0:00:11 > 0:00:13The Indonesian island of Sumatra.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Hiding deep in these forests
0:00:17 > 0:00:20are some of the world's most elusive big cats...
0:00:22 > 0:00:24..Sumatran tigers.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28These tigers are in trouble.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33As they stray into the world of humans,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35many are killed or imprisoned.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37TIGER ROARS
0:00:37 > 0:00:39These are tigers accused of man-eating.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Their future is bleak.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47TIGER ROARS FIERCELY
0:00:50 > 0:00:53But a controversial millionaire might save them.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58He is re-releasing tigers accused of man-eating.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03The world's leading tiger expert, Alan Rabinowitz,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05wants to investigate their impact.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09The concept of rehabilitating conflict tigers,
0:01:09 > 0:01:14especially man-eaters, is not something I've put much stock in.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16It's a pretty scary concept,
0:01:16 > 0:01:22that is somewhat equivalent to putting a murderer,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25which you don't know if they are truly rehabilitated or not,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28back into society, and hoping they won't kill again.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31The experiment on Tiger Island
0:01:31 > 0:01:33could mean new hope for the world's tigers,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36or it could be a disaster.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00The south-east Asian island of Sumatra
0:02:00 > 0:02:04is home to some of the richest and most diverse tropical forests on the planet.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20They house thousands of unique species...
0:02:20 > 0:02:21MONKEYS CALL
0:02:22 > 0:02:26..and rare animals threatened with extinction.
0:02:34 > 0:02:39Here are the only great apes outside Africa - orangutans.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Isolated on islands, animals evolve differently.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53The Sumatran tiger, the only remaining island tiger,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57is now the smallest in the world.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03It's rarely glimpsed in its natural habitat,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and virtually all film of it is taken in captivity.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17The best images of it in the wild are captured on camera traps.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
0:03:21 > 0:03:23CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Genetically, it's very different from all the other tigers
0:03:27 > 0:03:29throughout the tiger range.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31It's been separated long enough,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35probably over 10,000 years, from the mainland populations.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Alan Rabinowitz has spent his life tracking and studying big cats.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53He's the Indiana Jones of wildlife protection -
0:03:53 > 0:03:56the most renowned field biologist in the world.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Despite lots of effort, lots of good intent,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02significant amounts of money, we're losing tigers.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Alan knows tigers well.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10He's searched for them in India and Bhutan.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17If we were to lose the Sumatran tiger,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21we would lose a key portion of the tiger genome.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Tigers have already lost a lot of the genetic diversity
0:04:25 > 0:04:28that they've had in the past.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30We can't afford to lose the Sumatran tiger.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36And now there may be fewer than 500 Sumatran tigers left.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Saving them is crucial.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Alan's home base is New York.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54The non-profit organisation he heads
0:04:54 > 0:04:56carries out big cat conservation across the globe.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01We're in a horrific state with tigers.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Tigers are off the edge of the cliff, sliding downward.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Can we still save them and bring them back? Absolutely we can.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12But we really are not playing with a lot of time.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17The bold experiment in Asia by an eccentric millionaire
0:05:17 > 0:05:19has grabbed Alan's attention.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26The idea of trying to save tigers which have killed people,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I don't know what to say, it was not only intriguing to me,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31it was pretty frightening.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33I wanted to know more about this.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36An internet search reveals that the self-made tycoon's scheme
0:05:36 > 0:05:39excites controversy in the press.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Over the years, Alan's learned to take gossip and hearsay
0:05:56 > 0:05:57with a pinch of salt.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04What sort of person would risk releasing tigers blamed for deaths?
0:06:12 > 0:06:17Alan wants to meet the maverick millionaire to decide for himself.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Tomy Winata and his many businesses, from finance to property,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40thrive in a land where the forests are under threat.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52In Sumatra, money grows on trees.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11The pulp and paper industry, palm oil and coffee cultivation,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15are all encroaching on the last remaining habitats
0:07:15 > 0:07:18of Sumatra's rare tigers.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Forests are clear-cut. Farmland replaces tiger territory.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33The big cats roam new fields, searching for prey.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Conflict ensues, and both sides suffer losses.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Across Asia, top predators are not natural neighbours.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51The tigers become victims of a zero-tolerance policy.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52CROWD SHOUTS
0:08:04 > 0:08:08265 Sumatran tigers have been killed.
0:08:08 > 0:08:1097 have been captured.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14That's when the dilemma begins.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17What do you do with a captured man-eater?
0:08:17 > 0:08:19TIGER GROWLS
0:08:25 > 0:08:28On his way to track Tomy down,
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Alan stops off at Sumatra's Taman Safari Park,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35a gaol for man-eating and conflict tigers since 1992.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42Currently, 12 killer tigers are being held here indefinitely.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45TIGER GROWLS
0:08:47 > 0:08:49There's nowhere else in the world like this place -
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Tiger Alcatraz.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55GROWLING
0:09:07 > 0:09:09TIGER GROWLS
0:09:19 > 0:09:21The animals are imprisoned
0:09:21 > 0:09:23to safeguard their valuable genes for the future.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Oh, man.
