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Jennifer Aniston stars in Growing Up Grizzly 2, a one-hour Animal Planet special event that brings viewers up-to-date with orphaned grizzly bears Bart and Honey-Bump, premiering Sunday, January 18 at 8 PM (ET/PT). The cubs were first introduced in Growing Up Grizzly, starring Brad Pitt, which airs immediately following Aniston's special at 9PM (ET/PT).

Aniston and Pitt got involved in the Growing Up Grizzly specials after Pitt worked with professional animal trainers Doug and Lynne Seus while filming Legends of the Fall. Bart and Honey-Bump were adopted by the Seuses after the bears' mother was killed by a hunter when they were cubs.

Growing Up Grizzly 2 picks up with Bart and Honey-Bump at three-and-a-half years old — happy, healthy adolescent bears who take a liking to Aniston. She bonds with the bears, runs them through some training drills for their professional acting jobs and leads viewers on a journey across the wild lands of the Northwest to explore the grizzly bears' struggle to survive in their ever-diminishing habitat.

"That was amazing," said Aniston after her first hands-on encounter with Bart. "Something intense...It really looks like you can get right down and roll around with them. I don't know why, but it makes you emotional."

Growing Up Grizzly 2 takes viewers to the set of Bart's big movie debut, follows wild grizzly bears on a hunt for salmon in the far reaches of Canada and enlightens viewers about the Seuses' dedication to preserving the grizzly habitat and protecting all wildlife through their non-profit Vital Ground.