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202522 minPGdocumentary

animals wildlife-conservation biodiversity

The Houdini Bear

202522 minPGdocumentary

Tanja faces a critical situation when a bear escapes during a remote release, prompting a conservation officer to risk the animal's life for its safe recapture.

animals wildlife-conservation biodiversity

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Channel: Go Wild

The Houdini Bear

2025• 22 minPG

Synopsis

Tanja faces a critical situation when a bear escapes during a remote release, prompting a conservation officer to risk the animal's life for its safe recapture.

Synopsis

Tanja's parents are away and she's on a remote bear release when she learns one of the shelter's bears has just escaped. A conservation officer must risk the bear's life trying to re-capture it, so it can be taken to a proper release site and be freed with its sibling.

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