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US special ops enlisted to stop poachers
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New Animal Planet series takes viewers inside the dangerous fight against animal poaching
- Duration 3:33
- Date Mar 7, 2013
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Got a new series and -- -- planet takes viewers inside the dangerous world of animal coaching in South Africa at the center of the conflict magnificent rhino now on the edge of extinction.
Do the high demand.
For their horns and who better to protect them as our next guest three Navy SEALs and one green beret.
Who risked their lives to stop the illegal and deadly practice now they're motivated to do it on their own.
Craig's lawyers here better and saw rob Roy is -- a robbery Jan.
All right general things is here and eyes is played outside right all part of battleground.
-- -- guys.
What did you feel that when they approaching for the series.
Is that the first time he knew that this was happening yep yep they had the production company called me and say what you think about -- up a team of American spec ops guys.
Go take on these poachers to try to save the last of an endangered species until now I'm on board let's make it happen so you collected these three guys in to get -- done at odds.
What did you finally went out there we'll have major training help you help the running.
I think organizational skills were in high demand because it's a very complex -- -- we didn't expect that so I think.
Are we -- back -- military training in order to be -- tackle the fight.
And they did you were you joined by people out in the field we joined by people -- the field they knew the area knew the terrain and you actually learn some stuff from them.
Yeah we definitely we.
Countered with them we we loved it we.
Go with -- we redid everything with them it was South Africa and America put together and we made about them together -- remote or staff everything's -- others.
You -- -- people use in rhinos what was it like -- in the field there.
But -- -- -- things that we we all learned a lot was this a different culture and we has -- a lot of time understanding that first and then we got into.
-- where jobs was to was -- around and I should allow the people over there it was it's a different battlefield for political -- Well there there everybody a lot of them from -- -- from Mozambique and Zimbabwe easily coming in to South Africa.
Slaughter and rhino pack and the hornets element of big movers and Asia and to see that would -- motivate him.
Well first it was heartbreaking to see the tragedy.
The -- rhinos there -- an up close and personal care what you've seen we've all world that's very combat veterans.
It poured her heart strings and it is a broken heart -- angered us and made us more determined to get in there.
And actually make a difference so we know the danger the terrorists or and their training how dangerous -- these guys things.
These guys are evil.
Evil is evil there's no.
You can't compare to anything else falls they wanna do is kill and they want -- they want the money and it doesn't matter who gets in the way of that.
And he's can you kill them.
Won't help the NFL suspension -- what I did kill and they were there to protect -- police were there to save the right now.
So how do you predict a rhino who don't really can't my that'd be appreciative of what you're doing are you in danger -- all the right when you're in the vicinity.
Always.
Look at -- audience and our leopards.
The forms out there covered.
I've ever seen it is a dangerous environment how much -- is the green beret training to as opposed.
Okay.
Yeah it's.
They got a cool hat -- -- -- -- -- Yeah that's right yeah that's all you do you have been together -- together you would team it's a part of agreed series.
And now we'll watch right awards or my -- there's going to be some great on fox at 9 o'clock.
Are not o'clock eastern time on the Animal Planet so thanks so much for coming guys is a great series thinking I don't know what's been the the after party -- the actual hunting of predicting the right now it's all going to be good I think.
Contract and thanks in which he serves thank you right.