S Club 7 Go Wild!
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Starring | S Club 7 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 25 September – 6 November 2000 |
S Club 7 Go Wild! was a television series starring British pop group S Club 7, who teamed up with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to help raise awareness of the threats facing wildlife around the world. Each member adopted an endangered animal and travelled to their respective natural habitat in different locations around the globe. There were seven thirty-minute episodes, one for each member of the band, which were aired on CBBC in Britain.
Episode 1
Paul in Kenya
Paul Cattermole traveled to Kenya in search of the endangered Black Rhino with Rachel Stevens.
Day 1: Paul went in search of the Black Rhino. He was unsuccessful, but he did see cheetah cubs. Rachel went shopping in the market for presents for the rest of the group.
Day 2: Paul travelled to Masai Mara with Rachel. There he had a game drive, and showed the tribe some dance moves with Rachel.
Day 3: When Paul went to bed, he could hear all the animal noises; he found it very frightening.
Day 4: Paul went hot air ballooning with Rachel. They got to see the wildebeest migration. Later that day, he continued his hunt, and saw a Black Rhino.
Day 5: Paul and Rachel went on a river cruise and saw hippos and Fish Eagles. Then they started their return to the United Kingdom.
WWF's Black Rhino Work
WWF funds over 30 rhino projects, including crucial work done by TRAFFIC (WWF's wildlife trade monitoring programme) to stamp out the illegal trade in the Far East and promote alternatives to the medicinal trade in rhino horn. The organisation has to treat people's traditional beliefs with respect, and lifetime customs are difficult to change.
WWF funds projects to protect rhinos in the wild such as assisting anti-poaching efforts, captive breeding programmes, habitat protection and translocating rhinos from vulnerable areas to safe havens.
Episode 2
Jo in Thailand
Jo O'Meara travelled to Thailand in search of the Asian Elephant, accompanied by Jon Lee and Tina Barrett.
Day 1: Jo, Jon, and Tina spent the day shopping for presents and traditional Thai outfits in Chiang Mai.
Day 2: Jo travelled to a WWF project, where she saw some Asian Elephants. She trekked into the jungle with an elephant to a Thai hill tribe.
Day 3: Jo spent the day at the Thailand Elephant Conservation Centre. This was their last day in Thailand.
WWF's Asian Elephant Work
WWF has been working to save elephants for more than 30 years; in 1994 they spent some £2.2 million on 30 elephant-related conservation projects. WWF works on long-term policies in Africa and Asia to minimise conflicts between elephants and humans.
Asian elephants generally live in forests, so projects to protect forests such as Xishuangbanna in China and The Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan are vital. WWF supports the Asian Elephant Conservation Centre in Bangalore, India and publication of the Asian elephant newsletter, Gajah.
Episode 3
Bradley in Brazil
Bradley McIntosh travelled to Brazil in search of the rare Hyacinth Macaw. Hannah Spearritt accompanied him.
Day 1: Bradley took a helicopter ride over Rio de Janeiro. Hannah took the tram up to see the statue of Christ.
Day 2: Bradley flew to Sao Paulo to see a World Cup qualifying match between Brazil and Argentina.
Day 3: Bradley traveled into the jungle with Hannah.
Day 4: Bradley and Hannah found a nesting pair of Hyacinth Macaws. That night, they went looking for crocodiles.
Day 5: Bradley and Hannah spent the day feeding the animals at a ranch.
WWF's Hyacinth Macaw Work
WWF has been involved in the fight to stop and reverse the loss and degradation of the world's forests for over three decades. Much of this work has been towards establishing a network of protected areas throughout the world's forests. WWF played a leading role in establishing the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which lays down strict international standards for forest management and encourages consumers to buy products derived from sustainable sources. This continuing work will help safeguard the remaining macaw habitat, and thereby reduce one of the major threats to their survival.
In Brazil, WWF is working with conservation partners and governments to find alternatives to a planned waterways project, which threatens the forest habitat of the hyacinth macaw in the Pantanal wetland region.
TRAFFIC International, the wildlife monitoring programme of WWF and IUCN (the World Conservation Union), is working to improve CITES legislation, assist and train customs officers and other officials involved in the regulation of trade, and carry out monitoring, research and investigations into wildlife trade and illegal trade activities. TRAFFIC supports the development of enforcement methods such as DNA testing for countering fraudulent captive breeding claims. These measures will help to reduce the illegal trade in macaws.
WWF is funding research into macaw populations in order to monitor their numbers and distribution.
Episode 4
Tina in China
Tina Barrett travelled to China in search of the Giant Panda with Jo O'Meara and Jon Lee.
Day 1: Tina went to see the Great Wall of China. As the group walked along the wall, they gave facts about the history of the famous landmark.
Day 2: Tina did karaoke and went ten pin bowling.
Day 3: Tina got to see some of the remaining Giant Pandas.
