About this season
The highs and lows of the vets and volunteers who've given up their day jobs in the UK and moved to South Africa to rescue, rehabilitate and release some of the world's most iconic species of animals.
Episodes (20)
1. Episode 1
Aired 18 May 2020 • 45 min
Vet Emily attempts a life-threatening giraffe relocation, while three warthogs run Emma ragged. And on the Western Cape, marine biologist Alison finds a new way of dealing with plastic pollution.
2. Episode 2
Aired 19 May 2020 • 45 min
Emily has a close call with a lion during a challenging relocation. Harriet searches for an elephant. At the largest orphan rhino sanctuary in the world, a baby rhino isn't putting on enough weight.
3. Episode 3
Aired 20 May 2020 • 45 min
Emma has a very poorly patient, Emily has a hard decision to make when a Cape buffalo is seriously injured, and Anna hopes to help dehorn five white rhinos to make them less valuable to poachers
4. Episode 4
Aired 21 May 2020 • 45 min
Emma looks after an aardvark who needs five-hour walks every night, Jenna and Sean try to discover just how good an elephant's hearing is, and Josie deals with an injured vervet monkey
5. Episode 5
Aired 22 May 2020 • 45 min
Harriet helps with an elephant whose leg has been wounded by a poacher's snare, Debbie is kept busy with nine orphaned baby monkeys, and Emma becomes a surrogate mum to a three-week-old baby hippo.
6. Episode 6
Aired 25 May 2020 • 46 min
Will moves a five-tonne elephant to a new home, Debbie has her hands full with two orphaned baboons, and Alison prepares to release three critically endangered African penguins back into the ocean
7. Episode 7
Aired 26 May 2020 • 45 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 27 May 2020 • 45 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 28 May 2020 • 45 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 29 May 2020 • 45 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 1 June 2020 • 45 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 2 June 2020 • 45 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 3 June 2020 • 45 min
14. Episode 14
Aired 4 June 2020 • 45 min
15. Episode 15
Aired 5 June 2020 • 45 min
16. Episode 16
Aired 8 June 2020 • 45 min
17. Episode 17
Aired 9 June 2020 • 45 min
18. Episode 18
Aired 10 June 2020 • 45 min
19. Episode 19
Aired 11 June 2020 • 45 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 12 June 2020 • 45 min