It is a busy week for our vet Johan Joubert and off to a bad start when they need to protect a female rhino from a large bull. Then it is up at the animal hospital to help a four hours old giraffe survive. During this episode we also manage to capture some incredible footage - a cheetah killing an antelope - and a stand-off at the watering hole between a pride of lions and a black rhino!
Johan ends up with a buffalo up his backside when one of the animals they are testing wakes up. We have a difficult decision to make, rescue an orphaned baby elephant or leave it to die a slow, cruel death in the bush. The lion pride starts hunting and their prey is leading them straight toward our ranger. And it's a second chance at life for two leopards rescued from a zoo in Europe. Born free!
A rhino turns its full fury on the game capture truck lifting the whole 14 tons off the ground - with everyone standing on the back! Things start to go crazy when we introduce our orphaned baby elephant to his new playmate - a sheep called Albert. A worker is gored and has to be airlifted to the hospital. We also manage to capture some incredibly rare footage of two leopards playing up a storm.
Jack Hanna and Marlin Perkins never had to hold down a lion then run for their lives like Johan. The struggle continues to get our baby elephant Themba to drink milk or die. And the game capture team is tackling the world's deadliest animal, the hippo. On a lighter note, Melvin our orphaned giraffe experiences rain for the first time. Talk about animal adventures.
An elephant has gone down in a bad position and has stopped breathing. The team needs to push it onto its side or it will die. We watch the miraculous birth of a giraffe. High flying action as the wildlife team tries to bring in a herd of antelope. The fight is on to save a severely dehydrated baby warthog. They might be the ugliest babies in the world but these pigs are seriously entertaining.
An adult leopard has been caught in a trap on a nearby farm, which leads to a most dangerous rescue. It's playtime when Themba gets a new toy. An intern almost ends up squashed by a ton of antelope. A large bull elephant causes havoc in one of the workers homes. And the game capture team brings in a herd of zebra - just one kick from these animals can kill instantly.
This time our intern narrowly avoids being trampled by a herd of stampeding wildebeest. Come on! Our wildlife team becomes trapped in the middle of a rhino sandwich. The rescued lion is not too happy about his vasectomy. The animal hospital fights to save a rare mountain zebra that has been kicked by a stallion. And we capture some incredible footage - a large leopard tortoise laying eggs.
Johan crash tackles an adult cheetah after it fails to succumb to the tranquilizer and almost ends up falling asleep on the electric fence. Melvin our baby giraffe is heading out into the bush for the first time. Our rangers slip out at night to track predators. And tragedy strikes, poachers go after rhino horn. It's such a terrible waste - we find a large bull riddled with bullets.
We need to capture five lions to move them to another game reserve. One mistake could cost you your life as Johan finds out when one of the lions wakes unexpectedly. Out on the reserve we witness a baby rhino feeding. And then rescue 5 baby wildebeest that have been abandoned by their herd. Meerkats too. Bonus- walking with a hippo, how to stay alive when you are facing Africa's biggest killer.
The Born Free lions are about to be taught a very important lesson that could save their lives. It's all hands on deck as the team struggles to push a rhino into a traveling crate. If any of the 5 lions being flown to another game reserve wakes it will be a disaster. And love is in the air for Africa's antelope as we witness the blesbuck mating ritual.
Capturing a large bull elephant almost ends in disaster. Rare white lion cubs have just been born at Shamwari's sister reserve Sanbona. Our intern makes a huge mistake and ends up trapped in the middle of a herd of gemsbok with lance like horns. Hold back the tears as we say goodbye to Melvin the orphaned giraffe. The race is on to bring in an escaped leopard before it is shot by farmers.
Johan has a rather sensitive procedure to perform, operating on a rhino's penis. The wild dogs have escaped and the team must now battle to get them back before they start killing livestock. A tic infestation is causing major problems with the buffalo herd. We witness a world first - an elephant and sheep playing together. Never a dull moment at this African National Park.
A lion cub with a broken leg checks in to the animal hospital for emergency treatment. A new bunch of trainees get down and dirty with their first exam - the art of camouflage. The team races to save an elephant hit by a train. And Albert the sheep is causing havoc. He has become overly protective of his buddy Themba the elephant and seems intent on chasing all the other orphans away from him.
Antelope needs emergency treatment; 2 rhinos are found dead in the river.
The team tracks a black rhino; a leopard cub goes missing; Albert the sheep is ready to be shorn.
Elephant doesn't recognize sheep; lion cubs meet foster parents; ranger trainees undergo a prank.
Lions rescued from French circus; game capture team tracks springbok; trainees fish for scorpions.
A tranquilized elephant goes missing; two feisty young caracals check into the hospital.
A black rhino wakes up early; lion has a toothache; wild dogs escape for a second time.
Team helps an injured hippo; cheetah cubs learn to hunt; white lions again released into the wild.
The capture team searches for a female buffalo; lioness undergoes surgery; rhino is tangled in wire.
Tick epidemic in the oryx herd; a leopard attacks a giraffe; two lions escape from enclosure.
A herd of hartebeest prove to be a challenge; a sunburned hippo; repairing a tortoise's shell.
A successful elephant capture; rhino attacks a crate; leopards have transmitters replaced.
Johan must prevent hippo family from escaping; tragedy strikes elephant herd; hyena caught in trap.
Tranquilized black rhino wakes up early and endangers Lyndal; orphaned elephant gets a playmate.
Baby wildebeest is rescued; herd of angry elephants charge a ranger; arrival of two white lion cubs.
Tracking an orphaned baby hippo; Jason finds a giraffe eating a bone; a meerkat gets a bath.
A Cape mountain zebra gets a much needed manicure.
Relocating three hippos; an injured black rhino; tranquilizing a red hartebeest.
Vet takes a rhino for a walk; an injured zebra is brought to the hospital; jackal pups get a bath.
Ostriches; Jason goes in on foot with a hippo; the anti-poaching unit on night patrol.
Orphaned baby rhino doesn't make friends; leopardess has transmitter implanted; elephant drowns.
Bees swarm the reserve; giraffe struck by lightning; leopard attacks cheetah; lion cubs get a bath.
Elephant rescued from quarry with a crane; baby warthog makes a friend; feeding the white lion cubs.
A pride of lion interferes with a rhino capture; eagle gets a second chance at life; termite mounds.
Angry oryx; orphaned baby giraffe; an elephant shrew; lion cubs meet their mother through a fence.
Tranquilizing an elephant; jackal feeding frenzy; white lion cubs meet their mother face to face.
A mother rhino and young calf are butchered for their horns; rhino calf gets stuck in a mud pool.