunch
18:46of organizations come together and they push to make sure that this species continues to exist and now
18:52the species is thriving and flourishing and even being reintroduced back into the wild
19:00oh is that good buddy what is it that ventara is doing to support the ongoing survival of these
19:07species at this point so the most important uh part of the project at the moment is the successful
19:13reintroduction of these birds and making sure that all the the little pieces of the ecosystem have been
19:19restored and there is no pet trafficking this is not their forever home no no i mean they are here
19:27just temporarily until there is the possibility to reintroduce them in the wild so the reintroduction
19:33is something that you cannot simply go there and release birds right you need to make sure that the
19:39environment has the capacity to absorb the quantity of animals that you plan to to release and and the good
19:46thing about this is that when you save a speaks macaw you save the entire ecosystem and obviously all
19:52the species that that ecosystem provides a shelter for because they are actually spreading the seeds
19:59around different parts and they actually are the biggest contributors of the renovation of that force
20:07in my lifetime and this is a magical thing to say hi in my lifetime
20:14these animals which were extinct in the wild when i was a kid will flourish again in the wild and it's
20:20thanks to people that have the resources caring and putting in the efforts yes that's a beautiful thing
20:31dr sores manages a wide variety of animals at ventara
20:35so it's no surprise when he is called to help out with an emergency and in what's appearing to be a mistake
20:43i've offered to lend him a hand jesus why am i doing this why am i doing this because you are the bravest
20:55dr sores has me entering the enclosure of a northern cassowary also known as the most
21:01dangerous bird on the planet let's go here we go come on mitch you better stay close
21:11this cassowary shares an enrichment enclosure with several jungle fowl small chicken-like birds that
21:17live on the forest floor unfortunately a female jungle fowl decided to lay her eggs here where they
21:24could be easily smashed by the cassowary's massive claws so we're gonna try and get them out oh boy
21:31this shield's heavy too yes as long as we start showing some aggression back back up come on come
21:38on back up back back back back back come on mitch stay with me now back back back back back back back
21:47you go you in mitch stay nice and tight behind me okay we're gonna keep moving towards the eggs bop
21:57back up back up look at those claws at any moment he can kick mitch if he if he jumps you get behind me
22:03okay and i'll lift the shield bop back up back up there we go back up bird you don't want this come on
22:08let's go he's looking at me oh god oh god he's starting to run what are we doing here what do
22:25i do here i'm dead serious what do we do here he's coming to attack mitch you okay there
22:31this is the most dangerous thing i've ever done
22:41where are the eggs over there yes by the end of this log okay okay so this is a northern cassowary
22:49beautiful bird but it's also literally the most dangerous bird in the entire world responsible
22:55for killing more people than any other bird on the planet as you can see it is literally a living
23:00velociraptor don't be fooled those claws will kill you in a heartbeat they will gut you like a fish
23:05and in addition to those crazy claws he's got a helmet that he can headbutt you with
23:09knock you straight out so we have to get through him stay behind me mitch because i've got the shield
23:18stay behind me mitch
23:18i'm moving in now this is a rescue northern cassowary and the reason he's here
23:32is because he killed his last keeper so doing this is literally crazy oh i see the eggs okay
23:48so look at this he's totally cued in on me i have to watch him at all times
23:59so we've got i'll put one in this hand and one there look at that beautiful leg so now that we've
24:06got those let's start to back out
24:15keep backing out don't break eye contact with it mitch
24:22back up mitch back up
24:23keep going
24:32starting to come over
24:38okay so let's go out out oh here he comes let's go back up back up back up
24:44that was um surprisingly terrifying being in there but look at that two big beautiful jungle
24:59fall legs so now these can go into an incubation they can get ready to be hatched and luckily nothing
25:04happened because that that dinosaur that cassowary was glued to us the whole time but there you go
25:11we got our beautiful prizes and nobody got hurt but of everything i've done at ventara that was uh
25:18that was definitely the scariest
25:24it might seem foolish to dance with a cassowary to save a couple of eggs
25:29but eggs are just the beginning of an amazing life cycle that's on full display here at ventara
25:35a perfect example the palm cockatoo look at this this is something that no one in the world gets to
25:46see so this is every single life stage of the critically endangered palm cockatoo
25:56so starting over here with this amazing little hatchling which is near days old these infant palm
26:03cockatoos are hatched from a singular egg in a nest that is made during monsoon season which is why
26:09it's born completely naked with no feathers at all because if it were to have feathers in the monsoons
26:14it would get soaking wet and it would quickly die now as they develop into these funny little noisy
26:21critters over here with these spiky little hairs they are capable of eating an amazing diet unlike almost
26:27any other parrot species in the world they require whole nuts very very early on so as you come from
26:32about three weeks old to around five weeks old they begin to develop feathers their face becomes that
26:38brilliant red color their feathers start to develop and they start to build musculature by flapping their
26:43wings and getting ready to leave the nest then as you get to a nearly fully formed sub-adult you can see
26:50they remain a featherless bird on the feet and on the cheeks unlike any other cockatoo in the entire world
26:57so because these guys live in an area that is so dense with flies in far northern australia they're
27:03constantly shaking their heads and they've evolved that to keep flies from bothering them around the eyes
