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Tojoin a team returning rescue bears of the wild. the andean bear is the only native bear species to south america. it's on the endangered list because of hunting and habitat loss. but here, in the chaparri area, they're doing something about it. this is peru's first private conservation area, set up jointly with the local community in 2000. it tries to rehabilitate rescued bears that have been captured illegally and mistreated as exotic pets or circus attractions. so this is what conservation

She's just there, a few metres away. from here on, elisa faces an uncertain future, but the gps collar will track her whereabouts sojuan and his team can see how she adapts to life in the wild. still to come on the travel show: we meet the beluga whales about to get a fresh start thousands of miles from home. the coronavirus outbreak has had a devastating impact on animal welfare groups. back in april, rajan spoke to a few to see how they were doing. so many people lose theirjob abroad. we're clearly not going to have donations. so if things got really bad, we could be facing, you know, having...

0h... finally, elisa is sedated. now we are going to do a test the collar on her. put the collar on, see if it fits. uh-huh. it's a race against the clock before the bear wakes up. ok, so is that thejob done? hm—mm. so what now? we shut the door and then...? wait until tomorrow and tomorrow, we gonna release her. 0k. so it's a beautiful morning and today's the day we're going to release elisa into the world. i'm super excited! push the gate. it's incredible to be so close to a bear. there's no gate, there's no fence separating us. she's just there,

Sadly, she would never survive in the outside world. we're gonna sedate alisa. 0k. and we're gonna set up a gps collar for her. the gps collar will now allowjuan to track elisa when she's released. we're gonna charge the dart. juan prepares a tranquilliser that he'll shoot into elisa's muscles. his shot hits the spot and elisa seems confused. 0h... finally, elisa is sedated. now we are going to do a test the collar on her. put the collar on, see if it fits.

The motor running in the usa — although we definitely don't recommend trying that with your own four—legged friend. now we're going back to 2016, when carmen went to peru tojoin a team returning rescue bears of the wild. the andean bear is the only native bear species to south america. it's on the endangered list because of hunting and habitat loss. but here, in the chaparri area, they're doing something about it. this is peru's first private conservation area, set up jointly with the local community in 2000. it tries to rehabilitate rescued bears that have been captured illegally and mist...