:00:00. > :00:00.On this week's Inside Out - can we ever stop people
:00:00. > :00:08.who he left his home to bring terror to London?
:00:09. > :00:11.Birmingham has a specific problem with Islamic militancy,
:00:12. > :00:14.because it has shown in the past ten years that its conviction rate
:00:15. > :00:17.is second only to London for terror related incidents.
:00:18. > :00:20.Also on the programme, the medical advances that mean
:00:21. > :00:23.tiny babies are surviving against all odds.
:00:24. > :00:25.Obviously, she started having contractions, I was on the floor,
:00:26. > :00:34.crying my eyes out because they tell you truthfully how it is.
:00:35. > :00:37.And we catch up with the inhabitants of a secluded valley,
:00:38. > :00:44.This pine forest, those wolves, this could be Canada,
:00:45. > :00:46.North America, even a remote part of Scandinavia.
:00:47. > :01:02.I am Ayo Akinwolere, this is Inside Out West Midlands.
:01:03. > :01:04.Tonight, we are in Birmingham and three years ago,
:01:05. > :01:06.I made a special programme investigating this city's
:01:07. > :01:12.Now, I was particularly concerned when I found out the man that
:01:13. > :01:16.carried out the attacks in Westminster actually lived here.
:01:17. > :01:18.So is Birmingham, as the tabloids claim, really the Jihadi
:01:19. > :01:28.It's a city I care about, so I worry about the stuff I've been hearing.
:01:29. > :01:32.Birmingham has become the focus of police investigations
:01:33. > :01:35.following the terror attack in Westminster...
:01:36. > :01:47...west of Birmingham city centre, police search of former home
:01:48. > :01:50.Officers said Massoud clearly had an interest in jihad.
:01:51. > :01:52.The city has been attracting attention around the world.
:01:53. > :01:55.Khalid Masood lived in Birmingham for only a short time,
:01:56. > :01:57.but the city has been linked with extremism before.
:01:58. > :01:59.Three Birmingham men have gone on trial accused
:02:00. > :02:01.of plotting a series of suicide bombing attacks...
:02:02. > :02:03...bombing campaign on a scale greater than
:02:04. > :02:10.So, does Birmingham have a particular problem with extremism?
:02:11. > :02:12.And is it doing enough to prevent it?
:02:13. > :02:14.Three years ago, I asked those exact same questions
:02:15. > :02:17.I examined where people convicted of terror related offences
:02:18. > :02:22.were living and I found that east Birmingham have the highest
:02:23. > :02:25.were living and I found that east Birmingham had the highest
:02:26. > :02:27.concentration of convicted Islamist extremists in Britain.
:02:28. > :02:29.But they represented only a tiny proportion of the population.
:02:30. > :02:31.Three years on, the anti-extremism think tank, the Henry Jackson
:02:32. > :02:37.It is fair to say that Birmingham has a specific problem
:02:38. > :02:42.with Islamic militancy, because it has shown in the past ten
:02:43. > :02:44.years that its conviction rate is second only to London
:02:45. > :02:50.The Henry Jackson Society's latest report reveals that
:02:51. > :02:53.in the last 20 years, 269 British people have either been
:02:54. > :02:57.convicted of terror related offences or killed as suicide bombers.
:02:58. > :03:04.The figures don't include Rashid Rauf, suspected
:03:05. > :03:08.of masterminding the 2005 London bombings for Al-Qaeda.
:03:09. > :03:10.Or Junaid Hussain, allegedly a key recruiter
:03:11. > :03:17.Both from Birmingham and both killed by American drones.
:03:18. > :03:21.But the proportion of offenders from the West Midlands has been rising.
:03:22. > :03:25.In the last five years, the region accounted for a quarter
:03:26. > :03:37.So is that simply because Birmingham has a large Muslim population?
:03:38. > :03:40.Well, Kyle believes it is more to do with the nature
:03:41. > :03:42.of those communities, That they are largely
:03:43. > :03:46.The data clearly shows they are in the areas that are most
:03:47. > :03:49.Recruiters find it easier to attach themselves to people.
:03:50. > :03:52.Islamic State will offer them a sense of unity and purpose
:03:53. > :03:55.Islamic State will offer them a sense of community and purpose
:03:56. > :03:58.and then will draw them in and use them for their own purpose.
