• 2008
  • TV-PG
Shamwari: A Wild Life

Summary Some people can only dream of an African Safari but these wildlife veterinarians get to live that dream everyday. Their office is 45,000 acres of pristine wilderness, teeming with the world's most incredible animals, and the deadliest. This is nature at its finest. See how this game reserve remains a conservation success and loved by adventure travelers the world over. For Discovery Animal Planet. View more details

  • 2008
  • TV-PG

Shamwari: A Wild Life

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Lyndal Davies Johan Joubert Jan Coetzee Peta-Lynn O'Brien

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8.4

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 14, 2008

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Rock Wallaby Productions

Summary Some people can only dream of an African Safari but these wildlife veterinarians get to live that dream everyday. Their office is 45,000 acres of pristine wilderness, teeming with the world's most incredible animals, and the deadliest. This is nature at its finest. See how this game reserve remains a conservation success and loved by adventure travelers the world over. For Discovery Animal Planet. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Sep 14, 2008

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Rock Wallaby Productions

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Shamwari: A Wild Life (2008)

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.1
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!
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.2
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!
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.3
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.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.4
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.
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.5
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.
Episode 6 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.6
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.
Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.7
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.
Episode 8 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.8
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.
Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.9
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.
Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.10
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.
Episode 11 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.11
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.
Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.12
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.
Episode 13 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.13
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.
Episode 14 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.14
Episode 15 • Dec 31, 1969
Episode #1.15
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