Episode Two

This week:

With the inspection over, it’s time for Kesho to say goodbye to his home in Dublin Zoo and join a new band of Western Lowland Gorillas in London Zoo. But how will the three adult females take to their young suitor...

When a rare Snow Leopard gives birth to twin cubs in Dublin Zoo only one of them survives and it looks dangerously weak. UCD veterinary hospital do everything they can, but its chances of survival are slim. With 24 hour care required, zookeeper Gerry Creighton takes on the difficult task of hand-rearing the little cub at home….

Zookeeper Peter Phillips notices one of Dublin Zoo’s Fruit Bats is having trouble feeding, and on closer inspection it seems the little mammal has broken a wing. It’s a bad injury, and with time working against them it looks like Vet John Banbridge may have to perform an emergency amputation…

After the success of the White Rhinoceros birth last week there’s a huge amount of excitement surrounding the new arrival. We join the calf as it takes its first animated steps on to the African Plains, and after its first few days safe indoors with his mother, the little rhino is rearing to go...