1 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,200 There is a place where the tiger is still King of the Jungle - 2 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:27,280 the Sundarbans Forest that borders Bangladesh and India. 3 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:35,680 This vast mangrove forest is a last stronghold for the endangered Bengal tiger. 4 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:40,840 It's also a place where these beautiful big cats 5 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,080 have a terrible reputation. 6 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:47,920 Some have developed a taste for human flesh. 7 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:55,040 In bad years, over 50 people are killed and many injured - 8 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,440 there's growing fear and hostility. 9 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:05,040 Tiger scientists in Bangladesh are desperate to prevent further bloodshed. 10 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:10,680 But if a solution can't be found, the tiger's days will be numbered. 11 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:19,600 One village has a bold plan - 12 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:24,280 to train street dogs to protect them from the man-eating tiger on their doorstep. 13 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:32,720 Will these mongrels be any match for the biggest of the big cats? 14 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,800 A man-eating tiger has struck again. 15 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,040 A fisherman has been killed 16 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,840 and his friends want to retrieve his body from the forest. 17 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:57,400 As the tiger could still be guarding the corpse, it's a very risky thing to do. 18 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:05,960 Tiger biologist Adam Barlow and his Forest Department team want the group to turn back. 19 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,960 Adam's an expert on the man-eating tigers of the Sundarbans, 20 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,800 and knows these people are playing with fire. 21 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,960 We tried to persuade them not to go in there. This is a very bad idea but 22 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,360 they're gonna go in anyway and we're gonna try and help them a little bit, 23 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:38,960 make it a bit safe for them, 24 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,400 but this is really not a safe situation. 25 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,840 Adam's worked with tigers in Asia for over eight years, 26 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,480 but he's never known man-eating to be as bad as it is here in Bangladesh. 27 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,800 Lots of tiger tracks here. 28 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,520 We're very close to the spot where this man was killed. 29 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,520 Now gonna try and organise things so it's a bit safer. 30 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,400 Adam gives the dead man's friends some critical safety advice before 31 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,560 they enter the tiger's territory. 32 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,360 After a lethal bite to the man's neck or throat, 33 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,440 the tiger would have dragged the victim into dense forest. 34 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:57,840 A man's body is large enough to provide meals for several days. 35 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,480 MEN SHOUT 36 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,560 There's some blood from the tiger victim, very fresh still. Still wet. 37 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,400 Still following the blood trail. 38 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,400 They found a bit of cloth from the man's... 39 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,960 clothing that was, the guy that was killed. 40 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,920 The fisherman's mutilated body has been found. 41 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,400 The tiger hasn't finished its meal. 42 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,400 We've just got the body, we're coming out of the jungle. 43 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:11,520 The tiger didn't attack us on the way out, which was really good, and now 44 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,440 they'll take the body to the village for a proper burial. 45 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:41,000 Before they leave the area, there's something they must do. 46 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,200 Material from the dead man's shirt will be a warning to anyone else. 47 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:52,000 Their mission's accomplished but they leave heavy-hearted. 48 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:05,240 The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, 49 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,160 six times the size of Greater London. 50 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,160 It's a tidal jungle that's been created where the Ganges 51 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,640 and Brahmaputra rivers enter the Bay of Bengal. 52 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:24,760 It's hostile to humans, but the delta is rich and diverse in wildlife 53 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,560 and a sanctuary for 400 or so Bengal tigers. 54 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:40,360 Throughout Asia and the Russian Far East, tigers are on the brink of extinction. 55 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:48,160 The Sundarbans is one of the largest tracts of wilderness left in their range. 56 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:05,200 Tigers are usually frightened of people, but not here. 57 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,920 Many of these animals are known to be habitual man-eaters. 58 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,720 Adam and the Forest Department's Tiger Response Team 59 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:30,920 are battling to save an endangered big cat, while also struggling to keep local people safe. 60 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:37,040 The tiger's making their job increasingly difficult 61 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:42,360 because it's no longer just the people working inside the forest who are at risk from attack. 62 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,120 Tigers can easily cross rivers, 63 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,920 they're excellent swimmers 64 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:58,480 and some are venturing into villages that border the forest. 65 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:05,640 For over a year, the residents of Chandpai, on the northeast edge of 66 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,360 the forest, have been terrorised by a predatory tiger. 67 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:19,680 For many months it killed livestock and dogs, but one night it took its first human victim. 68 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:32,840 Adam's come to Chandpai with fellow tiger scientist Monirul Khan to piece together what happened. 