‎Saving Sirga: Journey into the Heart of a Lion - Apple TV

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Filmed over a period of three years, this is the story of the relationship between Valentin Gruener and Sirga the lioness.

Documentary · 2016 · 54 min

Starring Valentin Gruener

Director Jürgen Jozefowicz

EPISODE 1

Dead Lion Walking

Guide and tracker Val Gruener rescues a lion cub, Sirga, from a lion enclosure at the Grasslands game farm in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana.

50 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 2

First Blood

Hunting with Sirga seems an impossible dream, until she brings down a hartebeest at 16 months old. This will give her more freedom.

51 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 3

The Desert Lives

The rainy season transforms the Kalahari Desert, and hunting becomes scarce. Val and Sirga find giant bullfrogs, play in seasonal ponds, and the lioness enters her first heat.

51 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 4

Uncertain Times

Sirga is ahead of her wild peers in hunting, as she has taken down prey, but is suddenly taken ill by a severe parasitic infection.

51 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 5

Death of a Lion

The second rainy season of Sirga's life has ended, and she is maturing quickly. The group investigate a disturbance at the lion enclosure.

51 min · 31 Jan 2019
EPISODE 6

Sirga, the Huntress

Three-year-old Sirga weighs in at 130 kilograms but is gentle with Val as he fits her with a camera so she can hunt on her own.

51 min · 31 Jan 2019

Valentin Gruener

Actor
Jürgen Jozefowicz

Director
Tarina Jozefowicz

Writer