Episode Nine

This week:

When a female Western Lowland Gorilla with a big appetite stops eating her food, zookeeper James knows that something is wrong. A number of tests will be required, but procedures on an animal of her size always carry significant risks….

Zookeeper and Veterinary Nurse Aisling Greene takes time off from Dublin Zoo to learn how to hand-rear Cheetah cubs in South Africa. It's a fascinating journey for the young keeper and the knowledge she returns with will be of vital importance to Dublin Zoo and the big cats who live there....

Last year we followed Sumo, a male Sulawesi Crested Macaque, from his old home in England to his new home on the macaque island in Dublin Zoo. He's been busy since he arrived and there’s cause for celebration when some of the females’ bellies are looking a little more swollen than usual....