Hard Truths of Conservation: King of the Mountain (Discovery, Saturday, June 7, 2025)

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Hard Truths of Conservation heads to New Zealand this week, taking on a thorny ecological challenge high in the Southern Alps. Airing Saturday at 9 AM ET on Discovery, King of the Mountain features Dan Cabela as he examines the impact of Himalayan tahr—a non-native species—on the region’s delicate ecosystem.

While tahr are considered threatened in their native Himalayan range, they’ve thrived a little too well in New Zealand, becoming a source of conflict between conservationists and hunters who prize them as a challenging and valuable game animal. Cabela’s investigation explores the hard choices facing wildlife managers as they try to strike a balance—protecting the environment while also considering the economic benefits of hunting.

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The new series has staked its ground on confronting complicated realities in the world of conservation, moving past easy answers to address the real-world tradeoffs impacting ecosystems around the globe.

“Hard Truths of Conservation” premieres Saturday, June 7 at 9:00 AM ET on Discovery.

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