69 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,240 Someone is here. 70 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:42,160 Krishnapodo is the son of the woman who died. 71 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,360 But what provoked this attack? 72 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:04,720 Looking at this wall, 73 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:08,920 it looks quite substantial to us, but it's pretty flimsy for a tiger 74 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:13,720 and no more than some vegetation it might see in the jungle. 75 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:19,680 And it sensed the woman in there, punched a hole through and grabbed the woman out. 76 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:23,640 Um, the tragic thing and the surprising thing is, 77 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,120 is that from this vantage point you can see a whole load of cows over 78 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:34,360 there, so the tiger's come here, it's got the choice - there's some cows over there, there's some... 79 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,440 there's an old lady in there, I'm gonna get the old lady. 80 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:44,080 Er, that means that this tiger's probably very bold, dangerous and this is the tiger 81 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,640 we want to deal with and lessen the chance of this happening again. 82 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,000 This tiger is clearly no longer afraid of people... 83 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,720 and the villagers now fear for their lives. 84 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,000 No-one really knows why tigers become man-eaters. 85 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:38,880 Old, sick or injured tigers may find killing humans easier than animal prey. 86 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,600 Perhaps some tigers have added people to their diet 87 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,120 after feeding on the victims of devastating cyclones. 88 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:53,400 What's clear is that for Sundarbans tigers 89 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,600 eating humans can become a habit. 90 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:06,440 So the Chandpai tiger must be stopped in its tracks. 91 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:11,800 On the forest side of the river, Adam discovers just how close it's coming to the village. 92 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,280 We have some tiger tracks here. 93 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:18,000 This is a pretty normal thing, we're in the Sundarbans. 94 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,520 The trouble is we're also right next to a village and this tiger might be 95 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:27,520 the tiger that's crossing into this village and killing livestock and killing one old lady. 96 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:29,560 Er, the villagers are pretty frightened, 97 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:33,640 over sixty animals have been killed, and if we don't sort this out, 98 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:37,800 we're gonna have more livestock lost, more possible human tragedy 99 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,040 and nearly definitely a dead tiger. 100 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:47,560 There are so few tigers left in the wild that each one is precious. 101 00:12:47,560 --> 00:12:50,520 They are legally protected in Bangladesh, 102 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:56,880 but it's hard to persuade local people of this tiger's value when it's causing so much tragedy. 103 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:05,640 It's a complex problem, but Monirul has come up with a simple and radical solution. 104 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:08,800 Village dogs. 105 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,840 They're lowly mongrels, but Monirul thinks they could be trained up, 106 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:27,480 not only to warn people of an approaching tiger but also to scare it away for good. 107 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,760 Do you want to be a tiger hound? 108 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:46,160 In order to test his idea out, Monirul needs the help of a professional. 109 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:51,760 Marielle Schmidt is a dog trainer from the United States who has volunteered to come to Chandpai 110 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,000 to see if she can help make Monirul's idea work. 111 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,000 Hello, you must be Marielle. 112 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,040 Hi, Monirul, nice to meet you. 113 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,320 Welcome to Chandpai. Thank you. Thanks for coming. 114 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:12,320 If we can use these dogs to spot the tiger 115 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,400 or to chase it back to the forest, that's a very good solution. 116 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,840 I look forward to seeing what the local dogs are like to work with. 117 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,600 They're probably fairly different than what I've worked with at home. 118 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,640 Be careful of what you're asking. 119 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:30,800 At home in Montana, Marielle runs general obedience classes... 120 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,120 but she also specialises in training guard dogs. 121 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:43,160 In America certain breeds are already used to frighten bears away from people. 122 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:52,160 But no-one's tried pitting street dogs against a tiger. 123 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,800 Bangladeshi dogs are treated like pests, not pets 124 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,640 and are fearful of everything. 125 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,520 Oh, yeah, that one's a little shy for what we need. 126 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,600 Yeah. A little skinny too. 127 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:13,520 Marielle has just three weeks to see if she can transform them into obedient tiger hounds. 128 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:18,400 Adam, meanwhile, is trying to control the immediate crisis. 129 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:23,440 He knows the Chandpai tiger might strike again at any time. 130 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:28,480 Adam and his team will offer the villagers advice and support if there's further tiger trouble. 131 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:42,400 They post stickers around the village to publicise their tiger helpline. 132 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,640 We're going around now for all the mobile phone shops. 133 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:47,960 These are where everyone goes if someone's, 134 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,000 hasn't got a mobile phone they'll go there and see that sticker. 135 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:58,000 Is someone calls the number, and if there's a tiger in the village, then we're gonna rush to that spot 136 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:04,040 and try and stop chaos happening and stop people being killed by tiger, stop the tiger being killed. 