:03:59. > :04:00.And Kyle also tells me that the city's historic links
:04:01. > :04:02.with extremism make it easier to recruit here.
:04:03. > :04:05.Birmingham has been the site of a lot of networks that laid
:04:06. > :04:08.And they have been reactivated in recent years with
:04:09. > :04:22.And in the intermittent time, they had links to the 7/7 attackers.
:04:23. > :04:24.We have also seen that some of Islamic State's members
:04:25. > :04:27.and operatives have been able to find shelter in the city.
:04:28. > :04:30.Moazzam Begg is a Muslim from Birmingham who was once himself
:04:31. > :04:34.He was imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay without charge.
:04:35. > :04:39.Now, he is a director of Cage, an organisation that campaigns
:04:40. > :04:39.for committed is affected by the war on terror.
:04:40. > :04:42.Do you think Birmingham has a particular problem
:04:43. > :04:47.If you look at the statistics, approximately there are 36 people
:04:48. > :04:50.over a period of 17 years that have been convicted for
:04:51. > :04:58.That is almost 0.01% of the population.
:04:59. > :05:03.That is almost 0.01% of the Muslim population.
:05:04. > :05:04.Pretending perhaps that Birmingham is more susceptible
:05:05. > :05:07.because of its Muslim population to terrorism, I think
:05:08. > :05:10.is incorrect and actually makes the people of Birmingham feel
:05:11. > :05:13.that they are being unnecessarily scapegoated.
:05:14. > :05:17.Last year, one in three arrests for terrorism were for people
:05:18. > :05:19.who were regarded as white supremacist and there has been no
:05:20. > :05:26.such attempt to unpick where they came from.
:05:27. > :05:29.But the evidence suggests that some people are being radicalised
:05:30. > :05:33.Security intelligence expert Philip Ingram has
:05:34. > :05:39.His company tracks Islamist extremists on the Internet.
:05:40. > :05:41.For security reasons, we can't broadcast some
:05:42. > :05:46.A lot of this material was passed around on the dark web
:05:47. > :05:48.on invite-only channels, you need a special
:05:49. > :05:54.It is now onto a platform called Telegram.
:05:55. > :05:57.Telegram is a messaging service like WhatsApp,
:05:58. > :06:00.where you can chat with people one-on-one or in a group.
:06:01. > :06:06.Once that interaction has been picked up, they will be
:06:07. > :06:11.providing propaganda, then they will be
:06:12. > :06:14.groomed into further groups depending on what the person
:06:15. > :06:21.that is assessing them thinks they can do.
:06:22. > :06:25.That could be just providing support, giving the materials or it
:06:26. > :06:30.Are we saying it is like being invited into a club of some sort?
:06:31. > :06:34.Philip has software which shows how complex the process can be.
:06:35. > :06:44.You see here, we have got one, two, three, four groups.
:06:45. > :06:45.That one is very small and that one is absolutely massive,
:06:46. > :06:49.but all of the interactions are coming from this individual
:06:50. > :06:51.that there is there, so that is the person that is group
:06:52. > :06:54.manager, that is the most important person and that is the person that
:06:55. > :06:56.has got the knowledge and information that we want
:06:57. > :06:59.Now, you've managed to infiltrate some of these groups.
:07:00. > :07:05.What we have here is a graphic that Islamic State put out to try
:07:06. > :07:09.and encourage supporters to carry out a Jihadi acts and you can see
:07:10. > :07:11.and encourage supporters to carry out Jihadi acts and you can see
:07:12. > :07:18.on there some of the things, it ranges from shouting at people
:07:19. > :07:20.through to they do mention, using a vehicle and everything
:07:21. > :07:25.in there is designed to try and get people to go and do something.
:07:26. > :07:27.So what is being done to stop certain people being radicalised
:07:28. > :07:32.and why doesn't it seem to be working?
:07:33. > :07:37.Under the Government's prevent strategy, all public sector workers,
:07:38. > :07:42.including teachers and social workers, are trained on how to spot
:07:43. > :07:45.and report individuals at risk of Islamist far right extremism.
:07:46. > :07:48.A local panel then decides what help that person may need to prevent them
:07:49. > :07:53.That could mean access to housing, employment
:07:54. > :07:57.As was the case for this Birmingham man, who became interested
:07:58. > :08:00.in Islamist ideology after developing an alcohol problem.
