Into the Pride: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Animal Planet's large predator expert Dave Salmoni heads deep into the African bush on a double mission - to return to his wild roots and to save a rogue pride of lions from elimination. Big cats, and especially lions, have long been his passion, but recently, Dave has been spending most of his time in the urban jungle as a television producer and host. Now, in Into the Pride, all his toughness, training and focus are put to the test. Can he survive six months in the Namibian bush on a life or death quest? Dave must help a pride of "problem lions" learn to accept humans. These are last-chance lions; if they don't calm down, they will be destroyed. The only way to get into these lions' heads is by getting on foot and heading straight into the pride. He has to forge relationships with every lion. Dave needs to become the first human they can trust.

Series details

• Title: Into the Pride
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 2009-08-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-09-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Animal Planet
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 42249
• IMDb ID: tt1489403
• TVDB ID: 138791

Cast and credited roles

• Dave Salmoni — Dave Salmoni

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-08-13; final listed air date 2009-09-03; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Into the Pride on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.