A look behind the scenes at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park. In this episode, there is trouble in paradise for sun bears Babu and Rotana.
Behind the scenes with animals and keepers at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park. The giant pandas keep everyone on their toes, while monkey Dennis gets hurt in a fight.
New babies at both Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are keeping everyone busy - from lion cubs and deer to penguins and parrots.
Behind the scenes with animals and keepers at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park. A fast-disappearing Scottish species is thrown a lifeline and it is time for two zebras to begin a new life.
There Is enrichment for the meerkats and wolverines, cuddly koala Kolari has a nasty eye infection and the flamingos show off their unusual nest-building skills.
It’s training time for barn owls Rowan and Cedar, and for Dharma the Sumatran tiger. And Keeper Sarah is hoping she will have a baby armadillo to look after.
Pedicures for goats and horses, and giant popsicles for polar bears – it’s all in a day’s work at Highland Wildlife Park. And the vets at Edinburgh Zoo deal with a zebra with arthritis.
There are Arctic fox and snow leopard cubs to be cared for at Highland Wildlife Park. Meanwhile, at Edinburgh Zoo everyone is hoping for a bumper bird-breeding season.
It’s the new breeding season at Penguins Rock. There are high hopes for a new polar bear cub at Highland Wildlife Park. Sumatran tiger Lucu is due his annual booster vaccination.
A major breed-and-release conservation project is under way to save Scotland’s wildcats. Elsewhere, a young bird shatters her leg and Yang Guang proves giant pandas are as clever as they are cute
Keepers and vets work through the night with hopes for a giant panda pregnancy, and it’s an anxious time as a pair of cassowaries are introduced. Meanwhile, Gelada baboon Negus goes into surgery.
Keepers await the arrival of a baby pygmy hippo, and a pair of snow leopards is introduced - but is it a love match?
There is cheeky chimp action at the Budongo Trail exhibit, the sloths get acquainted at a predictably slow pace, but there is hope for speedier results with tigers Botzman and Dominika.
There is excitement at Penguins Rock as the first chicks arrive, a tiny tenrec has a nasty bout of tooth trouble, and there is happiness and heartache for the takin herd keepers.
There is flight training for the birds of Animal Antics and excitement as the birth of tiger cubs draws closer. Meanwhile, the chimps show off their brain power by playing computer games.
It's busy in the reptile section with snake feeding and the arrival of some geckos. An elderly zebra has worrying dental problems and there's a sad discovery.
The zoo’s oldest penguin, Mrs Wolowitz, is injured after a fight. In Koala Territory it’s time for the weekly weigh in. The sun bears entertain the crowds while hunting for food.
At Highland Wildlife Park the camel enclosure gets a spring clean and polar bear Walker goes on a diet. Edinburgh Zoo prepares to welcome back giraffes after a 17-year absence.