:08:01. > :08:03.I was drinking a minimum of a litre of vodka a day.
:08:04. > :08:07.I was vulnerable, I could have gone down the road of extremism.
:08:08. > :08:12.We have individuals who have been vulnerable because of their
:08:13. > :08:19.What we have been able to do is to support those individuals,
:08:20. > :08:19.to deal with their intake of substances because whilst
:08:20. > :08:21.they have been high, they have been more vulnerable
:08:22. > :08:28.and therefore have responded to propaganda in a different way.
:08:29. > :08:34.I managed to cut down on my alcohol intake and slowly but surely stop...
:08:35. > :08:36.But under Prevent, some individuals are also offered mentoring
:08:37. > :08:42.Three years ago, I was granted rare access to a mentor
:08:43. > :08:46.Souleiman told me how he dissuaded one young man from sending money
:08:47. > :08:50.to Islamist extremist fighters in Syria.
:08:51. > :08:53.Rather than arguing and telling him, no, don't do that, that's wrong
:08:54. > :08:56.and telling him he is a bad person, what I did was explained
:08:57. > :08:59.to him that the reason why you are so passionate
:09:00. > :09:01.about going out there to help and sending this money
:09:02. > :09:04.is because you saw all those women and children suffering.
:09:05. > :09:06.So, actually, if you send this money to the people
:09:07. > :09:13.who are out there fighting, is that actually going to feed
:09:14. > :09:18.So I was then able to direct him and say, look, keep that passion,
:09:19. > :09:23.but we are going to try and direct that in a more positive way
:09:24. > :09:25.and you could donate that money to Islamic Relief,
:09:26. > :09:29.to the Red Cross, and, actually, I saw the smile come to his face
:09:30. > :09:36.and the realisation that, yes, that makes sense.
:09:37. > :09:37.But the Prevent strategy is controversial.
:09:38. > :09:40.Senior figures in both the Conservative and Labour parties
:09:41. > :09:44.have recently claimed it unfairly stigmatises Muslim communities.
:09:45. > :09:47.The entire Muslim community has felt that Prevent
:09:48. > :09:55.They feel like they have become targets unnecessarily and in fact,
:09:56. > :09:59.students at the universities have become a programme saying
:10:00. > :10:01.students at the universities have begun a programme saying
:10:02. > :10:05.And teachers are saying "Educators not informants".
:10:06. > :10:08.And that's where we are failing, that is why the United Nations have
:10:09. > :10:13.said that Prevent could be causing extremism, so clearly,
:10:14. > :10:15.to stop that extremism, you need to remove Prevent.
:10:16. > :10:17.So how do we stop people from being radicalised?
:10:18. > :10:21.We want to get to the heart of why do the very small amount of people
:10:22. > :10:24.feel like they need to act violently towards their own citizens?
:10:25. > :10:33.And the answer is because they don't feel part of society,
:10:34. > :10:37.so make them feel part of society, teach them the contribution
:10:38. > :10:39.of Islam to maths, culture, to history, to language,
:10:40. > :10:43.to architecture, in our schools and people might feel they have more
:10:44. > :10:44.of a vested interest in the future of this country.
:10:45. > :10:46.But the Government has said the Westminster terror
:10:47. > :10:56.attack reinforces the need for the Prevent strategy.
:10:57. > :10:59.Prevent is not about spying on people, it's about helping people
:11:00. > :11:02.at risk in the similar way that they may be at
:11:03. > :11:08.For example, risk to guns and gangs activity, risk to grooming, etc.
:11:09. > :11:09.In 2015, 150 journeys to Syria were prevented and I would argue
:11:10. > :11:15.that stopping people from travelling to Syria has potentially save lives.
:11:16. > :11:19.So I think success is difficult to quantify, but certainly from some
:11:20. > :11:21.of the examples we have, we can say it has been
:11:22. > :11:26.When I made that special programme three years ago, I was optimistic
:11:27. > :11:28.that the authorities had found a way of preventing people in this city
:11:29. > :11:31.There are examples of Channel mentors doing just that.
:11:32. > :11:37.I only hope that in another three years, I won't be back asking
:11:38. > :11:46.the same questions about the city I care so much about.
