Big Cat Week Collection — Season 1
Nat Geo WILD brings you closer than ever before to the world's most extraordinary big cats in this collection of special programs. Combining visually stunning imagery and powerfully resonant stories,
About this season
Nat Geo WILD brings you closer than ever before to the world's most extraordinary big cats in this collection of special programs. Combining visually stunning imagery and powerfully resonant stories, these programs showcase nature's fiercest felines and the people working to save these majestic cats from extinction.
Episodes (14)
1. Big Cat Odyssey
Aired 6 December 2010 • 60 min
2. Leopard Queen
Aired 7 December 2010 • 60 min
3. Lion Warriors
Aired 8 December 2010 • 60 min
4. Lions on the Edge
Aired 8 December 2010 • 60 min
5. Stalking the Mountain Lion
Aired 11 December 2011 • 60 min
Naturalist Casey Anderson and his longtime friend and cat expert, Tyler Johnerson, set out to track one of North America's most elusive ghosts: the mountain lion.
6. American Cougar
Aired 11 December 2011 • 60 min
American Cougar tells a unique story of a community of cougars whose skills are illustrated and tested as they struggle to survive in the severe landscape of the Northern Rocky Mountains.
7. Cat Wars: Lion vs. Cheetah
Aired 11 December 2011 • 60 min
After filming an unusual attack, filmmaker Reinhard "Leo" Kuenkel and world-renowned lion expert Craig Packer explore the dark relationship between lions and cheetahs.
8. Hunt for the Shadow Cat
Aired 12 December 2011 • 60 min
To reveal the secrets of the most mysterious of all big cats, a team of conservationists hire one of the U.S.'s finest trackers to locate, capture and film wild jaguars using all means necessary.
9. Night Stalkers: Jaguar Ambush
Aired 12 December 2011 • 60 min
Expedition leader and wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn leads an expert team of night filming specialists into the jungles of Costa Rica on the hunt for Central America's big cats.
10. Swamp Lions
Aired 13 December 2011 • 60 min
After the death of their mighty male, the swamp pride is being hunted by two young male lions seeking to kill the pride's cubs. Their mothers must fight tooth and claw to ensure that doesn't happen.
11. Return of the Clouded Leopards
Aired 14 December 2011 • 60 min
Return of the Clouded Leopards follows the unique rehabilitation of two orphaned clouded leopard cubs to their natural jungle habitat.
12. Snow Leopard of Afghanistan
Aired 9 December 2012 • 60 min
Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous places on earth, is home to a population of endangered and elusive snow leopards.
13. Relentless Enemies
Aired 12 December 2012 • 60 min
Observe the habits of the hunter and the hunted in this National Geographic program that takes you to the center of a fight for survival between lions and Cape buffalo in Botswana's Okavango Delta.
14. The Unlikely Leopard
Aired 13 December 2012 • 60 min
From acclaimed filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, The Unlikely Leopard is the coming of age story of a young male leopard with a distinct personality. Join National Geographic as we follow this leopard through his life stages, from clumsy cub and stubborn teenager to independent adult.