In this week’s episode, Dublin Zoo welcomes two exotic new arrivals who are critically endangered in the wild, a pair of beautiful and highly unusual okapi.
There’s great excitement at the South American house when the keepers say hello to the newest member of the white faced saki family.
And a green iguana keeps Garth guessing with a mysterious foot injury.
In this week’s episode, two newly arrived okapis take their first tentative steps outside into their new habitat.
The zookeepers try to get to the bottom of Leoni the orang-utan’s mysterious cough .
And Yvonne leaves Dublin Zoo to travel deep into the Irish countryside in search of barn owl chicks.
A baby Abyssinian Ground Hornbill needs a helping hand from Eddie and his team.
A vital operation is needed for a young giraffe with severe pain in her leg.
And a rhino calf meets his dad for the first time, and to everyone’s delight, joins his mum for his first clumsy run out in the African plains section.
Garth introduces some new members to the Waldraap ibis flock .
We catch up with the white faced saki family and their rapidly growing youngster.
And Tamu the giraffe’s operation reaches a critical stage.
New babies are born in the Mangabey troop, an interesting method is used to feed a pair of Abyssinian ground hornbill chicks, and an Amur tiger shows signs of a leg injury.
There are a pair of tiny new arrivals in the Pygmy Marmoset habitat. Helen is concerned when one of the Ostrich flock develops a limp. And an Abyssinian Ground Hornbill leaves Dublin Zoo to for a new home in Russia.
Brendan checks up on the Indian Black Buck herd. The pitter patter of tiny new paws on the Red Ruff Lemurs Island. And new arrivals at the Sulawesi Crested Macaque habitat.
The animal care team have their hands full at the elephant habitat with three pregnant elephants to look after.
There are two new females’ additions to the African painted dog pack.
And Casey, a new giraffe from Fota Wildlife Park is welcomed to the Dublin Zoo herd.
This week on The Zoo keeper Susan travels to Brazil to see golden lion tamarins in the wild and learns about the work a conservation organisation does on the ground to help conserve these endangered monkeys.
Other stories include the painted dogs and red capped mangabeys!
A new species of monkey has arrived at Dublin Zoo – four male red-capped mangabeys!
The exciting thing about the new arrival to Dublin Zoo is that the red-capped mangabeys will be sharing the Gorilla Rainforest with the Zoo’s gorilla family. See how the group get on meeting the gorillas for the very first time.