137 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,600 If the village dogs are to help long term, Monirul and Marielle 138 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,800 first need to find out whether any of them have hidden talent. 139 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:28,480 The villagers of Chandpai have been invited to a dog audition in the school playground. 140 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:29,960 The motley crew that turn up 141 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,280 aren't the pedigree breeds Marielle's used to working with. 142 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:46,160 OK, I can see right away that this, this one's not gonna work out for us. 143 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:49,000 No, he's too, too afraid. 144 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:53,240 No, when they, when they won't eat meat they're too afraid to, 145 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:57,240 to work with, so thank you, yeah, no score, no, thank you. 146 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,320 Where's the rope for this dog? 147 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:06,200 Get that dog on a rope or out of here. 148 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,760 No, no, no, get him, get him. 149 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:09,960 BARKING 150 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,760 It's a bit of a crazy situation here with lots of, lots of people 151 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,840 and dogs and activity and when you bring 152 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,400 them into close proximity it's not un, uncommon to have some tensions. 153 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:31,400 This dog is stiff and resistant, fearful, submissive but fearful, 154 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,800 not gonna work out for this one. 155 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,440 Will there be ANY candidates? 156 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,920 So his name is Sheik and he's two years old. 157 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,960 I'm gonna bang this and it may startle him and then I want 158 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,880 to see how he recovers or how he reacts to it. 159 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:47,640 LOUD BANG ON GONG 160 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,560 Not too bad. Right back, good boy. 161 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:55,040 Good boy. He's, he's brave, and, um fairly dominant as we saw 162 00:17:55,040 --> 00:18:00,400 from his behaviour with other dogs which could be a little problematic, let's give him a, er six. 163 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,560 It's hard with the females because they spend much of their life here 164 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:14,480 raising puppies or being in heat and that could be distracting for the boys in the pack. 165 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,360 So, probably it's best to stick with males for the pack work. 166 00:18:18,360 --> 00:18:21,200 Thank you, we'll let her go take care of her puppies. 167 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,680 So, no score? No score. 168 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,720 Good boy. 169 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,720 Oh, this is nice, he's much more responsive. 170 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,720 Willing to take it from the hand the first time. Good boy. 171 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:41,960 Just one, one at a time, OK... So, let's try it. Yes. 172 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,400 OK. Kind of expected that. 173 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,400 Good boy, it's OK, it's OK. It's OK. 174 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,560 His name is Bullet. Bullet, OK. 175 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:56,000 He's the first one that's been quite aggressive taking the food from my hand, which is not a bad thing. 176 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,440 He would need to learn respect. 177 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,440 He's a little jumpy around his head sometimes, a little nervous 178 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:05,640 about being touched back there, but that can be a, a bit of a dominance trait too. 179 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,760 I like him, I give him my highest score, we'll give him a seven. 180 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,920 OK, that's great. So this is the highest scorer? 181 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,840 Yeah, highest score so far. 182 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,920 At last, a handful of dogs with some talent. 183 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,840 But they're still a long way from creating a canine defence force. 184 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:32,120 There's mounting pressure on Adam to build up a profile of the Chandpai serial killer. 185 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,960 so he can work out how to deal with it. 186 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,360 It's not a job for the faint-hearted. 187 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,720 I'm a little bit nervous. 188 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,840 Normally a tiger's afraid of humans, but this tiger's gotten over that fear 189 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:49,560 and now it's trying to kill cattle, even one person. 190 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,800 And the, the forest is so dense I could come across this tiger 191 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,040 and I won't see it until it's two metres away. 192 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,080 We've got some bear spray, we've got forest guards, 193 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,000 we've got a knife and hopefully the tiger's gonna hear 194 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,600 me coming before it's too late, so we've got to rely on a bit of 195 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:13,440 experience and hopefully the tiger doesn't fancy attacking me today. 196 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:22,880 Tiger tracks, a few days old, probably male, I don't really know. 197 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:27,080 It's a little bit messed up, but heading this way, heading towards the village. 198 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,680 I'm gonna see where they go. 199 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,440 Its gender is significant. 200 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:38,520 A female may have hungry cubs to feed. 201 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:43,520 If she's a man-eater, her cubs may also develop the taste for human flesh. 202 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,040 A male tiger patrols a territory four times larger than a female's, 203 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,800 so he will have different hunting patterns. 204 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,600 Just knowing this will help Adam decide how to best protect the village. 205 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,240 It's the first day of the tiger hound training. 