Day 4: Tina, Jon, and Jo trekked up Mount Emei to see a panoramic view of China. They stayed there to watch the sunrise. This was their last day in China.
WWF's Giant Panda Work
WWF has proposed the creation of 17 bamboo "corridors" so that pandas can move from one feeding area to another in order to reduce the risk of in-breeding. This has been incorporated into an overall management plan written by the Chinese government for nearly 30,000 square kilometres of panda habitat. WWF finances the training of local rangers to combat poaching activities and they assist with the implementation of the government's plan.
The Chinese authorities are interested in loaning pandas to foreign zoos, thereby generating millions of dollars. While WWF is opposed to short-term loans, it believes that long-term breeding loans may benefit panda conservation, provided they are part of an integrated international captive breeding programme designed to complement conservation in the wild.
Since 1980, WWF has worked with the Chinese government, spending £2.6 million on panda projects. Scientists, managers and guards have been trained and equipped to protect the panda and its habitat. WWF helped build the research laboratory and captive breeding centre at Wolong National Nature Reserve, China's largest reserve. Captive breeding is continuing with the aim of releasing pandas into the wild, but as yet success is limited.
Episode 5
Hannah in Turkey
Hannah Spearritt traveled to Turkey to find the Monk Seal with Bradley McIntosh.
Day 1: Hannah went shopping in Istanbul for Bradley's birthday.
Day 2: Hannah went for a camel trek.
Day 3: Hannah and Bradley went fishing with some Turkish fishermen.
Day 4: Hannah went scuba diving with Bradley, but did not see a monk seal.
Day 5: Hannah went jet-skiing, but was disheartened after still not finding a seal.
WWF's Monk Seal Work
WWF projects to conserve the Mediterranean monk seal have been established off the Greek and Turkish coasts, where they are working with local fishermen, carrying out seal surveys and monitoring pollution. In Mauritania, WWF has helped manage a national park to protect the seal for the last eighteen years.
WWF projects have included conserving Saimaa seals in Finland and New Zealand Sea Lions, developing an Antarctica conservation strategy and supporting the Galapagos Islands national park service. Off the coast of Chile, WWF backed research into the Juan Fernández Fur Seal, which was hunted almost to extinction and is now making a slow comeback. In the United Kingdom, WWF works to reduce overfishing, disturbance and pollution, all of which threaten populations of harbour and grey seals.
Episode 6
Rachel in Russia
Rachel Stevens traveled to Russia searching for the Siberian Tiger with Paul Cattermole.
Day 1: Rachel and Paul spent the day traveling across Russia, starting in Moscow.
Day 2: Rachel had a tour of Vladivostock. Rachel made a stop at a museum to learn more about the Siberian Tiger.
Day 3: Rachel joined up with some WWF staff. They found a tiger footprint. Rachel learned about poaching. Paul was stuck with finding them suitable accommodations for their stay.
Day 4: Rachel and Paul saw a family of five tigers.
Day 5: Rachel and Paul went to the Vladivostock Beach and began their return to the UK.
WWF's Siberian Tiger Work
Along with TRAFFIC, WWF are investigating and exposing illegal trade in tiger parts, assisting law enforcement agencies to crack down on dealers, and finding acceptable alternatives in countries where the medicinal use of tiger parts has been practised for centuries. Lifetime customs are difficult to change: WWF has to treat people's traditional beliefs delicately and with respect. They lobby governments to enforce international treaties and wildlife protection laws.
WWF helps conserve tigers in the wild by working with governments and local people to establish, improve and manage important reserves in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.
Episode 7
Jon in Malaysia
Jon Lee, Tina Barrett, and Jo O'Meara traveled to Malaysia in search of the Orangutan.
Day 1: Jon, Tina, and Jo traveled to Borneo, where they went to a bat cave to get "dinner". They went to the Monsopiad Cultural Village, which was home to the Kadazan Warrior. There they saw 39 human skulls.
Day 2: Jon took a boat trip in the rain, where he saw some orangutans from the river. Jon was able to see a water snake and some elephants. Jo and Tina went to an island to find sea turtles and went snorkeling. Jo and Tina helped day-old sea turtles into the sea.
Day 3: Tina and Jo flew by helicopter to meet Jon. They went to an orangutan center and got to meet the animals face to face.
WWF's Orangutan Work
WWF has been involved in orangutan conservation since 1962. Research has played a part in the work carried out over the past three decades, with surveys being conducted in many parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. Data collected has been used to indicate where there is a particular threat to the orangutan and its habitat.
WWF assists governments and conservation organisations in creating and extending protected areas and wildlife sanctuaries where hunting and logging are prohibited. WWF has helped governments enforce restrictions on trade in live animals and orangutan products. When live orangutans are recovered from traders, they are often taken to refuges where they can recover and be rehabilitated, and eventually be released back into the wild.