27:09in addition to that they have these red cheeks that will turn brilliant red during mating or courtship or even battle
27:15and in order to make that mating or that battle they wiggle their tongues from treetop to treetop with
27:20their brilliant sight to communicate to each other while looking around from this stage they move on
27:26and they become adult birds that go out into the aviaries where ventara can study how their relationship
27:32with other animals from their environment works and why they're in such severe decline but this is an
27:40absolutely incredible thing to see where you have every single life stage of a bird on the verge of
27:46extinction and without this diversity without the strive to combat genetic bottlenecking this species could
27:52very easily be driven towards extinction
28:01many of the animals that arrive at ventara haven't known a peaceful life for a very very long time
28:09especially if they were rescued from the smuggling trade the wild animal trade is pervasive around
28:15the globe and notoriously hard to stamp out this is partially due to the fact that there's a lot of
28:23money to be made up to 10 billion dollars per year smuggling can also greatly reduce the wild population
28:31unfortunately that's exactly what's going on with the critically endangered red shanked duke
28:36this story is one that's truly truly incredible
28:50they were captured from the wild somewhere in the mekong river basin that they're from illegally
28:57transported to the middle east and then found by smugglers in the middle east trying to sell them for a
29:03very low price because nobody even knew what species of monkey they were they were confiscated
29:07and brought here to ventara and now they live this amazing life right here in this enclosure where
29:14they pick all the leaves away right if you know for me this is a real dream come true i've always
29:20thought that these are the most beautiful monkey species on earth and here we are interacting with
29:25them and you can see that they've been around people for so long from being captured from the wild
29:29that they're this habituated this friendly but boy look at that face look at the coloring i mean truly a
29:35spectacular species of primate
29:37that's what we're going to do
29:52okay watch out vinod
29:59there we go that's perfect you know that's great take a look at this enclosure here look at
30:05all these fully barren sticks hello you beautiful little creature and that's because they are
30:11big time leaf eaters so they have picked every single leaf off of these tree tops so vinod over
30:16here yes and myself we brought them fresh trees and this is something they're doing daily here so these
30:22are fresh mulberry trees and you can see how quickly this beautiful little queen of the primates as
30:28they call the red shank duk has got into eating the mulberry leaves now how many trees per day are you
30:35bringing in 10 pairs 10 yes 10 mulberry trees grown in these hessian sacks and brought in daily
30:41hey you naughty little monkey for these naughty little buggers to come and eat the foliage it's it's amazing
30:58just like nature itself ventara is always changing and evolving so after being away for some time
31:08i'm excited to come back and check on a few friends the first on my list the family of cheetah cubs
31:14they're growing healthy and strong but today they're due for a checkup
31:19so mom is on the carcass with the little ones now and we're going to move in and try and get as
31:29close as we can obviously adrian has built a relationship and a bond with these ones
31:33so mom trusts them good girl
31:39but it's still a mother she has motherly instincts so he's going to bring me in as much as he can but
31:44just to be in here with these little puff balls is truly an honor okay good girl
31:53she seems pretty relaxed which is awesome okay so if you just come around this side let's just see
31:59how she responds and the once you get down just get down because they they don't like you standing
32:07hovering over them yeah okay look at that so how cool is it to think that these babies right
32:14here could be the future of cheetahs reintroduced into india fixing that hole in the ecosystem yeah
32:21absolutely they're looking really great at the moment all nice and healthy and fit i mean it's
32:27really important that they if they're eating goats here they will get exposed to the same kinds of
32:31parasites that they would get exposed to if they were hunting wild sure antelope in the wild and it's
32:37very important that they develop the immunity against those range of parasites as well so do you
32:42vaccinate for those things or not no we vaccinating mainly against viruses like rabies yeah leukopenia
32:47calice virus herpes virus these are things that they will be exposed to especially by domestic dogs
32:53and domestic cats so adrian how were you able to reproduce this female biggest problem in cheetahs
32:59in captivity is that they get this condition called gastritis which is an inflammatory condition of the
33:04stomach lining what we've discovered really that diet probably plays the most important role and of
33:09that the amount of collagen that they eat so very important that they get skin and bone and the
33:14whole carcass not just the muscle meat but over the last few years we found that it's really important
33:20that they don't get fed more than two or three times at most per week so we give them these really large
33:26meals so they gorge and then they fast and that is not only beneficial in terms of the gastrointestinal
33:33health but it also seems to have a psychological benefit to them and of course that's what would happen in
33:38the wild they'd make a kill exactly they wouldn't waste an ounce of it because they just put in all
33:42of this energy to make that kill yeah and then they'd eat everything they could physically tolerate
33:47and move on but that must be a revolutionary thing that you guys have found here well we've seen it
33:53certainly change the way in which we can maintain these cheetah in perfect health you know um before
33:58you're constantly struggling with gastritis in you know multiple animals but i think you know with these
34:04cubs we start feeding them correctly from day one yeah and the chances that they ever going to
