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Taronga Zoo's entire chimp community is on the move to a new state of the art sanctuary. It's no easy feat for keepers and vets as they try to relocate 18 of the zoo's most dangerous animals, including a bunch of burly teenage boys who are planning an ambush on the current Alpha male chimpanzee, Lubutu.
As one of the chimps lies gravely ill, the move to the new sanctuary suffers a set back. Now with a risk of infection keepers adjust their plans as they continue the move.
Miracle birth at the Zoo. Jumilah, a Sumatran tiger is giving birth for the second time.
Giraffe Journey Not too many animals 3 and a half metres high have ever embarked on a 5 day sea journey. But to get where she's going, a giraffe named Kiraka must do this and endure a 13 hour trip by road.
Gorilla from France After a worldwide search Taronga Keepers have found a black back Gorilla in France called Kibali to replace their aging silverback. A new silverback is important to introduce a new bloodline to the region.
Tang Mo the Asian Elephant wants to be a mother, she dotes on the three calves in Taronga’s herd but she hasn’t quite hit it off with virile bull elephant, Gung. Will the last adult female in the Sydney herd without a calf conceive? And see Taronga’s Wild Life Hospital care for a rare sub-Antarctic species which washed ashore a staggering 2000 kilometres from home.
Taronga is part of a breeding program to make sure endangered Tasmanian Devils remain on this planet. In this week’s episode of Wild Life at the Zoo, female Tasmanian Devil ‘Nina’ has mated with two feisty males, so who sired the precious Tasmanian Devil joeys? Keepers also prepare for the birth of one of the rarest mammals in the world and see the moment an Andean Condor breaks its way out of its egg.
Bird Show As part of our behind-the-scenes of Bird Show we are following two young Major Mitchell birds Mr Big and Bounce who are hopefully on their way to making it into the show. Keeper Felicity has been working hard on their training.
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The Stationary Ark was a documentary television miniseries hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell on location at his Jersey Zoological Park in the United Kingdom. It was based on his 1976 book of the same name. The series was produced by Canadian company Nielsen-Ferns and aired from September to December 1975 on CBC Television and TVOntario. Ark on the Move, a follow-up TV series, was also hosted by Gerald Durrell.
In April 2014, Paris Zoo opens its doors to the public after two years of huge restoration works. Two years to invent a new kind of zoo. With the complicity of a veterinary and an animal or a group of animals, each episode of the series will tell the story of the arrival of an animal at the zoo or a particular event that marked its reopening, including all the stages and issues that characterize them. Each episode will focus on a central story with an emblematic animal but the other species will also be present in our series through sub-plots.
David Tennant narrates the story of giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang, who arrived in the UK in December 2011 to be resettled in Edinburgh Zoo for the next decade. The program also follows the zoo's vet and head keeper as they travel to China to see how giant pandas are cared for in their homeland, and head keeper Alison visits a remote panda reserve in Wolong to witness the efforts to reintroduce the creatures back into the wild.
A ten-part documentary series, Inside Central Station: Australia’s Busiest Railway blends unscripted high-stakes drama with extraordinary engineering marvels, introduces us to memorable diverse characters who are passionate about their jobs, shares quirky moments and brings a strong sense of Australian history.