0:09:30 > 0:09:3315 years ago, this was thought to be one way forward -
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- keep captive and breed. - Oh!
0:09:39 > 0:09:40You too.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52They're beautiful. Still mad at me?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Whoo! Sends shivers down my spine.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- Ooh! - GROWLING
0:10:07 > 0:10:11I've been around tigers a lot, in the wild and in captivity,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15and this place is a little spooky.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21To be surrounded by man-eaters, even with the bars between us,
0:10:24 > 0:10:25it's a bit spooky.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32But when Taman Safari is full, where can suspects go?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Tigers accused of terrible things...
0:10:37 > 0:10:38CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
0:10:38 > 0:10:40..like this female, Panti.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50When six people were killed in the north of Sumatra, panic broke out.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Hunters and their dogs rounded up 12 tigers.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Panti was among the suspects.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Some, or even all, were innocent.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11GROWLING
0:11:12 > 0:11:16The authorities had a dozen wild tigers on their hands,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18and nowhere to keep them.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27The captives were brought to this temporary holding centre.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32In the months of delay that followed,
0:11:32 > 0:11:34seven of the tigers died here.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Alan doesn't know it yet,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44but Panti will be crucial in helping him discover
0:11:44 > 0:11:48if suspected man-eaters can ever be safely released back into the wild.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50PANTI GROWLS
0:12:00 > 0:12:02LAUGHTER
0:12:03 > 0:12:08Rich, well-connected, and with a secluded nature reserve,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Tomy Winata took in Panti and four other survivors.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15He is the go-to-guy,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18providing alternative accommodation for tigers.
0:12:19 > 0:12:25What I've heard about at this project sounded different,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29it sounded interesting, and it sounded particularly interesting
0:12:29 > 0:12:34because it brings an outsider's approach, a businessman's approach,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36a non-scientist's approach,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40to a potentially very important tiger landscape.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47The media spotlight is on Tomy - a man accused by the press
0:12:47 > 0:12:51of shady underworld dealings is harbouring tiger murder suspects.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Instead of condemning them to life imprisonment,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Tomy is giving them a second chance.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19First, he puts the prisoners into what he calls rehab,
0:13:21 > 0:13:24until they're judged fit to return to the wild.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41So far, he's freed five alleged man-eaters onto his land...
0:13:43 > 0:13:44..including Panti.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51He radio-collars them and monitors their movements...
0:13:56 > 0:13:57..for good reason.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03170 villagers live in the area where he releases these tigers.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Is it ever safe to release potential man-eaters near people?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14That's Alan's big question.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And he has others about the man in charge.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Interestingly, the first thing I heard from the outside world
0:14:23 > 0:14:26was that I should be very, very careful
0:14:26 > 0:14:30about even thinking about coming here,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34that I should be very, very careful about dealing with Tomy...
0:14:36 > 0:14:40..because there were a lot of rumours
0:14:40 > 0:14:44circulating about what could potentially be going on here.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The only way to find out is to meet the man himself.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Good to see you this morning.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54That's a nice plane.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58The best way to reach Tomy's private estate is by plane.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Tomy's plane.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01He owns a charter company.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07They fly a route Tomy's picked.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14It's a short flight from Jakarta, Indonesia's capital city.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22From 1996 on, Tomy helped the government protect
0:15:22 > 0:15:26up to 170 square miles of land at the tip of southern Sumatra.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33It's bounded by sea on two sides and a national park to the north.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40When it rains, it's cut off by road.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44A perfect private nature reserve.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49So when you first came here, did it look like this?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Half.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Half?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Many people, all cut the forest?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Er, yeah, many people.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Alan is eager to find out what Tomy's really been up to.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Few visitors ever glimpse this reserve.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Tomy's own conservation guards keep intruders at bay.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Welcome to Tambling.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Uninvited guests are not welcome.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38There are, however, the 170 residents.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44The local village existed before Tomy started his project,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46and it's still there.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Tomy releases his man-eaters within walking distance.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59I don't have a very clear picture, as clear a picture as I would like
0:16:59 > 0:17:01about what's going on in this village.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Alan is anxious to find out how local people react
0:17:05 > 0:17:07to tigers in their fields.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18CALLS IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Now, it's not a big village, it's not...
0:17:39 > 0:17:43They're limited by where they can even perform their activities,
0:17:43 > 0:17:47because Tomy zones where they can work and not work,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49and what they, what they are able to be doing.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Hello.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Hello.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Can I ask them, if any of them,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02when they work in this area, when they work in their plantations,
0:18:02 > 0:18:07have any of them ever heard tiger sounds,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10or seen any tiger track or seen any tigers in this area around the village?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16What they mostly saw is the footprint, and then
0:18:16 > 0:18:20sometimes heard the sound, but they never seen a real tiger before.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Have any of them ever had anything killed
0:18:23 > 0:18:26that they think was killed by a tiger?
