Original title
The Zoo: San Diego
Released
8/10/2019
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary, Reality
Production companies
Left/Right
Status
Cancelled
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
18
An all-access look at two parks: the world-class San Diego Zoo, voted #1 zoo in the world, and the one-of-a-kind, 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Zoo: San Diego will showcase the stories of some of the more than 3,500 animals that call these remarkable places home.
A baby klipspringer is born on one of the coldest nights of the season and is miraculously nursed back to health. The California condor team at the Safari Park goes to unbelievable lengths to save this highly endangered species.
Hunter the koala is ready for a mate. Jaws the Galápagos tortoise isn't feeling well, and the zoo staff works to bring him out of his shell. The Safari Park has not one but two baby giraffe calves that need to be hand-reared simultaneously.
There will be no peace in the world for the hamadryas baboons until Impo finds his mate; luckily, the San Diego Zoo keepers have a plan. Two young cheetah cubs are training to become animal ambassadors with the help of their experienced canine guide.
Safari Park keepers prepare Aria the rambunctious black rhino for her new life on the open African Plains exhibit. Zoo staff cares for 15-year-old legend M'bari the lion and his mate, Etosha. A vulture chick learns to eat from a surrogate puppet.
The Zoo says goodbye to beloved pandas Bai-Yun and Xiao Liwu as mother and cub prepare to return to China. Tembo the retired "Hollywood" elephant tries traditional Chinese medicine for her arthritis. The Butterfly Jungle gets colored for the season.
After six years away, Mek the tiger returns to the Zoo. Two shy tree kangaroos, Spike and Polly, meet for the first time. And, with the Children's Zoo under construction, the keepers have to move over 100 animals, including a herd of reluctant goats.
Safari Park keepers say goodbye to two elephant brothers. Can the San Diego Zoo vets design a custom shoe for Felix, an excitable three-toed Baird's Tapir? And, two African Penguin chicks grow up and get ready to join the colony.
Mkhaya, the youngest baby elephant in the Safari Park herd, learns to use her trunk. Will Alba the Andean bear become a first-time mom? Zoo vets examine Mandazzi the gorilla, and Jeff the snake chaser looks for he elusive costal patch nose snake.
A southern white rhino is pregnant with a calf that could be key in saving a species from extinction; Connor the Malayan tiger has tooth trouble; a new bird keeper learns to feed the shoebill; polar bears exercise their hunting skills on live prey.
Hippo Funani welcomes an addition and staff raise an orphaned koala.
Hyena brothers Puru and Tuli prepare to share a habitat with the lions.
A pair of rescued mountain lion cubs are ready for their new habitat. Plus, a white rhino undergoes an intense procedure in the hope of saving the species!
A gazelle surprises the staff after moving into the former hog habitat.
The staff develop an innovative course of treatment when a cheetah has an injury; the zoo hosts the only pair of platypuses outside Australia.
When lesser flamingo eggs and chicks are being preyed upon, the team makes a nerve-wracking decision; Wallaby Thelma and her joey Everest become ambassador animals; a new perch is created for Stuart, the young fishing cat.
Koala joeys Boomeri and Noorundi become roommates.
The staff hopes for a mating match between the black rhino newcomers, Kendi and Aria; the zoo cares for an abandoned beaded lizard found in a local yard; the meerkat mob are put on a new furry diet.
Abigail the century-old Galapagos tortoise undergoes surgery.
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