34:09develop gastritis i think are close to zero and hopefully we'll be able to demonstrate that that's
34:13incredible i mean you've solved the largest issue in cheetah husbandry the globe over just by doing
34:19what they do naturally yeah she doesn't like the boom pull that back okay it's okay just roll on
34:26everything okay damn it sorry it's not the first time that's happened this this month
34:36based on their checkup with dr tortoff these cheetah cubs are healthy and well on their way
34:42to adulthood but they're not the only animals at ventara growing up fast prince the sun bear is also
34:49on his way to adulthood so it's been how long since we last saw prince since i lost one month has he
34:55been out in this yet no no this is literally the first this is the first time oh that's lovely so
34:59that is why we are prepping it so that you know like we can interest him to explore the right way
35:04yeah we've seen a very rapid you know like change in prince he started growing muscles he started
35:10climbing up suddenly you see his legs you know like are taller his body is growing his weight is
35:15increasing his personality is now becoming more independent and uh we're going to slowly release him
35:22here we're going to monitor him very closely whoa this whole thing is for prince yeah this is crazy
35:29ayushman so because these sun bears are arboreal and they like to hide they're very shy animals yeah
35:35so i made him very exclusive treehouse over there i gave him very nice you know connections of real wood
35:42oh this is awesome oh my goodness he's gonna love this and then i've made a small perching area for him
35:49down also now these guys like to bust the sun uh-huh and when they sleep they like to hide so i've given
35:55him enough platforms where he can you know like just lounge around yeah enjoy his day and in the night
36:01i've given him enough obstacles to kind of keep him busy imagine coming from his life and then he gets
36:07opened up to this so the thing is now it can be too stimulating for him also he might take a little bit
36:12of time to adjust to this i'm actually you know like waiting to see his reaction how he reacts to
36:18this particular place sometimes we have to understand the psychology of the animal and how
36:23that animal was housed before for certain animals that come through the rescues they've been cramped into
36:29a very small space for such a long time that their value of space gets distorted so when you leave them
36:36into such a large enclosure it panics them because they don't know how to process that information
36:42that quickly that is why these gradual steps are taken and that is why during the quarantine time we
36:47slowly slowly increase their space so that they are okay with it okay so we're going to take the honey
36:53and the fruit and we're just going to put it around yeah is this a bittersweet thing for you because
36:59today is your last day touching him feeling him this is it once he's out in here yeah that's big boy life
37:05now yes that's it you might look at it one way that it's being it being sad but for me he's growing
37:10up he'll be responsible soon enough i only want to be close to that animal to the point that the animal
37:17needs me i don't want to you know like encroach on their area and to you know like add my existence in
37:23their life unnecessarily and i just want to take them on that journey and then let them be bears
37:29well he's gonna love this it's exciting i'm excited very curious to see how he reacts to it though
37:36prince i mean it's a big day oh look at him he's coming oh that worked
37:44oh he says but that's that's the place i know it's okay bud it's gonna be great out here you're
37:50gonna love it dad's here so that's comforting i'm crazy hi remember me you do remember me come on
37:58he's just getting his beddies yeah his bearings princey look tree house is up here oh you found the
38:09honey trail this is exciting it's a good day for a bear it's a good day for a little bear huh buddy this
38:17is going to be such a great life here hey there you go go all the way up to your tree house look at
38:23that he's figuring it out yeah
38:26let him climb up come come come come come come come come come come come look there's a whole honey
38:43trail up here pal look look prince oh dad it's scary up here i've never climbed a tree before
38:51uh-oh look he's like what am i gonna do let him figure it out oh man a bear doesn't know how to be a
38:58bear yet yeah that's what we are here for right yeah no no no look at him it's like get me out of
39:03he's like get me out of here no no no no no oh man that's really funny you have to come here come
39:15he's got this like terror in his eyes when he's like i don't know what's happening
39:20that's how you get off yeah there you go that's how you get off
39:24he said that's it i'm going back all right well there he goes he headed back into his cell but
39:35that's one of the cool things he's allowed to go back into his nighttime room and that's his comfort
39:39place once i see prince having control of his life knowing now he's free now he's independent
39:46and now he's going to make something of himself it's just a very warm glow in the heart he's gonna
39:50be so happy i love it good job man that's great so much honey prince isn't the only animal that has
39:59found a new home 6 000 miles away a group of spix macaw raised in ventara are headed to their ancestral
40:08homeland the catinga forests of brazil these birds will be winged pioneers reclaiming the home they were
40:18once wiped out from their mental state affects their physical health like in humans what we eat
40:24is what we think and what we think is what we do and what we do is what we are if you are in a
40:32comfortable environment if you do not have extra stress factors you'll feel very comfortable and
40:37you'll enjoy that life a little bit so it's the same concept here with the animals we want to provide
40:43things that they are built to do even if they do not choose to do it they should have that option to
40:48do it it's not just about keeping animals it's about how you keep animals
40:58every day a thousand tiny steps are taken towards the conservation of the planet
41:04a new generation is prepped for the wild
41:12an orphan finds a family and a species returns from the brink
41:21it's all in a day's work here at ventara
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