0:18:28 > 0:18:33MAN SPEAKS IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE
0:18:33 > 0:18:36A long time ago, yes, they have found that,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40for example, like a chicken or dog was killed by a tiger.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42How long ago?
0:18:42 > 0:18:44SHE ASKS HIM
0:18:46 > 0:18:47One month ago.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49One month ago. OK.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Are they afraid of the tigers here?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Are they afraid of the tigers in this jungle?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- Hi, Tomy.- OK!
0:19:03 > 0:19:04THEY LAUGH
0:19:08 > 0:19:11I really wanted to pursue that line of questioning,
0:19:11 > 0:19:16but everything got cut short, pretty much, when Tomy came over.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Because their attitude changed.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Clearly, clearly Tomy helped drive where the conversation was going.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28He's their boss. He's their guardian.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Whether it's scared, whether it's self-protection,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35they are very careful around him.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41What was very obvious is that these people know about tigers,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44and that tigers are either right around their village,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47or even sometimes coming into their village.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51What is fascinating information to me,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55despite how that village
0:19:55 > 0:19:57is just ripe for potential disaster, maybe, and everything,
0:19:57 > 0:20:02but these animals have been set free since 2008,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06and nobody is hiding this from us, we would know this,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09there are not killings happening out there in this area.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16The home of tiger only one kilometre, huh?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19This is something interesting. No problem.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Well, that is interesting.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24There is only, only below one, two kilo from here.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27I know, that's kind of scary, Tomy.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31It is interesting, and if that works, if it works, it's good.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36The only thing I'm scared of is that some day maybe it doesn't work.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39No-one of them complaining about the tigers fighting them.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43I keep on coming back in my head to the same thing.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Do I think it's a good idea, under any circumstances,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49to set free man-eating tigers?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51GROWLING
0:20:54 > 0:20:56This is a really different way of thinking for me,
0:20:56 > 0:21:02because my mantra, and that of many people in my field has always been,
0:21:02 > 0:21:07"If a tiger or any big cat has killed people,
0:21:07 > 0:21:10"that you just don't set it free again."
0:21:10 > 0:21:14It's just doomed to a life in captivity.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Tomy still has more captive tigers.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Alan is keen to discover which ones he might release.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26TIGER ROARS
0:21:26 > 0:21:30The teeth broken so this, this male one cannot release any more.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32So this one killed only one person?
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Five or six.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36This one killed five or six? Oh, you can't set him free.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- Yeah, that, you're right. - Yeah, that's it.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40TIGER ROARS
0:21:43 > 0:21:48If it killed five people, I wouldn't want him back in the forest, either.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Heh! - TIGER ROARS
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- That's interesting. He comes at you when you turn your back, see?- Yeah.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03As soon as you turn your back.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06When you look at him, he goes back, when you turn your back.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10As well as the single female, Panti,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Tomy has released four males into his reserve.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Male tigers released into new territories
0:22:20 > 0:22:22roam large areas looking for other males.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27If they find one, they may fight to the death.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41A winning invader also searches out cubs in their new zone,
0:22:41 > 0:22:42and kills them, too.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Releasing female tigers that can have cubs
0:22:49 > 0:22:51is a much better way to increase their numbers.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54TIGER ROARS
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- How many people did this one kill? - Two or three.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03This female, Salma, is also accused of man-killing.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09These tigers have real personality.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11This is natural energy of the tiger in the wild.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14When you go to a zoo and you see tigers which are calm,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17and they are sleeping, and they don't growl at the people,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20those are pretty much broken-spirited tigers.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Those kind of tigers can't be re-introduced into the wild.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26These tigers have not had their spirits broken.
0:23:29 > 0:23:34This energy, this charging and backing off, that vocalisation,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36it's them being a tiger,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39it's being the strong, dominant predator in the forest,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42and this is what they need in order to go back in the forest.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47They need this spirit in order to survive.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48SALMA ROARS
0:23:49 > 0:23:55Salma's story is typical - caught, presumed guilty.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS, CROWD SHOUTS
0:23:58 > 0:24:02She is supposed to have killed a family and scattered their remains.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17Salma was trapped two and a half miles from the incident itself.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27She was transported to a nearby zoo.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37She became a star attraction,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40and although she may be totally innocent,
0:24:40 > 0:24:44rumours still spread that Salma had killed a large number of people.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54With government cages full,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Salma was despatched to Tomy's for possible future release.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Two years later, she's still here.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13She could be valuable in the wild.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18She might breed with local males and increase tiger numbers.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23It's in good shape, its teeth look in good shape
0:25:23 > 0:25:27and it definitely has an incredible fighting spirit.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33This tiger looks like it could be set back free in the wild.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Now, it's always a tricky thing. It should have a radio collar on it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I've been told that every animal that's released gets a collar.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45If the collar was put on and they followed it closely,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48and if it started being a danger, you can go in and intercede.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58But it's far from clear who decides if a tiger is freed.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04For that female, who would make the decision
0:26:04 > 0:26:07if and when she were to be set free?
