Earth Touch Insider (HD)

We took our cameras into the field recently to film an innovative surgery on a lioness: a hysterectomy. Lion populations in small game reserves need to be closely regulated – but how do you manage this without upsetting the natural balance or resorting to culling? Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa is solving this problem by performing partial hysterectomies on female lions.

Kept in tiny cages, mutilated and subjected to horrific surgical procedures, the wild bears imprisoned in bear bile farms across Vietnam and China are living lives of immeasurable suffering. In Part 2 of our Insider on Asian bears, we take a closer look at the cruel practice of bile farming, and join Dr Jill Robinson and her team from Animals Asia on a dramatic rescue.

Kept in tiny cages, mutilated and subjected to horrific surgical procedures, the wild bears imprisoned in bear bile farms across Vietnam and China are living lives of immeasurable suffering. In Part 2 of our Insider on Asian bears, we take a closer look at the cruel practice of bile farming, and join Dr Jill Robinson and her team from Animals Asia on a dramatic rescue.

Asia's bears are in trouble. Habitat loss, the pet trade, a demand for their body parts and the cruel practice of bear bile farming for traditional medicine are threatening their survival. In part 1 of this Insider on Asian bears, we delve into the horrors of the illegal pet trade in Thailand and Malaysia and take a closer look at the sanctuaries that are working to rescue these creatures from a life of suffering.

Asia's bears are in trouble. Habitat loss, the pet trade, a demand for their body parts and the cruel practice of bear bile farming for traditional medicine are threatening their survival. In part 1 of this Insider on Asian bears, we delve into the horrors of the illegal pet trade in Thailand and Malaysia and take a closer look at the sanctuaries that are working to rescue these creatures from a life of suffering.

Shark finning is a hot topic in marine conservation but it is also one rife with inaccuracies and misconceptions. In Part 1 of this special Insider on shark conservation, we take a closer look at the wasteful and cruel practice of shark finning and what is being done to regulate this multibillion dollar industry. From a team of marine CSIs to new laws restricting international trade, is there hope for dwindling global shark populations?

Shark finning is a hot topic in marine conservation but it is also one rife with inaccuracies and misconceptions. In Part 1 of this special Insider on shark conservation, we take a closer look at the wasteful and cruel practice of shark finning and what is being done to regulate this multibillion dollar industry. From a team of marine CSIs to new laws restricting international trade, is there hope for dwindling global shark populations?

It’s no holiday for the gibbons of Thailand. Habitat loss, poaching for traditional medicine and the cruel capture of baby gibbons for both the pet and tourism trade have left all but one species threatened or endangered. Luckily the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project in Phuket is looking to change this. Join us as we tour the sanctuary and meet the Gibbons that have been saved from the cruel fate of the tourism trade.

It’s no holiday for the gibbons of Thailand. Habitat loss, poaching for traditional medicine and the cruel capture of baby gibbons for both the pet and tourism trade have left all but one species threatened or endangered. Luckily the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project in Phuket is looking to change this. Join us as we tour the sanctuary and meet the Gibbons that have been saved from the cruel fate of the tourism trade.

Marine biologists must undertake the gory task of dissecting a spinner dolphin when it washes up on a beach in Thailand. Finding a cause of death in important as dolphins are an indicator species - a barometer of the ocean’s health. Be warned, it is a bloody affair as Dr. Patcharaporn Kaewong of the Phuket Marine Endangered Society scrutinizes every part of the dolphin searching for an explanation.