206 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,120 The chosen dogs and their owners make their way from Chandpai 207 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:15,080 and neighbouring villages to Marielle's training ground. 208 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:17,840 Eight dogs were selected from the dog audition. 209 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,480 Marielle now needs to turn them into a well-behaved pack. 210 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,840 It looks like it's gonna be interesting here, 211 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,000 a lot of growling and attitude already. 212 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:29,840 So, hope we can keep the peace. 213 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,800 Congratulations, you are all now tiger hounds in training. 214 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,320 You have been selected for a very important job, 215 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,320 to protect you and the people of your village from tigers. 216 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:49,320 Marielle starts off by giving the dogs vaccinations, new leashes and collars. 217 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,640 I've got an extra large collar for Bitu. 218 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,840 We have Sheik the troublemaker, loud mouth though, he seems to lose his 219 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,440 collar and leash, so hopefully we can keep this one on him. 220 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:03,640 It goes between his shoulder blades on his skin. He's a little excited about the meat. 221 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:08,640 Bullet, the star of the audition is bounding with enthusiasm 222 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,040 while Bitu's reluctant to follow orders. 223 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:15,720 Good. 224 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:19,840 Marielle's first challenge is to get the dogs to cooperate with her. 225 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,880 But her real problem will be to get the dogs to cooperate with each other. 226 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,400 Enough of that. 227 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,720 Ah, we have a lot of very strong dogs here and all, all males and 228 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,800 that's a set-up for a lot of aggression amongst them. 229 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,240 We're hoping to save that aggression for the tigers. Hey, hey. 230 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,960 No, yeah, too close. Hey, too close. 231 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,920 Barely an hour passes before the first casualty. 232 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,560 Bitu slipped his collar, and attacked some. 233 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:59,200 He's got a pretty nasty looking wound in his hock. Good boy. 234 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:04,000 Som's gonna have to be retired from the training at least for a couple of days 235 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,800 and we'll see how this is going. 236 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,880 It should either be getting much better or it may be getting infected. 237 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:14,440 If the dogs can't work together, they'll never have the strength 238 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,200 in numbers they need to stand up to a tiger. 239 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:22,880 Som's injury is a measure of how antisocial these local dogs are. 240 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:28,240 The dogs selected by Marielle are all alpha males. 241 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,840 To survive they've had to look out for themselves. 242 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,920 But as loners, they've made themselves vulnerable. 243 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,280 Tigers will eat 244 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,400 whatever they can catch. 245 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,360 As top predator here, 246 00:23:55,360 --> 00:24:01,400 they play a vital role in keeping the forest wildlife balanced and varied. 247 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:06,560 So why has the Chandpai tiger turned its back on its natural prey 248 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,720 and begun to eat domestic animals and people instead? 249 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,600 In the forest near the village, Adam makes a discovery that may 250 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:20,320 explain why the Chandpai tiger has become so bold. 251 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,560 This is, er, cattle tracks. 252 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,960 This means that from the village cows are crossing over and grazing here. 253 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:38,040 This might be part of the problem. If a tiger sees cattle a lot 254 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,680 it's gonna get used to it, start eating it, 255 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:45,680 maybe overcome some of its fear of things associated with people. 256 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,440 All over the place. 257 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,160 Just cattle. I just can't believe how many tracks. 258 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,280 If I'm a tiger and I'm hungry, I see a big fat cow wandering around, 259 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,280 I'm gonna get it after a while. 260 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,400 Some time during the night, 261 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,560 the tiger will be walking close by to here 262 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:12,440 and at some stage he's gonna make a choice, does he go, 263 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,520 does he stay in the forest, does he go into the village 264 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,560 and take some easy pickings from the cattle in there? 265 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:25,640 But Adam and his team are finding further reasons for the growing tiger problem. 266 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,840 As the villages that lie close to the Sundarbans expand, 267 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:39,280 wood and other forest resources are being used up. 268 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:46,840 People are also illegally poaching deer, the tiger's favourite wild prey. 269 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,760 Many villagers realise the tiger's going hungry. 270 00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:38,840 Right I'm next to the village, there's tiger track, with one tiger track right here. 271 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:43,480 Maybe it crossed at some stage, hopefully 272 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,600 it didn't cause any trouble. 273 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,520 Gonna follow these tracks a little bit further see where it went. 274 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:55,720 Even if the villagers stop grazing their cattle in the forest and poaching deer, 275 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,760 it may be too late to reverse the eating habits of the Chandpai tiger. 276 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,760 It must be stopped from coming to the village. 