0:26:07 > 0:26:11At least we will make a recommendation to the government.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16The government scientists... we make discussion.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Salma could be released if a good case can be made
0:26:21 > 0:26:23to the government officials.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Females are the ultimate test of Tomy's experiment.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36They are less likely to be driven off by resident males.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44But to be successful, firstly, they mustn't kill anyone.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Next, they must find a new home and catch enough prey.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54And finally, they must mate and raise cubs.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58But is it a good idea to release any more tigers?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03If there are too many close to Tomy's area,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06will they become a danger to themselves and others?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13There are, right now, three tigers in captivity,
0:27:13 > 0:27:16and Tomy's said he's got word of up to five others out there
0:27:16 > 0:27:18that he's being asked about.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23And he's justifiably concerned about knowing
0:27:23 > 0:27:26how many could be released in here safely,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30and when that time is going to come that there's going to be one
0:27:30 > 0:27:34that maybe they did something wrong, and things don't go well.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Alan is becoming frustrated by the lack of hard facts.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49The worst thing an expert can do,
0:27:49 > 0:27:52a true scientist can do, is make your mind up on too little data.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Let me tell you that straight off.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56I am not going to be pushed into making my mind up
0:27:56 > 0:27:58if I feel I don't have all the facts.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Clearly, the cats have been, have been collared upon release,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05because there are videos of them.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10Show me the collaring data, show me the GPS data.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Unfortunately, the data from the collars is missing.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20The most valuable tiger Tomy's released is the female, Panti,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22because she's old enough to breed.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Finding her would be a significant advance.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40The five tigers released so far are not alone.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Before we released the tiger...
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Tomy believes there were already many other tigers on his reserve.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Between 20 and 30?
0:28:47 > 0:28:48Yes.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51But when your men go out on patrol,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54do they write down every time they see tiger tracks?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Yeah, they make a photo.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Yes, we do, and we have a document photo, picture document.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01INDISTINCT
0:29:02 > 0:29:07Alan would like to collect data of his own, and share his findings
0:29:07 > 0:29:11with Tomy, to help decide whether it's a good idea to release Salma.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18I can give the permission. But one thing I want condition.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Everything you get you put on the table. We share together.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Absolutely.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Because I know sometimes they put in the back pocket and keep quiet.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28I know. That's been a big problem.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30This is happening with me, I look at and I get a problem with me.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33It happens in every country too. You know, it's a real problem.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Many, many times scientists or other people come,
0:29:35 > 0:29:38and they get the research and they take it away.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39I also don't know why.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41HE LAUGHS
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Alan needs to know
0:29:44 > 0:29:48if any tigers Tomy's freed recently remain close to the village.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Resident tigers haven't troubled people,
0:29:50 > 0:29:53but more incomers might tip the balance.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Alan is on the look-out for any clues to the tigers' whereabouts.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17This is a well-marked tree.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18- Well marked tree, huh? - Yeah.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21A tiger has been paying a visit to Tomy's HQ.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Well, the tiger walks along this road...
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Look at that, the same species of tree. It's always that way.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34- The tigers pick a certain kind of tree.- Oh, yeah?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37We definitely have a tiger living in this area.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43It's a good opportunity for Alan to start to collect his own data
0:30:43 > 0:30:45by mounting camera traps he's brought with him.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47OK, she's ready to go.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53If Alan can capture any tigers on film,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55he'll be able to cross-reference their stripe pattern
0:30:55 > 0:30:58with photos of the released tigers.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS
0:30:59 > 0:31:02No attacks have been reported.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06If Alan finds released tigers still here, among people,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08it will strengthen Tomy's case
0:31:08 > 0:31:11that it is possible to rehabilitate these tigers.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15All right. Sure would be nice seeing a tiger in this.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Alan has four more camera traps,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23so the search continues for more tiger tracks
0:31:23 > 0:31:26along a shoreline path not far from the village.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39What's that over there?
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Good eyes.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44Huh?
0:31:44 > 0:31:50Does look like tiger. Good eyes. You got good eyes, huh? Tomy spotted it.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57See that track?
0:32:01 > 0:32:05It's last night, it's not, it's not sharp enough, you know,
0:32:05 > 0:32:08sometimes when we see a track, when they're fresh fresh, they're very,
0:32:08 > 0:32:12very sharp, and then overnight, it get a little more round, you know?
0:32:17 > 0:32:18Ah!
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Those are nice tracks.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Boy, oh boy, these are not old.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25Huh?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27These are very fresh, very sharp.
