AN EXTREMELY INTIMATE AND
RARE ENCOUNTER LIVING WITH THE WORLD’S FASTEST LAND ANIMAL
-Two-hour special premieres
on Sunday, April 27 at 8:00 p.m. SIN/HK
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| Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel |
MAN, CHEETAH, WILD follows the true story of
one extraordinary cheetah family, and the remarkable man who walked among them
for a year and a half. A one-time game ranger with experience in the military,
Kim Wolhuter is an Emmy Award-winning wildlife filmmaker who has an incredibly
unique gift – the very special ability to befriend and connect with the animals
of his native homeland, Zimbabwe. He connects with wild predators and dangerous
animals in unbelievably amazing ways – living with them, drinking where they
do, finding food on the move and running alongside them. Premiering Monday, April
27 at 8:00 p.m. (2000 hrs) SIN/HK, MAN, CHEETAH, WILD is a two-hour
special that documents Kim's unbelievable relationship with a young family of
five cheetahs and how these ruthless hunters learnt to trust and accept him as
part of their family, allowing him an unparalleled and intimate access into their
otherwise elusive and highly secretive world.
Living
in the heart of Southern Africa, Kim is a third generation bush ranger from a
family who has lived and tangled with deadly predators for nearly a hundred years. Kim's
bush skills have gotten him up close and personal with many species, except for the mysterious cheetah – an
animal that typically bolts upon sight. In the Malilangwe Game
Reserve – 200 square
miles of raw beauty that is home to a vast array of wildlife – in Southern Zimbabwe, Kim attempted
to locate a female cheetah that he had previously worked and established a relationship
with. Following one
mysterious feline in 200 square miles proved to be challenging so Kim had a vet
implant a tracking device in its belly. Six months on, Kim was unsure if the
cheetah was alive having not seen her for that long. When he eventually managed
to track her, he was delighted to find that she was mothering a litter of five
new cubs.
Despite
Kim’s gift of reading animals, there
is always the possibility that one wrong move could cost him his life,
especially in this instance where mother cheetahs are notoriously protective of
their young and would do all it takes to protect their young. Miraculously, this
cheetah sensed no threat from Kim and even allowed him an unrestricted and extremely
rare opportunity to live and run amongst the family for 18 months, during which
he was also able to document their daily lives and the upbringing of one of the rarest wild cats on the planet. The
breathtaking and awe-inspiring footage is unlike any other as Kim does not merely sit in a truck to film the family; he wins their
trust and runs alongside them barefoot, bringing viewers much closer into
the covert world of cheetahs than anyone ever thought possible.
MAN, CHEETAH, WILD encores on Monday, April
28 at midnight (0000 hrs).
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