S Club 7 Go Wild!

Infobox Television
show_name = S Club 7 Go Wild!


caption = "S Club 7 Go Wild!" opening titles
format = Reality, Childrens
runtime = 30 minutes
producer =
starring = S Club 7
country = UK
network = BBC Two
first_aired = 25 September, 2000
last_aired =
6 November, 2000
imdb_id =
tv_com_id = 2861

"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, all in very different locations around the globe. In all there were 7 episodes, one for each member of the band, which were 30 minutes long and were aired on CBBC.

Episode 1

Paul in Kenya

Paul Cattermole travelled to Kenya in search of the endangered Black Rhino.

Day 1: Paul went in search of the Black Rhino, but he was unsuccessful, but he did see cheetah cubs.

Day 2:Today, Paul travelled to Masai Mara. There he had a gamedrive, and also showed the tribe some of his dance moves!!

Day 3:When Paul went to bed, he could hear all the animal noises, but found it very frightening.

Day 4:On this day, Paul went hot air ballooning. he got to see the wildebeast migration. Later that day, he continued his hunt, in which he saw a Black Rhino!

Day 5:Today, Paul went on a river cruise and saw hippos and Fish Eagles. He also returned to the United Kingdom.

WWF's Black Rhino Work

WWF funds over 30 rhino projects, including crucial work done by TRAFFIC (WWF's highly effective wildlife trade monitoring programme) to stamp out the illegal trade in the Far East and promote alternatives to the medicinal trade in rhino horn. This is easier said than done: the organisation has to treat people's traditional beliefs with respect, and lifetime customs are difficult to change.

WWF also 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.

Day 1:Jo 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 then trekked into the jungle, with an elephant to a Thai hill-tribe.

Day 3:Jo spent today in the Thailand Elephant Conservation Centre where she got to work with elephants all day. Jo returned to the UK today.

WWF's Asian Elephant Work

No organisation has had a deeper long-term commitment to elephant conservation than WWF. They have been working to save elephants for more than 30 years and in 1994 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. In addition, WWF supports the Asian Elephant Conservation Centre in Bangalore, India and public ation of the Asian elephant newsletter - Gajah.

Episode 3

Bradley in Brazil

Bradley McIntosh travelled to Brazil in search of the rare Hyacinth Macaw.

Day 1:Bradley took a helicopter ride over the city Rio de Janeiro. From here he seen the statue of Christ.

Day 2:Today, Bradley flew to Sao Paulo to see a World Cup qualifying match between Brazil and Argentina.

Day 3:Today Bradley travelled into the jungle.

Day 4:Today Bradley found a nesting pair of Hyacinth Macaws. That night, he went looking for crocodiles.

Day 5:Today, Bradley spent the day herding cattle 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. In addition, 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 is also supporting 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 also funding vital research into macaw populations in order to monitor their numbers and distribution. Through this continuing work, we are able to learn more about these birds, their behaviour and needs, which puts us in a much better position with regard to their conservation.

Episode 4

Tina in China

Tina Barrett travelled to China in search of the Giant Panda.

Day 1:Tina went to see the Great Wall of China.

Day 2:Today, Tina did karaoke and went ten pin bowling.

Day 3:Today Tina got to see some of the remaining Giant Pandas in the world.

Day 4:Today, Tina trekked up Mount Emei Shan to see a good view of China. She also travelled back to the UK.

WWF's Giant Panda Work

WWF - the first conservation organisation ever to work in China - 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. The focus of WWF's involvement remains in the forefront of panda conservation: they finance 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 and spent £2.6 million on panda projects. Scientists, managers and guards have been trained and equipped to protect the panda and its precious habitat. WWF has also helped build the research laboratory and captive breeding centre at Wolong, 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 travelled to Turkey to find the Monk Seal.

Day 1:Today, hannah went shopping in Istanbul.

Day 2:Today, Hannah went for a camel trek.

Day 3:Hannah went fishing today, with some Turkish fishermen.

Day 4:Today Hannah with scuba diving, but her search for the Monk Seal ended up fruitless.

Day 5:Today, hannah went jet - skiing, but was still dis-heartened after 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 18 years. In the past, WWF projects have included conserving Saimaa seals in Finland and hooker sealions in New Zealand, developing an Antarctica conservation strategy and supporting the Galapagos Islands national park service. Off the coast of Chile, WWF also backed research into the Juan Fernandez fur seal, which was hunted almost to extinction and is only now making a slow comeback. In the United Kingdom, WWF works to reduce overfishing, disturbance and pollution, all of which threaten our own populations of harbour and grey seals.

Episode 6

Rachel in Russia

Rachel Stevens travelled to Russia searching for Siberian Tiger.

Day 1:Rachel spent the day travelling across Russia.

Day 2:Today Rachel had a tour of Vladivostock.

Day 3:Today Rachel joined up with some WWF staff. They found a tiger footprint. Rachel also learned about poaching.

Day 4:Today, Rachel saw a family of Tigers - a mum, a dad and three cubs. rachel also returned to UK.

WWF's Siberian Tiger Work

Along with TRAFFIC, their highly effective wildlife trade monitoring network, WWF are investigating and exposing illegal trade in tiger parts, assisting law enforcement agencies to crack down on dealers, and finding acceptable alternatives in the countries where the medicinal use of tiger parts has been practised for centuries. But lifetime customs are difficult to change and WWF has to treat people's traditional beliefs delicately and with respect. They also continue to lobby governments to enforce international treaties and wildlife protection laws.

WWF continues to 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 travelled to Malaysia in search of the Orangutan

Day 1:Today, Jon went to the Monsopiad Cultural Village, which was home to the Kadazan Warrior. There, he saw 39 human skulls.

Day 2:Today, Jon took a boat trip, where he saw some orangutans from the river.

Day 3:Jon got to meet his animals face to face today. He also let turtles back into the sea.

WWF's Orangutan Work

WWF has been involved in orang utan 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 orang utan and its habitat.

As a result of this continuing work, WWF has been able to assist governments and other conservation organisations in creating and extending protected areas and wildlife sanctuaries where hunting and logging are prohibited. WWF has also helped the governments to enforce restrictions on the trade in live animals and orang utan products. When live orang utans 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.

Wherever WWF works in the field, great importance is placed upon the extensive knowledge and expertise possessed by local people and communities.