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Traditional Landowners Preserving Native Species

Season 2 Episode 1 | 4m 11s

Conservationist M. Sanjayan visits the Kiwirrkurra community in a remote part of Australia's Gibson Desert. A number of the Kiwirrkurra community grew up as truly nomadic hunter gatherers. On his visit, Sanjayan learns how the Kiwirrkurra hunt feral cats which in turn, helps preserve to Australia's native species.

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