From Russia With Cubs

Gordon Buchanan helps return six orphaned bear cubs back to the wild

When it comes to bears, wildlife film-maker Gordon Buchanan just can’t get enough of them.

After making earlier wildlife series about a family of American black bears and a polar bear and her cubs, the 45-year-old returns to his favourite subject this week when he spends eight months in the Russian wilderness as a ‘surrogate mum’ to half a dozen grizzly bear cubs.

Here, Buchanan explains what it was like preparing the creatures for returning to the wild…

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