Vets on the Wild Side
Vets on the Wild Side
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January 1, 1999
Black rhinos were hunted to extinction in South Africa's Cape Province over 100 years ago, but reintroduced from Kenya in the 1960s. Now, Wildlife Vet Pete Morkel leads efforts to reintroduce the original species.
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January 1, 1999
Night falls on Lake Kariba, and wildlife vets set out to capture crocodiles. They move silently across the water, using torches to dazzle the crocs before safely capturing them for disease testing.
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January 1, 1999
At Vaalbos National Park near the Kalahari Desert, Wildlife Vet Paul Meyer spends a day capturing animals for a ranch. He uses helicopters to herd red hartebeest and zebra, then resorts to nets to capture more.
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January 1, 1999
The world's largest game auction happens annually in Natal, and Wildlife Vet Dave Cooper ensures every animal is healthy from capture to transport. We follow the action as a capture team lassos a giraffe, Dave performs surgery on a wildebeest that stops breathing, and we witness the tense bidding process at the auction, where prices soar rapidly and emotions run high.
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January 1, 1999
Oxpeckers, effective for tick control, are in demand by ranchers willing to pay $100 per bird. Wildlife vets Chris Foggin and Janine Honywill capture and translocate them to farms.
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January 1, 1999
Two wildebeest need treatment-one for a cut leg and the other with a horn infection causing maggot infestation near the eye, which Dave Cooper must contemplate euthanizing. Later, Clare Speedy cares for a serval cat with a broken leg.
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January 1, 1999
A young male rhino with a sheath growth requires surgery in Umfolozi, where rhinos are cared for before a major game auction. Though not life-threatening, the growth could worsen.
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January 1, 1999
Buffalo, dangerous yet valuable if disease-free, require constant monitoring for bovine tuberculosis. In Natal, Dave Cooper and the Game Capture team herd, dart, and test thousands of buffalo with helicopter assistance.
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January 1, 1999
Wildlife vets test milder anesthetics on nyalas in the cool early hours, minimizing animal stress during captures. Dave Cooper, responsible for Hluhluwe-Umfolozi's 97,000 hectares, is joined by Kruger vet Douw Grobler to assess the drug's viability for use in South Africa.
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January 1, 1999
This episode explores game capture techniques for rhinos, zebras, and how to avoid crocodile attacks. Using helicopters and dart guns with the immobilizing drug M99, which works in 6-8 minutes, teams track and sedate animals.
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January 1, 1999
Zimbabwe's Imire Game Sanctuary works to protect black rhinos, whose numbers had dropped to around 200 due to poaching. Vet Chris Foggin darts a young calf as part of a long-term breeding effort to boost the population.
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January 1, 1999
In Kruger National Park, vets test a new elephant contraception method. A helicopter transports a wildlife vet to locate a young female elephant previously vaccinated and fitted with a radio collar for a pilot program.
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January 1, 1999
In South Africa's Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve, covering 97,000 hectares of rugged terrain, wildlife vet Dave Cooper faces a demanding day. He treats a rhino with battle wounds, a lion with a toothache, and vaccinates lion cubs, showcasing the challenges of wildlife care in the vast reserve as he navigates the misty valleys of northern Zululand to protect the animals under his watch.
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Vets on the Wild Side is a series categorized as a new series. Spanning 1 seasons with a total of 13 episodes, the show debuted on 1999. The series has earned no reviews from both critics and viewers.
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