:11:47. > :11:49.Next, new treatments being tested here in the Midlands
:11:50. > :11:53.are helping premature babies to survive.
:11:54. > :11:55.But is neonatal medicine reaching its limits?
:11:56. > :12:01.Lukwesa Burak has been finding out more.
:12:02. > :12:04.Harry was born four months before his due date
:12:05. > :12:21.When it did occur, when obviously she started having contractions,
:12:22. > :12:21.I was on the floor, crying my eyes out, because they tell
:12:22. > :12:25.Harry had spent only 23 weeks in his mother's womb.
:12:26. > :12:31.He weighed just under a pound, less than half a bag of sugar.
:12:32. > :12:35.He was very, very tiny and his skin was very delicate
:12:36. > :12:39.and near enough see-through, kind of thing,
:12:40. > :12:45.Premature birth is the biggest killer of babies.
:12:46. > :12:50.Every week - every day - a baby spends in its mother's womb
:12:51. > :12:58.until the age of 37 weeks is vital for its survival.
:12:59. > :13:00.So when it is thrust into the world before it is ready,
:13:01. > :13:06.Now advances in the way doctors treat such tiny babies are improving
:13:07. > :13:12.It means they can tackle some of the heart and bowel problems
:13:13. > :13:17.And at this hospital, that is how they are helping
:13:18. > :13:21.babies from right across Leicestershire and Warwickshire.
:13:22. > :13:26.Ten years ago, a baby born at 26 weeks had a 50% chance of making it
:13:27. > :13:34.Survival rates are improving every year.
:13:35. > :13:40.Leon is one of the lucky babies to benefit from the new science.
:13:41. > :13:42.He arrived almost three months early and has already survived several
:13:43. > :13:52.He is being treated for NUC currently and he is the baby
:13:53. > :13:56.who is weaning off CPAP and clinically, he is stable.
:13:57. > :13:59.Doctors are so worried about his bowels, they've decided
:14:00. > :14:07.A generation ago, he would have had to survive on sugared water
:14:08. > :14:11.You were concerned that there might be some kind of infection,
:14:12. > :14:13.so in this situation, he is getting special nutritional
:14:14. > :14:15.fluids, where we can give him carbohydrates,
:14:16. > :14:28.proteins, lipids, all kinds of vitamins and micro-elements.
:14:29. > :14:31.They said they are going to stop feeding him for one week
:14:32. > :14:35.But, you know, they don't do anything, they don't want to hurt
:14:36. > :14:40.They say everyday is like a roller-coaster, you know?
:14:41. > :14:45.One day it is beautiful, we can just have a cuddle
:14:46. > :14:49.and everything and other days, it can be an infection and he has
:14:50. > :14:54.Some babies here are so weak that even the air they breathe must be
:14:55. > :14:58.In the early days of the NHS, no attempt was made to resuscitate
:14:59. > :15:03.Neonatal units were basic and so was the treatment.
:15:04. > :15:07.This one has to be given nourishment with a feeder.
:15:08. > :15:10.The earlier a child is born, the weaker is its hold on life,
:15:11. > :15:16.the greater its helplessness against germs.
:15:17. > :15:21.Now babies can survive after spending just 23 weeks
:15:22. > :15:24.in the womb, but doctors believe we may have reached the viable
:15:25. > :15:30.I think we're probably around the limit of where we are going
:15:31. > :15:33.to get with the smallest babies, so I don't think there will be
:15:34. > :15:38.a big progression to 22, 21 weeks, and I don't think
:15:39. > :15:46.Most neonatologists are not into how small can the baby be to survive
:15:47. > :15:52.but how can we improve the quality of that survival?
:15:53. > :15:55.So we just need to get her gas, probably 15-20 minutes.
:15:56. > :16:01.Survival rates may be improving, but there are still dozens
:16:02. > :16:03.of possible complications to navigate for every
:16:04. > :16:10.The majority of babies at 23 weeks don't do well and there is a high
:16:11. > :16:14.risk of long-term problems, developmental problems
:16:15. > :16:22.and the condition of cerebral palsy in those babies that of that such
:16:23. > :16:24.and the condition of cerebral palsy in those babies that survive
:16:25. > :16:29.New research has shown that many premature babies also face mental
:16:30. > :16:30.and behavioural problems as they get older.
