When a man adopts three bears, he faces the most important decision of his life. If bears are rescued by the Laos forestry department, they are kept at the forestry office until the charity collects them. The relationship between the crew and Free the Bears was key for such an intense and long filming period. Pedro Rosas of South Lake Tahoe spotted two bears frolicking on his porch, The 45-year-old father of three initially feared it was a burglar making noise outside his house, After inspecting the footage, he saw the two bear cubs, who were later joined by their mother. When you finish filming these exhausting and hilarious scenes, you leave delighted for Mary. Published: 11:29 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 11:58 BST, 16 September 2020. Pedro Rosas was at home with his wife and three children in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Saturday when he heard noises on his doorstep. 'After I saw the video I thought it was very cute and funny because they still continued to play after the mum passed right through them, and it seemed like they didn't care and continued to have fun. The Devil and Max Devlin The Santa Clause 2 White Fang Trenchcoat Footer. Producer Cherique Pohl reveals the highs and lows of filming bear rescue operations in Laos for BBC Two wildlife conservation documentary Bears about the House. Luckily technical advisor Giles Clark was there to bring some sort of focus every now and then, but she loved it. Mary constantly needed stimulation and enrichment and as a six-month-old has found her confidence too. Worried he had interrupted a break-in, the 45-year-old waiter quickly checked his security cameras for the source. It's a washout..until the end of October! © Cherique Pohl/BBC. 'It's usually the mum and the cubs or other times just the mum but these siblings seem to always have fun and mess around with each other. 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Across the months observing and filming these cubs, my overriding emotions were sadness and then anger and a burning desire to help. Giles also releases other rescued animals back to the wild. Long Read: A wild future? In a two-part documentary for BBC Two, Giles Clark travels to Laos in Asia, where sun and moon bears are under threat due to illegal bear bile farming. As well as caring for orphaned cubs at home, he is rescuing bears from all over the country and building wild enclosures so liberated bears can live a natural life once more. When three-year-old moon bear brothers Tong and Nunge, who we’ve been filming since their rescue and through their rehabilitation, set foot outside their huge enclosure for the first time: they felt grass under their feet and got the opportunity to run and climb trees. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. In 40°C heat the crew were tested to their limits. Mr Rosas said: 'I heard noises right outside our door and at first was worried people were trying to get in. Oh…sleeping definitely did not go so well either, but who needs that when you can help bears? A family woke in terror fearing intruders were trying to get into their home - only to discover two cubs playfighting on their welcome mat and 'huge' mother bear climbing the porch steps. These cubs are adorable and beautiful and what a privilege to be allowed into their world – a privilege few on this planet have as they are some of the most elusive bear species. Being organised. After their mother had wandered off, the pair continued to scrap before one of the bears appeared to try to get into the house by scratching at the door. Collecting rescued bear cubs is unexpected, exciting and exhausting. The cubs are usually malnourished and fragile and very little is known about them: the team have to respond as quickly as possible. 'The babies were about three foot tall but the mum is just a huge bear!'. 'Bears often come near our house since we live very close to the mountains, but we've never had them so close to our front door like this. Mary spent a few weeks in a temporary enclosure at the sanctuary and after a few weeks, she outgrew the space and needed a lot more stimulation. Try 3 issues of BBC Wildlife Magazine for just £5! The very nature of what we set out to film during 2019 meant that it had the potential to be challenging, especially for someone who refuses to watch The Lion King again as the sadness is too raw since watching it as a child. Series Producer Tom Jarvis and I take these relationships very seriously. The one thing you learn when you spend time with Mary is how inquisitive and intelligent sun bears are as a species. The very nature of filming an observational documentary is unpredictable, but even more so when you work in the world of wildlife rescue; with people with limited English and try to arrange things from the opposite side of the world with a small budget.
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