The second annual Big Cat Week is coming to South African viewers on Nat Geo Wild (DStv 261) from this coming Monday, 13 February at 19:00.
Nat Geo Wild's first Big Cat Week last year was highly successful, prompting a repeat. The whole week from this coming Monday Nat Geo Wild will show multiple big cat documentaries in primetime.
Documentaries will range from cougars struggling to survive in America's Rocky Mountains and a pair of rare clouded leopard cubs rescued from poachers, to a wildlife mystery involving two of Africa's most majestic big cats: the lion and the cheetah.
Last Lions Monday, 13 February, 19:00
A film following a determined lioness ready to try anything — and willing to risk everything — to keep her family alive. The National Geographic explorers-in-residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert follow the epic journey of a lioness named Ma di Tau (''Mother of Lions'') as she battles to protect her cubs against a daunting onslaught of enemies in a desperate attempt to ensure their survival.
Clouded Leopards Tuesday, 14 February, 19:00
Clouded Leopards follows the work of wildlife photographer Sandesh Kadur and Wild Life Trust of India Vet Dr. Bhaskar Choudhury, as they undergo the unique rehabilitation of two orphaned Clouded Leopard cubs to their natural jungle habitat.
Leopards of Dead Tree Island Tuesday, 14 February, 20:00
Okavango Delta, this is prime habitat for Africa's most secretive big cat. Leopards normally avoid each other but this island is the common hunting ground for all three individuals as they are drawn together by the changing seasons and the movement of their prey.
American Cougar Wednesday, 15 February, 19:00
Over the last 10 years, life for cougars in Jackson Hole and the surrounding areas has drastically changed. Once the apex predator with little competition from other large carnivores, the cougars are now forced to share the landscape with other high level hunters like the wolves of Yellowstone and the growing grizzly bear population.
Swamp Lions Wednesday, 15 February, 20:00
The Swamp Pride is on its knees. Its mighty male was killed by poachers, leaving three mothers and their cubs defenseless in one of the toughest landscapes for a lion in Africa.
Hunt for the Shadow Cat Thursday, 16 February, 19:00
To reveal the secrets of the most mysterious of all big cats, a crack team of biologists hire one of America's finest trackers, Boone Smith, to locate, capture and film wild jaguars using all means necessary.
Night Stalkers: Jaguar Ambush Thursday, 16 February, 20:00
Expedition leader and wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn leads an expert team of night filming specialists into the jungles of Costa Rica on the hunt for Central America's big cats like pumas, ocelots and the elusive jaguar that all live in the dense tropical forest.
Maneater Manhunt: Tiger at Large Friday, 17 February, 19:00
The tiger: rare, elusive, and beautiful, but sometimes deadly. As their habitat shrinks and their wild prey declines, the tigers of Chitwan National Park in Nepal are increasingly hunting humans for meat.
Night of the Lion Friday, 17 February, 20:00
Through the use of specially developed starlight and thermal cameras, this ground breaking film reveals the truth about lion hunting behaviour - at night.
Cat Wars: Lion vs. Cheetah Saturday, 18 February, 19:00
After filming one of the most unusual attacks ever seen in the African savannah—four cheetahs being brutally attacked by two male lions a filmmaker joins forces with world-renowned lion expert Craig Packer to decipher what happened during this incredible takedown, and more importantly, why it happened in the first place.
The Pack: Lions Saturday, 18 February, 20:00
The story here examines the tactics used by a pride of South African lions as they hunt three distinct prey animals in the Singita Game Reserve.
Lion Battle Zone Sunday, 19 February, 19:00
Viewers are taken into the heart of one of Africa's largest, most remote, and least known national parks. Here, during the dry season, huge herds of buffalo trek through the parched landscape, running a deadly gauntlet of lions as they search for water.
