Discovery Channel Documentaries
Surviving the Kill Zone
TV-G
2014 • E9 May 12, 2014 45mSurviving the Kill Zone transports viewers to Africa during the
final days of the longest dry season in living memory. More than 65
high-tech, remote-control cameras and expert visual teams film the
wild animals of Zambia's Luangwa Valley. Thirst has trapped the
hungry animals close to the Luangwa River - the last substantial
source of water and food for hundreds of miles - and its banks and
surrounding land are transformed into killing fields. The valley has
become a temporary home to an extraordinary assortment of herbivores
and predators, including lions, leopards, wild dogs, elephants, Nile
crocodiles and hippos. Surviving the Kill Zone gives viewers
unprecedented access to the both the harrowing and uplifting sides
of the circle of life as these species collide in a daily battle for
existence
final days of the longest dry season in living memory. More than 65
high-tech, remote-control cameras and expert visual teams film the
wild animals of Zambia's Luangwa Valley. Thirst has trapped the
hungry animals close to the Luangwa River - the last substantial
source of water and food for hundreds of miles - and its banks and
surrounding land are transformed into killing fields. The valley has
become a temporary home to an extraordinary assortment of herbivores
and predators, including lions, leopards, wild dogs, elephants, Nile
crocodiles and hippos. Surviving the Kill Zone gives viewers
unprecedented access to the both the harrowing and uplifting sides
of the circle of life as these species collide in a daily battle for
existence