Wild At Heart

New lodges nearly break the family, but they learn that it's the animals which make Leopard's Den a success.

Family feuds when new students turn up to train with Danny, and Sarah fires her own mother. Caroline goes to work for Mara, Rosie quits and Danny can't cope. On a game drive Caroline is attacked by lions which brings her back into the family fold, and Danny realises that Rosie has better instincts for the post of his assistant than any student.

Leopard's Den expands and Du Plessis becomes a grandfather after a close call with an angry elephant.

Danny's past catches up with him when another vet makes him tow the animal activist line. Caroline and Du Plessis go off to the bushvelt festival to replenish the wildebeest stocks, but Caroline finds camping not her style. Du Plessis goes on a blind date while Caroline buys ostrich to feed to the lions, and Sarah realises why she left the teaching profession.

A white lion brings mixed fortunes to the family and Rosie is asked the big question.

Rosie can't tell Danny or Sarah what she and Max are up to, and the drought is affecting everyone except Caroline's sister who causes trouble for the family. Danny's hospital plans falter and he decides to sell animals to pay for drilling equipment to find water for everyone since so many animals are dying in the drought. The whole town repays the Trevanians.

When the drought finally ignites a fire, the wedding turns into a firefight for everyone.

The hospital is lost in the fire, but the animals are now in danger of being trapped in the flames, so the Trevanions rush to help them. Disaster strikes and the family has to decide what it can do in the face of such tragedy. Africa has been their saviour and now could be their undoing.