Work on the Wild Side
Season 12020
The highs and lows of the vets and volunteers who've given up their day jobs in the UK and moved to South Africa to rescue, rehabilitate and release some of the world's most iconic species of animals.
The highs and lows of the vets and volunteers who've given up their day jobs in the UK and moved to South Africa to rescue, rehabilitate and release some of the world's most iconic species of animals.
20 Episodes
Vet Emily attempts a life-threatening giraffe relocation, while three warthogs run Emma ragged. And on the Western Cape, marine biologist Alison finds a new way of dealing with plastic pollution.
May 18, 2020
Emily has a close call with a lion during a challenging relocation. Harriet searches for an elephant. At the largest orphan rhino sanctuary in the world, a baby rhino isn't putting on enough weight.
May 19, 2020
Emma has a very poorly patient, Emily has a hard decision to make when a Cape buffalo is seriously injured, and Anna hopes to help dehorn five white rhinos to make them less valuable to poachers
May 20, 2020
Emma looks after an aardvark who needs five-hour walks every night, Jenna and Sean try to discover just how good an elephant's hearing is, and Josie deals with an injured vervet monkey
May 21, 2020
Harriet helps with an elephant whose leg has been wounded by a poacher's snare, Debbie is kept busy with nine orphaned baby monkeys, and Emma becomes a surrogate mum to a three-week-old baby hippo.
May 22, 2020
Will moves a five-tonne elephant to a new home, Debbie has her hands full with two orphaned baboons, and Alison prepares to release three critically endangered African penguins back into the ocean
May 25, 2020