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Yeah.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30This morning, huh?
0:32:30 > 0:32:34It could be this morning, because usually in sand,
0:32:34 > 0:32:38the sand, if there's any kind of wind, the track's not that sharp.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41You know, we should put up a camera trap right here.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Any tiger in this area is going to walk this trail,
0:32:48 > 0:32:50for lots of reasons, but most importantly,
0:32:50 > 0:32:53the habitat on both sides is very rough, it's very thick.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57So any tiger in this area is going to come along this road.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59I think there's a really good chance
0:32:59 > 0:33:01of getting a tiger in this camera trap.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Now, there's not a lot of great places to put it,
0:33:04 > 0:33:09but a good place looks right here, if we look up this road.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Alan's hoping to see a tiger using this path,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16ideally one of the five released so far.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22All right. Let's see what happens, what we get here.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28Any more tigers freed would need plenty of prey.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31But is there enough in Tomy's forests?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Alan can see the reserve is well stocked.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Sometimes the deer come across.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10You see them swim?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17We've seen lots and lots of sambar deer.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19There's wild water buffalo, there are signs of wild pig,
0:34:21 > 0:34:26so, clearly, a very beautiful piece of tiger habitat is being protected.
0:34:27 > 0:34:33Having said that, I'm less sure about exactly how and why
0:34:33 > 0:34:39they're going about this so-called conflict tiger rehab programme.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43The rehab programme is still a mystery to Alan.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51In the wild, tigers must be able to hunt and kill live prey.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Caged tigers fed on dead meat can lose the ability to hunt.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Tomy's attempting to keep the cats wild,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03so he feeds captives like Salma live prey.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10What Alan observes leaves him in shock.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16I have to admit the pig slaughter was a bit distasteful to me.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Today when they fed these tigers, and just kind of said,
0:35:20 > 0:35:25"OK, now we are going to show you part of our rehab programme."
0:35:25 > 0:35:29And, basically, the rehab programme is dumping sickly-looking pigs,
0:35:29 > 0:35:33just into the tiger cages, and letting the tigers go at them.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38TIGER GROWLS
0:35:41 > 0:35:43That's not a rehab programme.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46It raised a lot of questions in my mind.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50The process of how they were feeding,
0:35:50 > 0:35:52what they were feeding, just didn't look right to me.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57A small pig won't keep an adult tiger going for long.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01In the wild, tigers usually stalk more substantial prey,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04like sambar deer, far into the forest.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33If tigers can't find food easily, or are youngsters,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35they may gravitate towards farms.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40That's where they often run into trouble - snatching domestic animals.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Tomy has another young female among his captives.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54She was found loitering near a village.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58But there's no proof that she had killed.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10They estimated it could be two, two and a half.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13It looked even younger than that, and now I'm sure it is.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17PIG SQUEALS
0:37:20 > 0:37:23It kind of went at it, backed off, it grabbed it, let it go.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27It squealed, it dragged it to a body of water,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30kind of dunked it a few times, swatted it around, let it go.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- How long have you had this tiger? - August last year.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36And does she play with the animals this way all the time?
0:37:36 > 0:37:38Yeah, her habit is like that.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40- Every time?- Yeah.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41She's really young.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44I don't think she totally knows how to kill prey.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46This is a really young tiger.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Of course, that was the behaviour of a cub.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55That was the behaviour of a tiger that had not broken away yet
0:37:55 > 0:38:00from its mother, had not yet become a full adult tiger on its own.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05No, she never kill it. She like to keep it alive when she eats it.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08That's because she doesn't know how to eat.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10This animal is really young.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13I don't think she's been fully taught by her mother
0:38:13 > 0:38:15how to kill prey.
0:38:15 > 0:38:23'You never want to watch an animal be slowly tortured before it's eaten,'
0:38:23 > 0:38:28but it was the natural process of a young tiger, playing with the prey.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Usually, it would usually be with its mother, playing,
0:38:30 > 0:38:35stalking, jumping on prey until it eventually kills it.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37That's how a tiger learns how to hunt.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39So, in actuality,
0:38:39 > 0:38:44one thing that I did see today with this particular young captive tiger
0:38:44 > 0:38:47didn't seem to be bad at all.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53If you don't go through that process we watched today,
0:38:53 > 0:38:57then there's no way that young tiger could ever be set free.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01It would just have to be put in a captive enclosure or put to death.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07Instead, this young tiger that can just about kill a baby pig,
0:39:07 > 0:39:09but probably wouldn't kill a human,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11might be another candidate for release.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15For evidence that Tomy's released tigers
0:39:15 > 0:39:17haven't lost the ability to hunt,
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Alan needs to find out if prey is being taken locally.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Capturing a tiger with a kill on his camera trap is a long shot.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26OK...
0:39:26 > 0:39:28But it's worth a check, nonetheless.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Meanwhile, Tomy's team finds other proof.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37Alan!
