Safari Vet School

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 12

The brightest young vet students from around the world take on the ultimate test as they are plunged into the African wilderness for a crash hands-on course in animal conservation. Under the guidance of wildlife vet Dr Will Fowlds, whose family have lived on the Amakhala Game Reserve in South Africa for five generations, the students will work long hard days in the extreme environment. Not knowin...

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Safari Vet School

1. Safari Vet School

Tears and terror as straight ‘A’ students from the cream of UK vet schools step up to the life and death challenges of being a wildlife vet. Pinning down animals barely under sedation with claws and teeth that could rip them to sheds, welcome to one of the toughest vet schools in the world.

Air Date : 2012-01-06

Lion and Zebra

2. Lion and Zebra

Sixteen British vet students face a terrifying challenge. Charlotte has never even seen a lion and now has to operate on one; Thom has a stand-off with a very angry zebra. Learning to be a wildlife vet is about to get even tougher.

Air Date : 2012-01-13

Rhino

3. Rhino

The rhino is being poached to extinction. At one of the toughest vet schools in the world 16 British vet students learn what it takes to be a wildlife vet and what they can do in the fight to save the rhino.

Air Date : 2012-01-20

Giraffe

4. Giraffe

A mother and baby giraffe have to be moved to another game reserve, but first they have to be caught. Sixteen British vet students experience the triumph and trials of being a wildlife vet.

Air Date : 2012-01-27

Oryx

5. Oryx

In the wilds of South Africa, UK vet students Thom, Nadia and Natalie, are learning to expect the unexpected when a procedure to capture and remove Oryx doesn’t go to plan.

Air Date : 2012-02-03

Dogs

6. Dogs

TV vet Steve Leonard is pushed to the limit as he is left in charge of 16 students and a hall full of barking dogs. And Nadia gets another chance to act as team leader.

Air Date : 2012-02-10

Lion and Rhino

7. Lion and Rhino

Thom and Camilla come up against big problems when it looks like their captured lion is in trouble. The students deal with black rhino which can be incredibly ferocious.

Air Date : 2012-02-17

Hartebeest

8. Hartebeest

While relocating some hartebeest, Hannah's team are faced with a potentially serious situation when the temperature of one of the anesthetised creatures keeps rising.

Air Date : 2012-02-24

Eland and Giraffe

9. Eland and Giraffe

The students are at the neighbouring Shamwari Game Reserve preparing to capture a herd of eland and a breeding pair of giraffes, but not everything goes to plan.

Air Date : 2012-03-02

Zebra

10. Zebra

The students have to capture a zebra and all seems to be going well until the animal's heartbeat leaps dramatically - can they get things back on course?

Air Date : 2012-03-09

Buffalo

11. Buffalo

Newly qualified vet Sam from Cambridge University is team leader responsible for darting and moving two buffalo - so Will and Steve want to see how he shapes up under pressure.

Air Date : 2012-03-16

Final Episode

12. Final Episode

Last in the series following British veterinary students as they study in South Africa. It is the last day of the course at the school and Rebecca is desperate to prove her worth.

Air Date : 2012-03-23

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