by JOSEPHINE POOLE and JOHN KING
The first of two programmes Shak is one of several cubs born to an ageing and partially-blind vixen. This is the story of their early days on the Somerset Wetlands - the ups and downs of Shak's first few weeks on earth.
Then, desperate to provide meat for her family, the vixen picks up poisoned bait! Photography SIMON KING Produced by JOHN KING BBC South West (R) (e)