Work on the Wild Side

In the first episode of this new series we meet Will and Rachael who volunteer at the world’s largest sanctuary for orphaned rhinos. Cornish vet Emily attempts a life-threatening giraffe relocation and three warthogs run Emma ragged.

In South Africa British vets and volunteers are helping save the lives of the Big Five some of which are critically endangered. Today vet Emily takes on a challenging lion relocation and has a close call when the big cat wakes up unexpectedly.

Today Emma is faced with a very poorly emergency patient. Vet Emily has a hard decision to make when a cape buffalo is seriously injured and Birmingham-born Anna is hoping to help dehorn five white rhinos to make them less valuable to poachers.

It's not just the Big Five in need of help from our vets and volunteers in South Africa. Mars the Aardvark demands five-hour walks every night so Emma is exhausted.

A big day for our vets and volunteers working to save species in South Africa. Harriet has been called out to an elephant who has been caught in a snare and volunteer Debbie is put to the test as nine orphaned baby monkeys arrive at Riverside Rehabilitation Centre.

Vet Will has a huge task on his hands as he has to move Harry a five-tonne troublesome bull elephant to a new home and At Riverside Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Debbie has her hands full with orphaned baboons Holly and Ivy.

Jenna and Sean are joined by resident elephants and a meercat in a unique experiment - using the animals? amazing sense of smell to discover whether the African Puff Adder one of the world?s deadliest predators is truly odourless.

It?s an emotional day for British vet Emily as she carries out the risky procedure of anaesthetising a cheetah. Over at the world?s largest Rhino sanctuary Will is bonding with orphan Arthur and Emma has her hands full with a troop of mongooses.

At the Vervet Monkey Foundation Josie has a new arrival we catch up with eight week old Hector the hippo and marine biologist Alison is on a mission to tag a great white shark. In the Eastern Cape vets Emily and Annie are called in to help a white rhino with a nasty horn injury.

It?s vaccination day at the rhino sanctuary and Rachel is worried about orphaned Hawk who has an eye infection. On the Eastern Cape vet Emily is called to help four young sable antelope who is being bullied by an older dominant male.

On the Eastern Cape vet Emily has a very tricky giraffe capture to oversee. Rachel at rhino sanctuary Care for Wild is worried about orphan Lily?s progress and it?s a huge week for Emma who is releasing six rehabilitated animals back into the wild.

It?s a big day for vets Annie and Will. An infamous pride of lions at Sibuya Game reserve need to be moved. The lions hit the headlines in 2018 after killing and eating some poachers so today?s task is a dangerous one.

Harriet and the team at Elephants Alive are on a mission to save three elephants knows as the Naughty Boys who are breaking out of their reserve and destroying local crops. Not wanting to see them put down the team have come up with a plan.

In the Western Cape marine biologist Alison is busy preparing for the release of Nick a critically endangered African penguin. Vet Emily has to anaesthetise a cheetah that needs to go to a new home and Will and Rachel at Care for Wild introduce us to orphaned baby rhinos Ribbon and Lazuli.

Anna and the team from Rhino Revolution dehorn two rare and very dangerous black rhinos. Emma has spent months rehabilitating Finya the Black-Backed Jackal for release but getting her ready to move is proving difficult.

Partially blind bull elephant Matambu has been seriously injured. Harriet and the team from Elephants Alive are on a race against time to find him. In the Eastern Cape vets Emily and Annie are working with a herd of skittish roan antelope when one bolts and needs to be tracked down.

Jenna and Sean are leading forces in vital elephant research. Today they are comparing glucose levels in wild elephants with that of similar elephants kept in zoos. Over in the Eastern Cape it?s rhino day for Vet Emily as she needs to dehorn a mother and her calf.

Harriet and the team at Elephants Alive tackle the problem of human and elephant conflict with an unusual experiment using African honeybees. In the Western Cape it?s baby season and marine biologist Alison is out at sea to check on a colony of Cape fur seals.

Debbie at Riverside Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre calls on fellow Brit Emma to take in two baby jackals that have been found abandoned. Josie at the Vervet Monkey Foundation introduces orphan Theo to his new foster Mum.

In the last episode of the series Emma at Umoya Khulula Wildlife centre has a tiny bushbaby that needs round the clock care. Jenna and Sean have to stop elephant research for the day as a bush fire comes perilously close to destroying their home