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Eternal optimist, Meg Ryan's mission is to head into the jungles of Thailand to find one of the rarest animals in the world - the White Elephant. In the course of her journey, she meets scientists, conservationists and elephant enthusiasts and learns about the wide-ranging efforts being made to secure the future of Thailand's elephants. Meg gains hands-on experience as an elephant 'mahout', or driver, before making an elephant journey into the heart of the jungle.
As for the special White Elephant, Meg begins to understand how these rare and beautiful creatures have captured the imagination of people for centuries, remaining one of the most prized possessions of His Majesty the King of Thailand. Will Meg's dream to find one of these elusive creatures come true?
Cleese had a lifelong obsession with the lemurs of Madagascar, and he first fell in love with a ringtail lemur at the tender age of 12. Last year, he raised money to release five black and white ruffed lemurs born in captivity back into the rainforests of Madagascar. The U.S.-bred "Carolina Five," as these lemurs are affectionately known, are the first lemurs ever to be released into the wild. The hope is that they will survive and eventually mate with the existing population of lemurs to introduce new genes into the population. Then came the difficult bit. John Cleese set out on a three-week trek to go out and find the lemurs...