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Tiger faeces contain evidence of their last victims.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Oh, look at that, this has, I think that's sambar deer here.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52See, the reason it's so soft is because most of it is meat.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54When they eat the meat...
0:39:54 > 0:39:56This tiger just dumped here,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59because this sun has not dried out one bit.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02It's not got any influence of the sun. This tiger is very close.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07The only fresher it could be is if it were steaming.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12I wouldn't want to be walking in a forest where man-eaters have
0:40:12 > 0:40:15been released and not have a man with a gun with me.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17I'd feel much better - in fact, I'd feel better
0:40:17 > 0:40:20if that gun was out of that bag, frankly.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23The amount of time it takes him to get that gun out of the bag...
0:40:24 > 0:40:28Even if you shot it point blank, while it was dying,
0:40:28 > 0:40:30it would still kill you first.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34Ooh, you smell that?
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Hmm.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Smells like a kill.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50I don't like what I smell.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Smell it?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56It probably ate, it's probably dumped,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59it's probably walking around and it's going to probably come back.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Boy, there was a flash of orange -
0:41:03 > 0:41:06I thought for sure it was the tiger lying there.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09The last tiger kill I found, in India,
0:41:09 > 0:41:12the tiger was right nearby, it came right at me.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15I was on an elephant, fortunately.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19We got a kill. Smell this!
0:41:19 > 0:41:22We got a kill over here, it smells like a kill.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24Come here.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26No, I can smell it.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Oh, yeah.- You smell.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31It might have stashed it there. It might be right here.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33The tiger could be in this area right now,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36laying over its kill, wondering when we are going to go away.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Is this tiger one of Tomy's alleged murderers?
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Stay near the guy with the green bag.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51The camera trap may hold some clues.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58The first trap...
0:41:59 > 0:42:05..is a trap put right near a very fresh tiger track,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07along a sandy road by the beach.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Ha! First photo! You beautiful beast, you.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Look at that, look at that, you're kidding me.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Walks right up in front of that camera.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23It knows it's got to mark this area because we've been there.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Look at that. It squats, scrapes.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28What beautiful marking behaviour!
0:42:28 > 0:42:30This is a great shot.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35This is not common to be so, so lucky.
0:42:38 > 0:42:39Just walking by.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Boy, this clearly is a road that these tigers like to use.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46What we're going to have to do now, we have some really
0:42:46 > 0:42:50clear footage of the marking pattern of at least this tiger.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Ah! Turned, came right back the other way.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56That's perfect, we have both sides,
0:42:56 > 0:42:59we have striped patterns on both sides.
0:42:59 > 0:43:00Now we go to Trap Five.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04This is the trap that we put on the scraped tree,
0:43:04 > 0:43:08right before the rehabilitation centre
0:43:08 > 0:43:11with the captive man-eating tigers.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17Oh, look at that! Oh, a tiger in broad daylight!
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Look at that one. This is, this is interesting.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27A tiger has come right up to the trap, and is sniffing.
0:43:27 > 0:43:28This...
0:43:28 > 0:43:31I think that this tiger might want to scratch its tree,
0:43:31 > 0:43:34and instead it's encountered our trap.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Oh, that's a beautiful shot,
0:43:36 > 0:43:40great shot of the striped patterns on its left side.
0:43:40 > 0:43:41That is beautiful.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47And like a tiger, it just sniffs it and walks off,
0:43:47 > 0:43:52right past the camera, in the direction of the rehab centre.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53Really interesting.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02Alan's traps also show it's not just a tiger highway.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04Humans are sharing the same routes.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13Now, this data is potentially very, very important for this area.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18A tiger with its own home range, marking a tree,
0:44:18 > 0:44:20and not attacking passers-by.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23But is it a tiger Tomy's set free?
0:44:24 > 0:44:28What we have to do now is match these stripe patterns
0:44:28 > 0:44:31of the tigers in these photos
0:44:31 > 0:44:34with the stripe patterns of the five tigers they've released.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Could this be Panti,
0:44:40 > 0:44:43the lone tigress that survived the tiny holding cages?
0:44:44 > 0:44:48With the computer, I could take that shot, I can blow it up,
0:44:50 > 0:44:55and I've got this very distinctive, kind of, dark, black mass.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00Then what I did is I compared several photos
0:45:00 > 0:45:02that they had taken of Panti.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Beautiful, beautiful female.
0:45:09 > 0:45:14That looks surprisingly like that other female we got that photo of.
0:45:14 > 0:45:20I go back to that photo, it looks, it looks very similar.
0:45:20 > 0:45:25Fortunately they also got the other side of Panti, Panti running off.
0:45:25 > 0:45:30So you compare that to the other side of that same animal,
0:45:30 > 0:45:33and sure enough, using both sides,
0:45:33 > 0:45:35looks like that female, Panti, that was released.
