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The Anti-Poaching Squad Beach Unfiltered

Kruger National Park - one of the largest national Meet Bill Dale, who is turning the tide on plastic on The
parks in the world and the last remaining home of Isle of Man. Shocked by the plastic washing up on its
the African rhino. Its wildlife is under constant threat shores, blighting it’s beaches and choking its sealife,
from poachers with thousands of attacks each year. Bill started to collect plastic bottles off the beach,
But an unlikely hero has come to sniff out the bad transforming it into a pristine paradise overnight.
guys. Tracker Dogs are trained to run in packs and Impressed by the results, the cleaning bug stuck and
track humans. The hounds are revolutionizing anti- soon spread across the island. He founded ‘Beach
poaching efforts. Arriving from Texas, under the Buddies’, a charity running more than 200 beach
care and direction of the Southern African Wildlife cleans a year, with more than 15,000 volunteers
College, these good boys and girls are bringing signed up! The Isle of Man is a microcosm of how
armed poachers to heel, having seen success rates successful community approach can be, and is now
leap from 3.5% to over 50% in two years. spreading the message across nations.

Genre: WaterBear Impact Productions Genre: WaterBear Impact Productions
Format: 1 x 5’ / HD / 2021 Format: 1 x 3’ / HD / 2020
Credits: WaterBear Network Credits: WaterBear Network

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