277 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,080 Good boy, Sheik. Attaboy, ready? 278 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,800 Sheik? Good, heel, good boy. 279 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:14,920 It was a slow start, but now the tiger hounds are getting the hang of things. 280 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:20,840 Som's leg is on the mend and looks like he can rejoin the team. 281 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,720 Good, it looks very good. 282 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,120 I think he's just about back to new. 283 00:27:25,120 --> 00:27:26,080 OK, Som. 284 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,200 Marielle needs as many dogs as she can get. 285 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,440 Good, sit. Give it to him, that's it. 286 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,360 After just a few days, the dogs are becoming more responsive. 287 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,920 Make sure that they say "Good, stay", 288 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,000 when the dog's holding it, especially... 289 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,800 This may seem a far cry from tiger chasing, 290 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:51,600 but absolute obedience is vital if the dogs are to be focused on the job. 291 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,960 One dog in particular has shot to the top of the class. 292 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,120 Well, Bullet's kind of our star pupil so far. 293 00:27:58,120 --> 00:28:02,280 He's progressing very quickly from a combination of a trainable temperament 294 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:07,280 and an effective handler, who's done a good job of learning the cues and having good timing. 295 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,240 So, it's coming together nicely. 296 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:17,520 Bullet shows strong leadership when Marielle introduces the dogs to their first tiger. 297 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:23,080 They've yet to discover the difference between fake fur and the real thing. 298 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:34,880 SCREEN: "Laxmi has been in another fight and has even worse injuries than before..." 299 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:37,800 Although the villagers live with tigers on their doorstep, 300 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,920 few have ever seen one and know little about them. 301 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,920 So Monirul, Marielle and Adam invite the whole village 302 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:49,280 to the screening of a tiger film in the school playground. 303 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,280 By appreciating the tiger better, 304 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,840 maybe people will have second thoughts about killing it. "..she limps off unsteadily..." 305 00:28:55,840 --> 00:29:00,800 There's a lot of persuading to do because it's on a dark night like this, 306 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,000 that the Chandpai tiger strikes again. 307 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,240 This time it's only a goat, 308 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,520 but Monirul knows, from eight years studying tigers, 309 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:22,360 that the loss of just one animal can have a devastating impact on family fortunes. 310 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,840 So there is a fresh pug mark over here. 311 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,360 THEY CONVERSE IN LOCAL DIALECT 312 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:38,520 So the tiger grabbed the goat from here and took it into the forest which is only a few metres away 313 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,840 and there is only a creek between the village and the forest. 314 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:45,280 It's a big loss for him as he is a poor man 315 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:51,040 and the goat was pregnant and so it's a very big loss for the family. 316 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:01,800 Chandpai is losing patience with THIS tiger. 317 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,680 I'm gonna call Adam and tell him about this tiger. 318 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:11,520 Monirul wants Adam to track 319 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,360 where this tiger went after making its kill. 320 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:15,920 MOBILE RINGS OUT 321 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,200 The tiger is now killing on a weekly basis. 322 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,720 It may be a protected animal but if it carries on like this, 323 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,280 villagers will take the law into their own hands. 324 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,400 Even Adam is surprised by its brazen behaviour. 325 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,080 A goat was killed just over here, 326 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,720 dragged by the tiger across this canal, 327 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:50,040 walked through someone else's backyard, 328 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,320 jumped from over here right over here, carried on over here. 329 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,000 We're quite far from the jungle. 330 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:03,400 Jumped over here, and went into these open fields over there 331 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,720 and headed back towards the jungle with the...with the goat in its mouth. 332 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:12,440 It's really amazing to me how bold this tiger is. 333 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,280 It's just wandering around, doesn't care that there's humans about. 334 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:21,880 And reaching the riverbank, Adam finds the trail's red hot. 335 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,760 The tiger's been seen in the last hour. 336 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,360 IN TRANSLATION: 337 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:41,440 Sure... 338 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:45,080 So he was actually on the other side of the canal. 339 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:49,840 It may be he was really close, I don't know, there's always some crazy story around tigers 340 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,400 but there are tracks over there and we'll have a look. 341 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,400 ADAM WHOOPS AND CLAPS 342 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:16,320 OK... Really new tracks - 343 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,240 these are about as fresh as they get. 344 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:24,120 Er, I think that the boy's story is true, the tiger was here and it's gone right in this bit of jungle. 345 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:29,720 It's probably very close and there's no reason for us to go in there, so I'm just gonna back out 346 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:34,240 and keep, keep safe. But, yeah, the tiger's in there. Let's go Let's go back. 347 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,320 This is the closest Adam has ever come to the Chandpai tiger. 