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       Beaver Man                                              The Black Jaguar’s Amazon



       Britain  is  one  of  the  world’s  most  nature-depleted   Dutch  entrepreneur,  Ben  Valks,  set  himself  the
       countries,  but  farmer  and  maverick  rewilder,  Derek   challenge to find the Holy Grail of wildlife, to see the
       Gow  is  looking  to  change  that.  He’s  transformed   black jaguar in the heart of the Amazon, a creature
       his  150-acre  farm  into  a  rewilded  paradise  with   never filmed in the wild…After 24 expeditions, he still
       many  ancient  species  roaming  free;  from  iron-     hadn’t seen a black jaguar. He then realised there
       age  pigs,  wildcats,  and  storks  to  water  voles,  and   was  more  to  this  failed  mission  than  just  bad  luck;
       most  famously,  beavers.  To  many  ecologists  he’s  a   he had stepped into the eye of a storm.  Every year,
       visionary; to government officials he’s a pain in the   an area of the Amazon roughly 500 times the size of
       backside. As a controversial rewilder, Derek fought,    Manhattan  Island,  is  being  destroyed.  No  habitat,
       and  won,  the  battle  for  beavers  to  live  wild  in  the   meant no jaguars. Ben’s ultimate quest now became
       River Otter. Thanks to maverick Derek Gow, beavers      a race against time.
       are back in Britain after a 400 year absence!



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






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