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Pet Rescue
The team rescues a wild rabbit that has become trapped in wire and has gone into shock.
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| 05.30 |
Animal Crackers
Offbeat antics with the wacky wildlife chums.
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| 06.00 |
Animal Cops Houston
A cat with severe burns is brought into the Houston SPCA, and investigators find the animal's 14-year-old owner brandishing a bottle of lighter fuel.
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| 07.00 |
Meerkat Manor
Flower decides it is time to move because the Whiskers have been at the same burrow for five weeks. Her pregnancy makes her bad-tempered which puts her three daughters Kinkajou, Daisy and Mozart on alert and at risk of eviction from the troop.
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| 07.30 |
Meerkat Manor
Mozart is forced to seek support from the Whiskers clan or risk losing the pups. Meanwhile, Flower has her own new litter, and a well-timed rainstorm ensures there will be plenty of food for the meerkats. Bill Nighy narrates.
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| 08.00 |
Vets on the Wildside
The difficulties of herding rhinos, catching zebras and avoiding crocodiles.
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| 08.30 |
Pet Rescue
Shetland ponies are found living in poor conditions, and a Burmese python lays a clutch of eggs.
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| 09.00 |
Wildlife SOS
The work of volunteers treating sick, injured and orphaned animals at a wildlife sanctuary.
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| 09.30 |
Wildlife SOS
The work of volunteers treating sick, injured and orphaned animals at a wildlife sanctuary.
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| 10.00 |
Animal Precinct
Investigators receive a complaint about an emaciated dog struggling to walk that sparks a manhunt for its owner, and a Labrador faces the possibility of having its leg amputated.
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| 11.00 |
Animal Cops Houston
Chief investigator Charles Jantzen and Debbie Michielson rescue a pack of dogs on the brink of turning feral from its dead owner's property.
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| 12.00 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
Documentary series following the matriarch of a family of African elephants. Echo negotiates treacherous mud to find food.
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| 12.30 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
An elephant kills a Maasai cow, and Echo must keep the family safe when a group of farmers seeks revenge.
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13.00 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
Echo defends her family during a lion attack, and three elephant calves find themselves in trouble for very different reasons.
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| 13.30 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
The elephants look for grazing land in the middle of a drought, but their search brings them into conflict with the Maasai farmers.
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| 14.00 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
Elephants invade an inhabited area while searching for food and trample a farmer to death, leading to one of the animals being put down.
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| 14.30 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
As the drought continues, calves begin to starve and desperate elephants are driven to forage on farms, forcing the Amboseli Trust to intervene.
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| 15.00 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
The reserve receives some long-awaited rainfall, which looks set to save the elephants from starvation - but the downpour arrives too late for one animal.
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| 15.30 |
Echo and the Elephants of Amboseli
Members of the Amboseli Trust risk being trampled on to help an elephant with a spear wound, and try to find a way to stop the animals straying into the farmers' crops.
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| 16.00 |
At the End of My Leash
An expectant couple with a possessive Great Dane seek the help of the dog training team to tame their pooch, which is stressing them out before the baby is born.
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| 16.30 |
At the End of My Leash
A newly-wed man seeks aid from the team in taming his deplorably untrained dogs when his soulmate presents him with an ultimatum.
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| 17.00 |
Animal Cops Houston
Chief investigator Charles Jantzen faces the difficult task of seizing an ill-tempered pot-bellied pig.
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| 18.00 |
Animal Precinct
Inspector Ruiz is forced to confiscate a dog with a neck wound from its owner, and an emaciated dog is suspected of having epilepsy.
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| 19.00 |
Planet Wild
Natural history documentary following the life of the brown bear, the world's largest land-dwelling carnivore, as it struggles to survive in its native habitat - the forests of Sweden.
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| 19.30 |
Grizzly Man
Widely acclaimed by critics and industry peers as one of the best documentaries of 2005, Werner Herzog's film offers a superb study of nature - both human and animal - in all its savage beauty, cruelty and absurdity. Star of the show Timothy Treadwell was a dropout who found redemption living among grizzly bears in the Alaskan wilds for 13 summers, until one of them killed him and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard. Herzog knits together spectacular amateur footage shot by Treadwell with original interview material, to unfold the grizzly man's story. The result provides a salutary lesson in the dangers of over-romanticising wild animals, as well as a fascinating glimpse into a well-intentioned but very troubled soul. Despite its tragic trajectory, the director's wry sense of humour often sparkles through, and Herzog fans won't fail to spot the parallels with the other dreamers and madmen who have populated both his fiction and non-fiction work. A sparse and lovely score by Richard Thompson and some glorious images of bears round out a near-flawless package.
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| 21.30 |
Diary of The Grizzly Man
An attempt to answer some of the questions raised by the provocative documentary film, accompanied by out-takes from the original footage featuring Timothy Treadwell.
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| 22.00 |
Animal Cops Houston
Trischa Price goes to investigate a report of a sick horse, but is confused when she finds discarded hypodermic needles nearby.
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| 23.00 |
Animal Precinct
Inspector Ruiz travels to Harlem to investigate a report of a dog that has been thrown down five flights of stairs, while another dog is found dead on a fire escape.
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