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WildTeam is a conservation organisation in Bangladesh. Their aim is to reconnect people with forest. Wild Team have developed local Village Tiger Response Teams (VTRT) that will get together and scare a tiger away from a village before it has a chance to kill anyone or people have a chance to kill a tiger. These are local volunteers who will respond to human- tiger conflicts in villages.

One of the theories behind why these tigers have turned into man-eaters is that the tide washes away their territorial markers like sprayed urine. If these markers are washed away, tigers have to completely dominate their patch, aggressively attacking any potential threat – including people.

When the tide goes out on one day of filming, the crew find themselves stuck in extremely sticky mud. This is a problem in itself but in this situation was particularly terrifying as they were right in the heart of man-eating tiger territory and night was falling!

While conservationists have rallied to the aid of the vultures, generating public sympathy for the birds has not been easy. British man Scott Mason has a unique way of trying to get people to love the vulture like he does.

GRAPHIC WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. Using miniature cameras, extremely long and thick gloves and face masks, the crew reveal how they filmed inside cow carcasses at a carcass dump in India.

GRAPHIC WARNING: Not suitable for all audiences. Vultures are the ultimate scavengers. Always working in groups they can scavenge a carcass to the bone in 30 minutes. Their featherless heads and necks mean they can get neck deep in the carcass without getting their feathers caught on bones or soaked in blood. They can gorge on 20% of their body weight in one meal too.

Travel deep into the wild to take a fresh look at humankind’s relationship to the big animals that live alongside us. From cuddling baby pandas to avoiding man-eating tigers, Dr. M. Sanjayan investigates our changing relationships with the wilderness. Sanjayan focuses on the powerful stories that prove animals and humans can thrive side by side. Premieres February 4, 2015 at 9/8c.

Join Dr. M. Sanjayan for EARTH A New Wild, a five-part series that takes a fresh look at humankind’s relationship to the planet’s wildest places and most fascinating species -- including pandas. Premieres Premieres Wednesdays, February 4-25, 2015. Check local listings.