348 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,200 It would have been hiding just metres away in the dense forest. 349 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,000 It's way too close for comfort. 350 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,280 The dogs are needed more than ever, but no-one knows 351 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,000 how they'll deal with a real threat. 352 00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,800 Monirul and Marielle have obtained 353 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,080 special permission to introduce three of the dogs - 354 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,800 Tom, Som and Bitu to a captive zoo tiger. 355 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:18,760 Gosh, what a magnificent creature. This will be really exciting to see what the dogs do. 356 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,160 There's no doubt we'll get a reaction today. 357 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,720 One by one, the dogs are taken to meet the tiger in its den. 358 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,480 Good boy, there we go. Ooh, we're right here, OK. 359 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,000 Bitu's first. 360 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,400 BITU YELPS It's OK. It's OK. Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. Go on, tiger. 361 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,600 Good boy. Good tiger. Good boy. That's it. 362 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,200 But Bitu doesn't even make it into the enclosure. 363 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:48,240 Good boy, I'm not gonna push him to go any closer cos that's obviously very scary for him. Good boy. 364 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,360 Good boy, Tom. Good boy. 365 00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,320 Tom's up next. Will he be braver than Bitu? 366 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,720 Good. Go on. Good dog. Good boy. TOM BARKS 367 00:33:56,720 --> 00:34:01,040 Good boy. Good boy. That's the way, Tom, good for you. Ooh, look at the tigers. 368 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,360 We're gonna... Watch it. Good boy, good for you, good boy. 369 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:08,920 Got a little spooked there initially but he held his ground surprisingly well 370 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:13,280 especially when the tigers had a pretty assertive response to him there. 371 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,600 The tiger's last visitor is Som. 372 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,920 Som's gonna give us our strongest reaction yet, one way or the other. 373 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,080 He's more tuned into scent which he's picking up here nicely. 374 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:27,640 Where's the tiger, Som, where's the tiger? Good boy, Som. Good boy. 375 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:33,960 Oh, good boy, good boy, good, good. Tiger. Good boy. 376 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,120 Attaboy, Som. 377 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:40,440 Good boy. That's pretty impressive, standing up to that. 378 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,760 Good boy, good boy, Som. 379 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:47,560 The next step is to see whether they gain strength in numbers. 380 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:51,600 The pack of three head in together for a face-off with the tiger. 381 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:56,920 Good boy. Good boy, Bitu. DOGS BARK 382 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,200 Good boy. Good boy. 383 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,760 Good boy. Good boy, Bitu. Good boy, Bitu. 384 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,360 Good boy. Good boy. 385 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,000 Tiger looks less sure, less sure of itself. 386 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,240 There, the tiger's leaving, that's a different response we've seen. 387 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:17,440 Good boy. Good boy. Good. 388 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,200 Good boy. Good boy. Good... 389 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:21,960 Good, you. Good boy. 390 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,720 Bitu was the weakest link. 391 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:28,200 But brothers Tom and Som took heart from each other, 392 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,680 showing that dogs that have grown up together work best as a pack. 393 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,560 Good, Som. Good, Som. Attaboy. 394 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:38,760 OK, let's move it out here. I think our point's been made here. Let's head on out... 395 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:44,440 Tom, Som and Bitu's owners have a particular reason for wanting their dogs to protect them from tigers. 396 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:50,520 They have one of the most dangerous jobs in Bangladesh. 397 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,560 They are forest honey collectors. 398 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:59,680 On April 1st they join other teams gathered from across the Sundarbans 399 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,400 to wait for the official start of the honey collection season. 400 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:19,880 Hundreds of boats race towards the forest to find the best honey spots. 401 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,840 But not all these men will return. 402 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:33,120 Last year, 20 honey collectors were killed by tigers. 403 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:43,240 Monirul and Adam want to find ways of reducing the casualties. 404 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:48,080 Tom, Som and Bitu's owners would also have liked their newly-trained dogs on board, 405 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,960 but domestic animals are currently not allowed in the forest. 406 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:07,160 In the absence of dogs they'll have to rely on spiritual protection. 407 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,800 MAN CHANTS 408 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,680 They will not venture into the forest 409 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,560 until the Gunin or shaman has performed his traditional ritual. 410 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:29,800 Through his chanting and gestures, he contacts the spirits to find out 411 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,800 whether this forest is safe to enter. 412 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,720 THEY ALL CHANT 413 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:49,080 Honey is a precious commodity, but they will collect as much as they can in the shortest time possible. 414 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,240 They are dicing with death. 415 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:07,560 In dense forest, tigers wait silently and ambush their prey. 416 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,560 Found the hive and now we're gonna 417 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,960 burn some leaves to smoke out the bees so they... 418 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:27,400 they're not so aggressive, collect some honey and go back to the boat. 419 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:38,560 The smoke may make the bees less aggressive, but it reduces visibility to zero. 420 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:43,120 It's now that the risk of tiger attack is highest. 