—Experiencing fearsome animals up close like leopards, bison, cheetahs and more; Dan Cabela learns how these creatures play such vital roles on the planet and how important it is to keep them protected.

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Season 312 of 12 Episodes

The pressure of human encroachment and poaching is the greatest threat to wildlife in Africa; Dan Cabela travels to Tanzania to see how Robin Hurt Safaris manages two large conservation areas in the face of these daily challenges.
Dan Cabela explores how the regulated utilization of gators in modern times, through egg harvesting, farming and hunting, helped bring the population back to healthy levels.
Human-wildlife conflict is common in Borneo, where human populations are scattered throughout the landscape; Dan Cabela travels to the area to participate in an elephant collaring project showing how people and elephants can live harmoniously.
Famous for its Mayan ruins, the Yucatán in Mexico is home to diverse wildlife; after years of overharvesting and exploitation, regulated hunting is helping to conserve large areas of the fragile ecosystem; Dan travels to the region to learn more.
Dan Cabela participates in a scientific sampling project to monitor the musk ox population in Barren Ground, Canada, hoping to gain firsthand experience of the relationship between its people and this Arctic icon.
Traveling to the heart of Scotland's highlands, Dan Cabela examines how traditional hunting has shaped the landscape and benefitted local people and native wildlife over centuries.
Dan Cabela is joining a team of veterinarians and biologists on an ambitious capture operation to test and monitor bighorn sheep in Nevada; he hopes to understand better how the hunting community helps fund population recoveries.
With the fall of the Soviet Union, wildlife populations in Tajikistan were devastated.
South Africa offers deep insight into our sapient ancestors' hunter-gatherer history; Dan Cabela retraces the footsteps of humanity's forebears.
In 1961, Dick Cabela founded Cabela's, unaware it would become a leading outfitting store. Now, his son Dan Cabela is on a quest to explore the hard truths of conservation, detailing the roles of hunting and wildlife utilization in modern conservation.
Although threatened in their native range, mountain-dwelling tahr thrive in New Zealand; Dan Cabela investigates the challenges of managing a non-native species and balancing ecosystem protection with the economic benefit of hunters harvesting tahr.
A species established just after the last Ice Age, the blacktail deer of Vancouver Island offers a genetic population isolated from the mainland; Dan Cabela travels to the island to learn more about their harvesting, conservation and history.

The indigenous Alutiiq community of Old Harbor, AK, takes ownership of their food security by building a new bison herd on the island of Sitkalidak, thereby maintaining their traditional subsistence way of life.
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In the heart of Mozambique's Zambezi Delta, a team of conservationists has overseen one of the largest range expansions of African lions in modern times; following the reintroduction of 24 lions in 2018, the population has grown to over 100 today.
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Host Dan Cabela examines how the regulated hunting of ibex in the remote mountains of Türkiye has helped protect large areas for wildlife and fund local conservation initiatives.
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Experiencing fearsome animals up close like leopards, bison, cheetahs and more; Dan Cabela learns how these creatures play such vital roles on the planet and how important it is to keep them protected.

Nate LaHue, Dan Cabela

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