Episode Ten

This week:

It’s been a long and difficult year in Dublin Zoo’s Brazilian Tapir house, particularly for old Marmaduke, who lost both his daughter Diego and Hillary, his partner of 25 years. A new younger female arrives to keep him company, but will the old tapir take to his new companion?...

Dublin Zoo is finding it difficult to successfully breed their pair of Snow Leopards. After observing them closely for some time, it’s clear to Team Leader Ciaran MacMahon that something is stopping the male from mating. It’s off to the veterinary hospital in UCD to investigate….

As zookeeper Susan O Brien says an emotional good bye to one baby, Diego the Tapir, her spirits are suddenly lifted as she gets a long awaited call that two new baby Pygmy Marmosets have just been born.

It’s been six months since a male Mangabey monkey, as part of the breeding programme came to live with the resident troop on the Mangabey Island. He has done is job well and there seems to be new little addition to the troop!....

There’s huge excitement at the Western Lowland Gorilla habitat when it looks like there might be a new baby gorilla on the way. Every precaution has been taken, so for James Creighton and the rest of the gorilla team, all they can do now is wait…