421 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:59,200 Monirul sees just how useful dogs could be. 422 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:05,520 I think dogs could make a big difference because it could smell the tiger 423 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:12,720 when people are busy at work or when they smoke the honeycomb and perhaps would save their lives. 424 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,560 Although it is not permitted now, 425 00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,600 but I hope in the future perhaps they will be able to use the dogs in the work. 426 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:22,480 It's a dangerous job and for not really that much reward 427 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,480 and they really run a risk of being attacked 428 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,640 and quite a few of them are. 429 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:32,960 So if there's any way we can make them a bit safer then we've got to try those...to try those things. 430 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:36,960 The Chandpai street dogs were once treated like dirt 431 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:41,320 but now, both handlers and their dogs have become local celebrities. 432 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,760 Marielle even has her own fan club! 433 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:51,120 Wow, look, thank you. 434 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:52,640 Look at 'em all. 435 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,480 Beautiful. 436 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,680 Star status is all very well, 437 00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:00,400 but Monirul and Marielle want to show the village 438 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,800 as a whole how the dogs might offer a bit more protection. 439 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,520 It's my hope that in my short time that I've been here 440 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:15,320 I've been able to excite some people about the possibilities 441 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:19,640 that happen when we learn to communicate with our dogs. Good boy. 442 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:20,640 Way to go. 443 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,360 Som has a fantastic nose for tiger scent, 444 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:27,520 and has been trained to sit once he gets a whiff from one of the boxes. 445 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,640 Yes, Som. Yes, Som! 446 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,560 He doesn't let Marielle down. 447 00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:37,440 Good. I think that's probably good. Right? OK? OK! 448 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:48,000 After the show, the Chandpai pack assembles on a night patrol. 449 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,000 If they smell a tiger, 450 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:56,800 they'll alert the villagers, and try to drive it back to the forest. 451 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,000 In just a few weeks they've been transformed... 452 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:09,000 from street dogs to tiger hounds, and have given the local people 453 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,880 much-needed courage and confidence in dealing with their problem tiger. 454 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:26,560 But this is not the only big cat giving grief in the Sundarbans. 455 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:34,920 The Tiger Response Team has learned, via their hotline, 456 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,280 of a serious incident far to the west of Chandpai. 457 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,440 A tiger has entered a village and some people are injured and the tiger is in fact dead. 458 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,760 We don't have much more than that - we're on our way to find out. 459 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,240 It's dark by the time Adam reaches the forest guard post 460 00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:00,080 where the dead tiger's body has been taken. 461 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,800 It's a tragic sight to see such a magnificent and rare animal 462 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,120 bludgeoned to death. 463 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,200 We're now trying to weigh the tiger, trying to find out how heavy it is. 464 00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:19,280 We don't know much about tigers in the Sundarbans, how big they are. 465 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,360 This is important information to see if this tiger 466 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:25,480 is a little bit different to tigers living in other areas. 467 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,600 Measurements from other tigers killed by people 468 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,600 suggest that Sundarbans tigers 469 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,480 may be much smaller than other Bengal tigers. 470 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:40,920 Adam notes this tiger's identity, sex and age. 471 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,560 We know it's a young female because of the condition of its teeth. 472 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,160 The teeth are very new, very sharp and not worn in any way. 473 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:51,000 It's got all its incisors, all its canines. 474 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,920 I think it's probably about three years old. 475 00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,200 This young female was close to breeding age. 476 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,680 Over the past century, 477 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:06,840 tiger numbers worldwide have plummeted by 95%. 478 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:11,280 And now there's one less tiger in the Sundarbans. 479 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:19,040 Adam wants to find out more about how she died 480 00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:23,080 but for that he'll have to wait for daybreak. 481 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:26,720 MEN SHOUT AND THUD STICKS 482 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:29,960 Back in Chandpai, Marielle has just a couple of days left 483 00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,560 before she must return to the US. 484 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:36,120 Great job, guys, that was much better and more focused. 485 00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:39,240 Um, like to see if we can get it even a little bit more. 486 00:43:39,240 --> 00:43:45,200 While the pack perfect their tiger-driving skills, she has one final job to do... 487 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,040 She will have to choose one of the dog handlers 488 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,080 to continue the training. 