Borneo Wildlife Warriors

INTRODUCTION

Follow wildlife photojournalist, Aaron ‘Bertie’ Gekoski, as he trains to become a Wildlife Ranger with the Wildlife Rescue Unit, an elite group of vets and rangers whose mission it is to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home Borneo’s endangered wildlife. Learn more about the charismatic creatures that make Borneo the most bio-diverse place on the planet, along with some of the threats pushing them to the brink of extinction.

Episodes

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PHOTO GALLERY

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Filming a newly released pangolin.

WRU vet with baby gibbon.

Feeding baby orphaned elephant, Sabah.

Veterinarian feeding a baby Pygmy Elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis, Tawau, Wildlife Rescue Unit, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia,

Veterinarian caring for an Elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis, Tawau, Wildlife Rescue Unit, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia,

Veterinarian next to a sedated Pygmy Elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis, Sepilok, Wildlife Rescue Unit, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo,

A team of rangers around a Pygmy Elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis, Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, South East Asia,

Wildlife Rescue Unit capture a Saltwater Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, Near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo,

Man looking at a Saltwater Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, in a cage, Near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo,

Rangers hold down a Saltwater Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, after capture, Near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo,

Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, undergoing medical before release, Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Female orangutan being released into the wild, Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Release of Mother and Baby Orang-utan into Tabin Nature Reserve. Sabah. Borneo.

A Bornean Gibbon, Hylobates muelleri, and a ranger, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo,

A man holding a baby Pangolin, Manis javanica, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo,

Release of Sun Bear into Tabin Nature Reserve. Sabah. Borneo.

Wildlife Rescue Unit's rangers attending to a rescued Pangolin, Manis javanica, Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, South East Asia

A cage of Pangolins, Manis javanica, Tabin Wildlife Researve, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo, South East Asia

Rangers and baby Bornean Elephants, Elephas maximus borneensis, Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo,

Ranger and baby Bornean Elephants, Elephas maximus borneensis, Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo,

WRU capturing a python.

Getting turtle ready for autopsy, Sabah.

Turtle undergoing an autopsy, Sabah.

CREDITS

Thank you Sabah Wildlife Department and the Wildlife Rescue Unit – without you this series would not have been possible!