Project Grizzly

2016 • Animal Planet
5.0
6 reviews
TV-PG
Rating
Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Into the Wild
11/12/16
Renowned bear handler Jeff Watson says goodbye to his family and friends and sets out on an adventure into the wilderness of Southern Indiana to teach his two 700lb grizzly bears Bob and Screech how to survive on their own in the wild.
2 To Teach a Bear to Fish
11/19/16
Jeff releases his bears, Bob and Screech into the habitat where he begins his lifelong dream of re-wilding them. However the first lesson, fishing, proves more difficult than Jeff imagined and Bob appears to be falling behind Screech.
3 What About Bob?
11/26/16
Jeff teaches the bears to forage in the wild, but Bob's foot is still a concern. When the bear slashes Jeff in the arm he refuses medical care. After he loses the bears, Jeff is forced to think about the difficulty of them actually leaving the nest.
4 Bears On The Run
12/3/16
Jeff's unconventional hunting lessons fail to prepare Bob and Screech to hunt game in the wild, but he discovers they may be learning on their own. Meanwhile he reminisces about Grizzly Adams and agonizes over eventually parting ways with his bears.
5 Teenage Bears
12/10/16
Jeff is pleased with Bob and Screech learning how to feed themselves. Now he teaches them how to den up for the winter. The grizzlies get territorial when Jeff's friend steps inside their habitat.
6 Letting Go
12/17/16
As Jeff's rewilding journey with Bob and Screech nears the end, he has one painful lesson left to teach, how to fear man. Their release date is imminent but will Bob and Screech be ready to survive on their own?

About this show

Bear trainer Jeff Watson has worked with the majestic animals for more than 20 years but recently decided his two rescue bears should be introduced to the wild. In Animal Planet’s new series PROJECT GRIZZLY, viewers join him on his emotional struggle to do right by his beloved bears as he teaches Bob and Screech, his two 700-pound grizzlies, how to survive in the deep wild.

Ratings and reviews

5.0
6 reviews
Michelle Bailey (Summer)
February 20, 2022
I dream a out getting out and to live where I can see wild life then my . Motorhome broke and I am stuck in a place I wish I were not! Now I feel my dream is only a dream with little or no actuality I it, at all. O one likes to help out people whom can't do it by themselves. Too bad.
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eluis333
February 2, 2017
Really enjoy learning about bears
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Banger Vidz
December 29, 2016
Best TV Show Ever
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