Can the African elephant evers be tamed? Is it possible to sustain an entire tourism industry based on them being domesticated? Swati walks with the elephants of Knysna park while these questions are asked.
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Classified as critically endangered, these animals are known for their unpredictable and aggressive behaviour when approached or caught unaware. Join the capture team in an adventurous capture exercise at the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.
In their biggest effort to release animals back into the wild - Marlice and Rudie must dart and capture seven cheetahs and one leopard - all in one day.
With all the rain came an abundance of animals - to count them Rudie takes to the air, but only after saving a cheetah's life on the operating table.
A caracal with a broken leg arrives needing immediate medical attention. When the owner of two tame cheetahs also breaks a leg, Marlice must rescue them as well.
What is the purpose of keeping animals in captivity? Conservation or entertainment? Find out as Swati tours several different facilities for answers.
Will the greatest predator on earth survive our exploitation of the ocean and the mass slaughter for their fins? In this episode Swati walks with Sharks.
A conservation success story, the Cape fur seal numbers are healthy. But this has paradoxically thrown up serious conservation issues from protecting endangered seabird nesting sites, conflict with fishermen and seal culling.
Endemic only to South Africa, the African penguins are a national treasure and yet they face a sixteen year countdown to extinction. Can this be reversed? Swati walks with the penguins to answer these questions.
The rains bring new life. Lush new grass is saving the 58 elephant families from hunger. An extraordinary annual reunion brings hundreds of elephants together in scenes of celebration, play and romance.
In the relentless drought, the youngest calves are starving. Hunger is driving elephants to forage on surrounding farms. Echo's keeps her family to the swamp. Rains arrive, but after five days, the much-needed downpours dwindle to sparse showers.
On the plains of Amboseli, the rains are two months late. Echo brings the family to the palms to eat the last leaves. The wise matriarch resists the temptation to take them to inhabited areas where fresh crops are springing up and conflict waits.
The monsoon finally breaks, signaling the end of the drought and the beginning of a season of plenty, leading to celebrations from monkeys and people alike!
We get a first peek at the adorable additions in the denning enclosure. Lewa and Laili take their hunting skills to a new level and tackle a kudu. Also, Kwali takes a nasty bite to the cheek. Can she hang onto her prize?
The lions attempt to dig a warthog out of his hole, while an influx of volunteers have arrived and Nathan instructs them with an induction talk on how to treat, walk and cope with lions.
We follow the as they walk and stalk. Meat preparation gets weird for some as our volunteers make dinner time more interesting. A brave zebra stallion takes the fight to the ever confident lions. Wakanaka proves her predatory prowess.
Anchorage is home to over 2000 moose and these notorious animals are running riot! With 300,000 people living alongside wild animals, the sizzling summer heat, sometimes brings conflict between humans and wildlife.
Anchorage has a rather unique resident who is renowned as nature's lumberjack and North Americas largest rodent, the beaver.
From the same household, both Moochie and Bodidlee require braces and Scout, who is missing a leg, needs a brace to relieve arthritis that has developed in his other leg from bearing extra weight.
Super playful Huck needs a front leg prosthetic and Fudge, a miniature Doberman Pincher, needs a brace to help fend off old age.
Leo needs a front leg brace to be able to walk, while champion show dog, Sergio, needs a knee brace to get back to his career.
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