Survival with Ray Mears is a 3 part television series hosted by Ray Mears, as he tracks predators in their natural habitats. The series was broadcast by ITV, and was billed as the return of the Survival brand. It was followed by Wild Britain with Ray Mears. Survival consists of three, hour-long, programmes, focusing on Mears' tracking of the world's top predators. He follows the leopard in Namibia, the bear in British Columbia, and the wolf in Central Idaho. An underpinning theme is the threats faced by each species: in Idaho the crew arrives with only days to countdown before the wolf’s status as a protected species is lifted, and local farmers indicate their intention to begin hunting them; in British Columbia the impact of global warming on the salmon population is felt by the bear; and in Namibia the uneasy co-existence between leopards and local farmers is highlighted.
Leopards in Namibia
Apr 18, 2010
Ray Mears applies his expertise in bushcraft to tracking down some of the world's deadliest predators, in the first of three new films for ITV's flagship wildlife series. In this programme, he is in Namibia's scorching central highland plains on the trail of the reclusive leopard. He joins forces with the pioneering Global Leopard Project, which aims to promote understanding about these majestic creatures, and attempts to snare a dominant local male with the project's help. But will he succeed?
Bears in the British Columbia
Apr 25, 2010
Ray Mears applies his expertise in bushcraft to track down some of the world's deadliest predators. He goes on the trail of the extremely rare white spirit bear along Canada's beautiful Northwest Pacific coast. Starting his search in the remote Mussel Inlet, he encounters grizzly bears feeding on salmon prior to hibernation. Realising that aggressive grizzly bears guard the best feeding spots, he moves to a smaller inlet where he believes evidence of black bears - which share a similar habitat to the spirit bear - will lead him to his quarry.
Wolves in Central Idaho
May 2, 2010
Bushcraftsman Ray Mears follows some of the world's most dangerous and beautiful wildlife. In this episode, he visits the magnificent Sawtooth mountain region of Central Idaho, which is a prime habitat for the notoriously secretive wolf. Ray tracks a large pack of these incredible predators, but he has only ten days before wolves are taken off the state's endangered species list and become prey to be hunted by humans.