0:45:35 > 0:45:40Looks in beautiful shape, maybe even have gained a little weight,
0:45:40 > 0:45:43and she's roaming in the forest.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47This is evidence, that they have not been able to show me yet,
0:45:47 > 0:45:50that one of their released tigers
0:45:50 > 0:45:54has actually really settled in this area long term, marks,
0:45:54 > 0:45:57does everything normally, and is doing well.
0:45:59 > 0:46:04Panti has made her home here, living alongside Tomy's workers,
0:46:04 > 0:46:06and leaving them well alone.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11Photographic evidence of a successful reintroduction
0:46:11 > 0:46:13is a breakthrough for both Tomy and Alan.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19But for Alan, the lack of other scientific data is a big issue.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26The very first thing I, as a scientist, asked for, was the data.
0:46:26 > 0:46:31Frankly, I have been shown nothing. I have been shown nothing.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33So I want to talk to the people who are responsible
0:46:33 > 0:46:37for determining how and if these animals get free.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40And I want to find out where the hell the data is.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45All roads seem to lead to the government's own centre.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48They should know what's going on.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51CAR HORNS BEEP
0:46:54 > 0:46:57Hello? Hello?
0:46:57 > 0:47:00Tony Sumampau is the scientist in charge.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01Hello.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02- Hello.- Hello.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04- Nice to see you. - How are you?
0:47:04 > 0:47:05Good.
0:47:05 > 0:47:10It looks from the films that all of them had GPS collars.
0:47:10 > 0:47:11That's true, yeah.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13But nobody can show me any data.
0:47:13 > 0:47:17The person who hold the data is all gone now.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19So somebody took the data away?
0:47:20 > 0:47:23They don't know where they are putting the data.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27But we still keep some of the data, if you want to have a look,
0:47:27 > 0:47:29- I can show it to you. - I would like to see that.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31This is our data centre.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33Oh, very nice. This is the data centre.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Alan is eager to examine any data to discover
0:47:37 > 0:47:41what he can about the tigers' movements after their release.
0:47:41 > 0:47:45How far do they roam? Where do they go?
0:47:45 > 0:47:48Have they settled near the villages?
0:47:48 > 0:47:49This is the release site.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Now, over what time period is that?
0:47:53 > 0:47:56Because that doesn't look like six months of data.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00The one thing the data reveals is that the released tigers
0:48:00 > 0:48:02spent a lot of time close to the village.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Ah, this second release...
0:48:05 > 0:48:09At the start of the project, villagers' livestock went missing.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13But that soon stopped. The data reveals why.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18After a few weeks, the tigers roamed further afield,
0:48:18 > 0:48:20and probably caught their own prey.
0:48:26 > 0:48:27Tomy hopes the tigers released on his land
0:48:27 > 0:48:32will move away into the neighbouring national park and beyond,
0:48:32 > 0:48:34along green corridors, to the north.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39- But do you think there could be connections all the way from Aceh? - Yes.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Do you think tigers could make their way all the way through?
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48The Northern Province of Aceh
0:48:48 > 0:48:51still contains relatively untouched wilderness.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54So tigers should be safer here.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09But poachers catching animals for food or the black market
0:49:09 > 0:49:12lay traps that snare indiscriminately.
0:49:31 > 0:49:36Amateur footage records a tigress caught in a deer trap.
0:49:40 > 0:49:44She struggles against the wire noose for three days.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Unable to free herself, eat or drink.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55Eventually, she dies a slow and painful death.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03To protect Tomy's tigers,
0:50:03 > 0:50:06remote guard posts line the border of his land.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20The guards need regular deliveries of vital supplies.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24They are the front line
0:50:24 > 0:50:27in defending Tomy's conservation efforts across the reserve.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37The red packages contain food, and money, for the guards.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42RADIO COMMUNICATION
0:50:55 > 0:50:57The national park that borders Tomy's estate
0:50:57 > 0:50:59is where Tomy hopes his tigers will migrate.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04It should offer plenty of prey and territory for its new arrivals,
0:51:05 > 0:51:08but illegal logging in the park is taking an unexpected toll.
0:51:12 > 0:51:13This is the border?
0:51:37 > 0:51:39The difference explains why Tomy protects his assets
0:51:39 > 0:51:41with an iron fist.
0:51:49 > 0:51:50Oh!
0:51:52 > 0:51:55So is there mining going on in there now?
0:51:57 > 0:51:58THEY LAUGH
0:51:58 > 0:51:59That's right!
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Boy! You must be under a lot of pressure to open that up.
0:52:09 > 0:52:10Really?
0:52:14 > 0:52:17THEY LAUGH
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Tomy is definitely charismatic,
0:52:20 > 0:52:25and I like him a lot, so far. I like him personally.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27He and I, I don't know if this is good or not,
0:52:27 > 0:52:31he and I seem to have very similar character traits in many ways.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34How much money have you spent in this area?
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Over 20 million.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40- More than 20 million US dollars. - Yes.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42That's quite impressive.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45If you calculate with my time and my people's time, you times three.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48That isn't even including your time!
0:52:48 > 0:52:49TOMY LAUGHS
0:52:49 > 0:52:50That's...
0:52:50 > 0:52:53That's not an outrageous amount of money.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55To me, that's not an unreasonable sum.
0:52:55 > 0:52:56If you were to say that globally,
0:52:56 > 0:53:00in order to really bring back tigers well,
0:53:00 > 0:53:04that we need somewhere in the area of 30 to 50 million per year
0:53:04 > 0:53:06to save the tiger as a species.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09Is that an unreasonable figure?
0:53:09 > 0:53:10I don't think so.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Not if we really care about what we say with the tiger.
0:53:13 > 0:53:17We just... Governments and people and organisations have not been
0:53:17 > 0:53:20putting their money where their mouth is, that's the problem.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22- There's no protection.- Yes! - That's why everything is dying.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25This activity, now we do, is how to protect.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27Tomy's reserve is better protected from logging
0:53:27 > 0:53:32and poaching than some areas inside the neighbouring national park.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35It's crazy how so many rumours, about why the...
0:53:35 > 0:53:37I don't understand why the people...
0:53:37 > 0:53:39You have also heard the rumours?
0:53:39 > 0:53:42Yeah! As soon as people found out I was coming here,
0:53:42 > 0:53:44they started telling me rumours.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Very easy, very easy.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Like Salma, Tomy's scheme may not be as dangerous
0:53:49 > 0:53:51as its critics make out.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56Alan's findings - the safe area, the rich prey,
0:53:56 > 0:54:00the lack of incidents - may all help her return to the wild again.
0:54:00 > 0:54:01SALMA GROWLS
0:54:04 > 0:54:09And there's news of the released female Alan's identified - Panti.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16She's seen with a wound to her paw.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19A wounded tiger is a dangerous tiger.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25Tomy's team take her back into captivity to let her paw heal.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Their reward is unexpected. She gives birth to a litter of cubs.
0:54:36 > 0:54:37CUBS GROWL SOFTLY
0:54:51 > 0:54:53This, more than any other evidence, proves,
0:54:53 > 0:54:56as long as they are in protected areas,
0:54:56 > 0:55:00tigers previously caught up in conflict can be released
0:55:00 > 0:55:02without problems, and breed.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Panti's cubs are doing well,
0:55:17 > 0:55:21and soon they and their mother will be released again.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25Then they will be free to roam the forests made safe from humans,
0:55:25 > 0:55:28made safe by Tomy.
0:55:37 > 0:55:42So clearly, something nice is happening in Tambling.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46And Tomy is trying to do the right thing,
0:55:46 > 0:55:49and I think he actually has done the right thing,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53whether by serendipity or by design. I think it's a mixture of both.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00People can say a lot of things about Tomy, but clearly he's
0:56:00 > 0:56:03taken his little piece of real estate in this large landscape,
0:56:03 > 0:56:08and he has gone a long way to addressing the number one problem
0:56:08 > 0:56:12in tiger conservation, and that's humans,
0:56:12 > 0:56:16and that's people living in a place, degrading habitat,
0:56:16 > 0:56:18and killing the tigers, and killing prey.
0:56:20 > 0:56:21Now, many, many scientists say,
0:56:21 > 0:56:24"Wait a second, these people know nothing about science,
0:56:24 > 0:56:26"there's probably another agenda."
0:56:26 > 0:56:29Well, I think that often, there's always another agenda,
0:56:29 > 0:56:30even with scientists.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34But with some of these businesspeople,
0:56:34 > 0:56:38they're people who have a hobby, who love nature, like Tomy.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42They want to do, do something right, want to do something nice.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44MUSIC: "Care 4 U" by Example
0:56:44 > 0:56:47# You can blame me, try to shame me
0:56:49 > 0:56:52# And still I'll care for you
0:56:57 > 0:57:04# The world may think I'm foolish
0:57:04 > 0:57:08# They can't see you
0:57:08 > 0:57:10# Like I can
0:57:11 > 0:57:16# Oh, but anyone
0:57:16 > 0:57:18# Who knows what love is
0:57:20 > 0:57:24# Will understand. #
0:57:27 > 0:57:30There is still so much wild land,
0:57:30 > 0:57:34still so much wilderness on that huge island,
0:57:34 > 0:57:37that it appears that the Sumatran tiger could have a really good shot.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45Seeing what's possible, seeing the numbers of tigers,
0:57:45 > 0:57:48females with cubs, in this tiny little place,
0:57:48 > 0:57:51seeing what's possible there
0:57:51 > 0:57:53gives me a lot of hope on the rest of Sumatra.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56I think the Sumatran tiger probably has a better shot
0:57:56 > 0:58:00than most other races of tigers in the world.
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