:16:31. > :16:32.Actually, the most common difficulties premature babies
:16:33. > :16:35.are likely to face as they get older are in the areas of cognition,
:16:36. > :16:39.so difficulties with memory, with thinking, with problem solving.
:16:40. > :16:41.Particular difficulties with attention.
:16:42. > :16:46.And of course, those kind of problems have a major impact
:16:47. > :16:53.Only two in ten babies born at 23 weeks survive and few babies born
:16:54. > :16:57.so early will go on to lead a healthy life.
:16:58. > :17:00.Because so many face lifelong complications,
:17:01. > :17:06.some doctors question the financial cost of treating them.
:17:07. > :17:09.Intensive care is expensive and so intensive care in this
:17:10. > :17:12.hospital costs about ?1000 per day per cot.
:17:13. > :17:20.So if you are testing a new cancer treatment,
:17:21. > :17:23.you say what is the cost of the drug and how many years
:17:24. > :17:30.We are one of the only specialties where you can be talking
:17:31. > :17:35.So if a baby does well and they come out of the neonatal and they go home
:17:36. > :17:39.and have a normal life, then you have gained a huge amount
:17:40. > :17:42.and that has to be offset against the cost.
:17:43. > :17:46.He's just reached his due date and has gone home weighing
:17:47. > :17:53.But you knew they were doing their best for him
:17:54. > :17:55.and without their help, he wouldn't be here.
:17:56. > :17:57.Leon has recovered from his bowel complications and has
:17:58. > :18:03.He is really good, he's a really good boy.
:18:04. > :18:07.He don't sleep in the night-time, but that's normal for the baby.
:18:08. > :18:16.If you look around the unit, you will see sort of picture boards
:18:17. > :18:19.up with pictures of children going to school pictures of children
:18:20. > :18:22.up with pictures of children going to school, pictures of children
:18:23. > :18:25.going on and getting their degree at University that were ex-patients
:18:26. > :18:30.So whilst there is a lot to lose and it can be a very emotional place
:18:31. > :18:33.from that point of view, there is also the most to gain.
:18:34. > :18:36.There is no other specialty we can get 70 years of usable life.
:18:37. > :18:39.There is no other specialty we can get 70 years in useful life.
:18:40. > :18:45.When you leave the big city behind, just how wild can life get?
:18:46. > :18:52.David Gregory-Kumar has been finding out.
:18:53. > :18:55.A wild and rugged landscape, exposed to everything the elements
:18:56. > :18:59.can throw at it and in amongst the trees, a wolf.
:19:00. > :19:07.For me, this beautiful animal is the spirit of the wilderness.
:19:08. > :19:10.Look at that, with those deer, this pine forest, those wolves,
:19:11. > :19:14.this could be Canada, North America, maybe a remote
:19:15. > :19:17.part of Scandinavia - but actually these wolves are living
:19:18. > :19:27.This valley is home to a unique sanctuary run by a unique man.
:19:28. > :19:31.Tony Haighway has been rescuing wolves for the past 35 years.
:19:32. > :19:34.His sanctuary is called Wolf Watch UK and it's been in this secret
:19:35. > :19:40.So, Tony, this is an amazing landscape, why is it
:19:41. > :19:48.Well, Shropshire isn't agriculturally manicured like a lot
:19:49. > :19:53.Farming practices here are very much the same as they have been for quite
:19:54. > :20:00.And although it is only a postage stamp of natural
:20:01. > :20:04.environment for the wolves, it's very similar to perhaps
:20:05. > :20:06.how you would find them in their home countries.
:20:07. > :20:18.And this hidden valley will soon be home to two eight-month-old wolf
:20:19. > :20:20.pups who've been driven out of their own pack and need
:20:21. > :20:24.I'll be joining them on their 200 mile journey from Hertfordshire
:20:25. > :20:34.Moving two walls isn't easy. -- wolves.
:20:35. > :20:37.The two new wolves will be the latest of about 35 wolves that
:20:38. > :20:41.Tony has taken in over the years but it all began kind of by accident
:20:42. > :20:43.after he came away from a visit to a Warwickshire zoo
:20:44. > :20:47.We learned that the zoo was being closed, so we asked
:20:48. > :20:50.the owner what he was doing with the wolves and his response was
:20:51. > :20:54.that they were going to be put down because they weren't worth anything.