489 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:54,520 One has exactly the skills and attitude she's looking for. 490 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,640 MAN CHANTS 491 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:00,800 It's Shubod, 492 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,280 the owner of star dog, Bullet. 493 00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,960 If local people can show such resolve, 494 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,480 then Adam won't have tragic missions like this. 495 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,840 He travels to where the other tiger was killed 496 00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:19,680 and talks to the locals to build up a picture of what happened. 497 00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:24,440 This is the place where they first saw the tiger. 498 00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:29,000 About 20, 25 people came with sticks. It attacked one person. 499 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,560 Then the tiger just shot off in this direction. 500 00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,640 We're gonna go and see the next scene of what happened. 501 00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:37,440 Frightened and confused, 502 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:40,800 the tiger would have lashed out in self defence. 503 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,960 This is the next place. The tiger paused again. 504 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,560 We've travelled about 40 metres through the paddy fields. 505 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,920 They shouted, they tried to get close to it, 506 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:54,480 tried to scare it away, it attacked one person. 507 00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,240 It turns out it was no man-eater. 508 00:44:56,240 --> 00:45:00,560 Just a stray tiger in the wrong place at the wrong time. 509 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,880 So again the tiger pauses. It's travelled about 15 metres. 510 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:07,880 The same group of people, at the moment there's just a small group of villagers. 511 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:12,280 Right here it attacked three people, injuring, biting, scratching, 512 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:17,160 and again it moved on, trying, just trying to escape these angry villagers. 513 00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:22,680 Everyone is coming, everyone from the village is coming, maybe more than 1,000 or 2,000 people. 514 00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:27,800 This is the last place that the tiger attacked someone. 515 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:32,360 And suddenly you come across the scene of a very violent and frightening confrontation. 516 00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:40,800 Yesterday at 11 o'clock, a tiger was right here. 517 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:46,320 And there was maybe 2,000 or 3,000 villagers surrounding it, beating it to death with sticks. 518 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,040 Why it happened was because people didn't know what to do. They were afraid 519 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:54,320 and they had no training in...in how to proceed. 520 00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:59,280 Um, we're gonna change that. We're gonna have teams that can respond to these incidents 521 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,120 and know how to work around tigers, 522 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:04,240 and know when to intervene 523 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:09,120 and when to just keep people separate from the tiger until it has a chance to go back to the jungle. 524 00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,400 Adam has a huge task ahead of him, 525 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:19,280 but Marielle's work here is done. 526 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,080 This is the end of our training together. 527 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,160 It's been a wonderful experience for me... 528 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:27,720 It's time for the dog pack to graduate. 529 00:46:27,720 --> 00:46:30,440 ..learned to appreciate what your dogs are capable of. 530 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,840 I've written up a training manual that I will leave with you 531 00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,240 that's been translated 532 00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:38,480 so that you have the tools to continue the work after I go. 533 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:40,960 MEN CHANT 534 00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,720 The dogs are still a trial study. 535 00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:47,800 But the villagers of Chandpai have seen their potential. 536 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:52,200 Long-term they'll need to breed the best qualities from their dogs... 537 00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:56,520 Som's superb scent detection, 538 00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,920 Bullet's courage and intelligence... 539 00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,920 Hey, hey, hey, hey! Sheik's aggressive attitude. Good boy. 540 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,840 ..Yes. Still. 541 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:06,480 SHE CHUCKLES 542 00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:12,120 Packs could be formed in other villages bordering the forest. 543 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:17,640 Sure enjoyed working with you. You're a fun dog to do all kinds of stuff with. 544 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,520 And you, you lead them on into the future, OK Bullet? 545 00:47:20,520 --> 00:47:24,240 Yes. Sire lots of future tiger hounds. 546 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:30,800 Hopefully Monirul's idea and Marielle's legacy will be a lasting one. 547 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:39,600 The human-tiger problem must be resolved 548 00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:43,760 because the repercussions are huge for people and tigers. 549 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:47,440 IN TRANSLATION: 550 00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,920 If people can find a way of minimizing conflict, 551 00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:05,120 then the Bengal tiger might be seen as the region's greatest asset, 552 00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:08,680 rather than its most terrifying threat, 553 00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:14,000 and the Sundarbans will remain a last great refuge for the tiger. 554 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:20,320 Next week, 555 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:25,640 Natural World reveals the epic journeys made by African elephants 556 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,160 across the Kalahari Desert 557 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:30,280 and meets the scientist who has uncovered 558 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,480 the key to their long-term survival. 559 00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:54,000 Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd. 560 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,040 E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk