On NatGeo Wild (UK) this evening 7pm.
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Clouded Leopard Rescue
Thurs 23rd February, 9pm NatGeoWild (UK)
(Elsewhere it's called Return of the Clouded Leopards: NatGeo Asia 21st Feb 2012 8pm, NatGeo Australia 19th Feb 7:30pm).
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Photo by Sandesh Kadur: Clouded leopards can open
their jaw wider than any other big cat and in
relation to their skull size possess the largest canines among the Big
Cat family. At 5 centimeters (2 inches) in length a full-grown clouded
leopard’s canines are nearly the same size as a tigers’!
Sandesh Kadur filmed much of Wild India but in another beautiful film from the subcontinent we see him take center stage. In 'Clouded Leopard Rescue' he works with veterinarian Dr Bhaskar Choudhury to capture intimate moments as two orphaned clouded leopard cubs are rehabilitated and then returned to their natural jungle habitat. A year later, Sandesh reunites with the team to go in search of the cubs to see if they survived being back in the wild.
Read more and see beautiful photographs of Runaa and
Khota on Sandesh's photo-blog.
Orphan Cubs
First steps back in the wild
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This evening I'll be watching 'Tiger Jungles' the second episode
of Wild
India, narrated by Sir David Attenborough. In this episode we're
taken deep into the setting for Rudyard
Kipling's 'The Jungle Book', these are rich humid forests where langur
monkeys get high on fermented Mahua fruit, Bengal tigers combine stealth
and power to kill
with a single bite, and venomous snakes wait patiently in the
undergrowth. Find out more about Wild India on NatGeotv.com
The first episode of Wild India was filmed by my good friend Sandesh Kadur. His beautiful imagery takes us to the enchanting plains south of the Himalayas - home of the magnificent Indian Elephant. It paints a vivid picture of rural India, where the landscape is framed by red silk cotton trees and the plains are shaped by the Brahmaputra river. The smooth-coated otter swims in the silky waters and the endangered one-horned rhinoceros pounds the dusty plains. See here for the next broadcast
The first episode of Wild India was filmed by my good friend Sandesh Kadur. His beautiful imagery takes us to the enchanting plains south of the Himalayas - home of the magnificent Indian Elephant. It paints a vivid picture of rural India, where the landscape is framed by red silk cotton trees and the plains are shaped by the Brahmaputra river. The smooth-coated otter swims in the silky waters and the endangered one-horned rhinoceros pounds the dusty plains. See here for the next broadcast
Tiger: Photo: National Geographic
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Clouded Leopard Rescue
Thurs 23rd February, 9pm NatGeoWild (UK)
(Elsewhere it's called Return of the Clouded Leopards: NatGeo Asia 21st Feb 2012 8pm, NatGeo Australia 19th Feb 7:30pm).
Sandesh Kadur filmed much of Wild India but in another beautiful film from the subcontinent we see him take center stage. In 'Clouded Leopard Rescue' he works with veterinarian Dr Bhaskar Choudhury to capture intimate moments as two orphaned clouded leopard cubs are rehabilitated and then returned to their natural jungle habitat. A year later, Sandesh reunites with the team to go in search of the cubs to see if they survived being back in the wild.
Sandesh has always been fascinated by the clouded leopard, and about
seeing them in the wild he says...
"I knew my chances of seeing one was practically
non-existent, but just knowing that somewhere in the jungles around me
this cat prowls was enough to keep me excited and look for signs of its
possible presence. I traveled all along the foothill forests of the
Himalaya and although local people knew of the clouded leopard, finding
one was nearly impossible..."
"I thought that the orphaned cubs would make a wonderful story as it was the closest I was getting to seeing a clouded leopard in the wild. So I rushed to the area and began documenting the process of rehabilitation. Initially the cubs were led on a long leash to get them used to their new home – the forested foothills of the Bhutan Himalaya.
"I thought that the orphaned cubs would make a wonderful story as it was the closest I was getting to seeing a clouded leopard in the wild. So I rushed to the area and began documenting the process of rehabilitation. Initially the cubs were led on a long leash to get them used to their new home – the forested foothills of the Bhutan Himalaya.
Orphan Cubs
First steps back in the wild
Clouded Leopard Cub - Photo: Sandesh Kadur