:20:55. > :20:56.So out of the blue, and I really don't know
:20:57. > :20:59.to this day why I said it, I simply asked, could I have them?
:21:00. > :21:04.He thought he could get them rehomed in another zoo.
:21:05. > :21:08.But he soon discovered that in those day, zoos simply put
:21:09. > :21:10.So the truth dawned upon me very swiftly that I'd got these
:21:11. > :21:15.And that was the start of Wolf Watch.
:21:16. > :21:22.He moved from Warwickshire to here in Shropshire
:21:23. > :21:25.as his pack of rescue wolves continue to grow.
:21:26. > :21:28.35 years on, this secret haven is supported by Wolf Watch members,
:21:29. > :21:32.who adopt the animals so Tony and his team can
:21:33. > :21:47.They usually come to us through zoo closures, dominance fights or
:21:48. > :21:48.excessive breeding. We don't breed, we simply keep them until they turn
:21:49. > :21:50.their toes up. And I'm about to meet
:21:51. > :21:52.two wolves who've spent their entire lives here,
:21:53. > :21:57.yes, I'm meeting wolves up close. We've got Maddie on the left,
:21:58. > :22:01.she's the female, and then we've got Kosi behind us, her brother
:22:02. > :22:03.and they're siblings Tony adopted these two
:22:04. > :22:07.as pups and they've lived a long life here at Wolf
:22:08. > :22:18.Watch. So are they quite old for wolves? Do
:22:19. > :22:21.they live this old in the wild? The average age in the wild is around
:22:22. > :22:23.eight. These are an extraordinary age. In captivity, the average would
:22:24. > :22:28.be 14 and they are now 18. Kosi and Maddie were only 9 days
:22:29. > :22:30.old when Tony adopted them. They were so little he had
:22:31. > :22:33.to hand rear them, and it's a 24 hour job bringing
:22:34. > :22:38.up baby wolves. They slept with me in a sleeping bag
:22:39. > :22:39.for the first two months of their lives in the kitchen.
:22:40. > :22:42.But after they had moved out of the house, their special bond
:22:43. > :22:46.with Tony continued and that's why he can bring people into
:22:47. > :22:51.So that was just amazing, I didn't really know what to expect,
:22:52. > :22:54.I thought they might be a bit like a big dog or something
:22:55. > :22:57.but actually, when you first get in there they're quite intimidating.
:22:58. > :22:59.They're much bigger, they've got these huge paws
:23:00. > :23:01.and claws and they're very powerful looking but actually
:23:02. > :23:10.after a while it's just a huge privilege to get so close to them.
:23:11. > :23:13.Kosi and Maddie are the oldest residents here but shortly Tony
:23:14. > :23:27.Tehau coming from down south and I have come to Hertfordshire to join
:23:28. > :23:34.them. That takes a lot of planning and a man with a gun.
:23:35. > :23:37.Wildlife vet John Lewis will dart them to knock them
:23:38. > :23:41.The plan is to get started early so they can be released
:23:42. > :23:50.into their new home at Wolf Watch before dusk - but perhaps
:23:51. > :23:52.unsurprisingly the wolves don't want to be darted.
:23:53. > :23:55.than planned, and well behind schedule , the young
:23:56. > :23:57.wolves are finally safely in their travel crates.
:23:58. > :24:04.How are they doing? They are doing all right. The female had quite an
:24:05. > :24:08.easy time of it, it took two minutes to dart her. The mail gave us a bit
:24:09. > :24:14.of a run around and the circumstances beyond our control
:24:15. > :24:15.meant we had to dart him in a wooded area, and they are very good in
:24:16. > :24:16.those areas. These young wolves are brother
:24:17. > :24:19.and sister and were part of a pack But they were being bullied
:24:20. > :24:23.by the other wolves so Paradise Wildlife
:24:24. > :24:24.Park in Hertfordshire stepped in to help rehome them
:24:25. > :24:34.and bring them to Tony Wolves are probably one of the most
:24:35. > :24:39.difficult animals to keep in a captive environment. It is natural
:24:40. > :24:42.in a pack that you will get issues, lower ranking Wolf wants to move up
:24:43. > :24:44.the hierarchy of it and in the wild, they can keep away from each other.
:24:45. > :24:49.In a captive environment, that doesn't happen. The team from the
:24:50. > :24:53.wildlife park will be looking after the walls on the journey and after
:24:54. > :24:55.another half an hour, John the vet says they are OK to travel -- the
:24:56. > :24:58.wolves. But we're now well behind schedule
:24:59. > :25:02.and the weather is against us. So one van containing two slightly
:25:03. > :25:04.drowsy wolves, they're off to their new home in Shropshire
:25:05. > :25:13.and ahead of them is It's pitch black, windy and raining
:25:14. > :25:20.heavily when the young wolves and the rest of us,finally
:25:21. > :25:21.arrive in Shropshire. The day has been long
:25:22. > :25:25.and bewildering for the pups and the Wolf Watch team now have
:25:26. > :25:28.to work fast to get them settled But moving two big wolves in two big
:25:29. > :25:32.metal crates across a muddy valley And it's all got to be done
:25:33. > :25:40.as gently as possible. On the floor? Yes, nice and steady.
:25:41. > :25:42.Lovely. Getting them out of the van
:25:43. > :25:45.is the easy bit, we've still got to move them right
:25:46. > :25:47.across the sanctuary site to their enclosure,
:25:48. > :25:50.and that takes us a lot of time, involves plenty of people
:25:51. > :25:54.and some heavy machinery. We are going to go around the back
:25:55. > :25:57.of the gate. But eventually both pups
:25:58. > :26:00.are safe in their new home. We're running a bit behind schedule
:26:01. > :26:03.so we're not gonna release the wolves now ? we're going to wait
:26:04. > :26:07.overnight and get used the wolves now ? we're going to wait
:26:08. > :26:10.overnight and get them used to new surroundings,
:26:11. > :26:12.we'll be back in the morning Next morning - and 28
:26:13. > :26:22.hours after their big move began, it's time
:26:23. > :26:26.to release the pups. Tony tries to tempt
:26:27. > :26:37.them out with chicken. Clearly, he is not raise, just yet
:26:38. > :26:42.and neither is his sister. I will leave now and let them come out on
:26:43. > :26:45.their own and see what happens. So how come after that time cooped up
:26:46. > :26:49.into the great, they are not rushing to get out in the open? It is a
:26:50. > :26:54.sense of security, they have been never such a long time and also it
:26:55. > :26:58.must be quite fearful to brought into no environments with new
:26:59. > :26:59.people, new spells. -- new environment with new people and new
:27:00. > :27:03.smells. So time for us
:27:04. > :27:06.to leave them alone, and it wasn't long before the male
:27:07. > :27:12.pup finally ventured out. No sign of his sister -
:27:13. > :27:17.he's clearly the braver almost painfully unsure
:27:18. > :27:19.about all this. Getting used to their new home
:27:20. > :27:22.is going to take time. But he's not keen to come out
:27:23. > :27:36.and neither is his sister just yet If two months later, we are back. We
:27:37. > :27:40.found in the days afterwards they started to explore more and formed
:27:41. > :27:43.an alliance, which was very reassuring, with other walls and
:27:44. > :27:49.that is who they are spending their time with -- other wolves. Things
:27:50. > :27:52.are working out much better than I hoped. The wall plugs had a really
:27:53. > :27:57.stressful journey to arrive there and when they arrived, they were
:27:58. > :28:00.really unsure -- the wolves. Now we are back here, you consider are much
:28:01. > :28:03.more happy and confident in their new surroundings are not getting to
:28:04. > :28:08.know the other wolves, forming their own Wolfpack, and that is really
:28:09. > :28:12.good news. Wolves have been extinct in England for 500 years but thanks
:28:13. > :28:15.to Tony and to Wolf Watch, there are now eight living in this valley,
:28:16. > :28:22.bringing a little bit of the wilderness back to Shropshire. You
:28:23. > :28:26.know, that is such an unusual film, but I love it. Before we go, don't
:28:27. > :28:30.forget, we are on the BBC iPlayer if you have missed anything and also on
:28:31. > :28:33.Twitter. That is it that this series, hope you have enjoyed
:28:34. > :28:39.watching and we will see you in the autumn. Have a good one. Goodbye.
:28:40. > :28:47.We always love hearing about your story ideas, so please get in touch.
:28:48. > :28:50.See you in September.