How to Be a Mahout

Season 1 Episode 3

A mahout describes her life with elephants.

The relationship between a mahout and their elephant is very personal. Often they know the elephant from when they were babies and have to train them and care for their everyday needs such as feeding and washing. In their job as elephant carers and trainers and will always put the elephant before themselves – it is more important that the elephants are fed than the mahouts are fed!

AIR DATE 2/4/15

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This five-part series, hosted by Dr. M. Sanjayan, combines spectacular natural history images with compelling human stories. Follow Sanjayan to the frontiers where man and animal meet and discover how our relationship with the greatest natural history events on the planet can provide a key to preserving our present and enriching our future.

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