Description
Original Airdate05/18/2020
Following the vets and volunteers of South Africa who rescue extraordinary animals.
Work on the Wild Side
Where to watch Work on the Wild Side
- Free On Demand on Animal Planet
Season 1
18. Animal Colonies
Air Date 06/10/2020
Harriet and the team tackle the problem of human and elephant conflict with an unusual experiment using African honeybees; Alison checks on a colony of Cape fur seals.
17. Living Wild
Air Date 06/09/2020
Jenna and Sean lead forces in vital elephant research; they compare glucose levels in wild elephants with that of similar elephants kept in zoos.
16. Helping the Strong
Air Date 06/08/2020
Partially blind bull elephant Matambu is seriously injured; Harriet and the team are on a race against time to find him; Emily and Annie work with a herd of skittish roan antelope when one bolts and needs to be tracked down.
15. Rare Rhinos
Air Date 06/05/2020
Anna and the team dehorn two rare and dangerous black rhinos; Emma spends months rehabilitating Finya the Black-Backed Jackal for release, but getting her ready to move proves difficult; Jenna and Sean tackle human and elephant conflict.
12. Danger in South Africa
Air Date 01/13/2026
Annie and Will move an infamous pride of lions at the Sibuya Game Reserve; Emma checks on some genets and a bush baby; over at the Vervet Monkey Foundation, Josie introduces some blind and compromised monkeys to their new home.
11. Big, Tall, and Small
Air Date 01/06/2026
Emily oversees a very tricky giraffe capture on the Eastern Cape; at the Care for Wild rhino sanctuary, Rachel's worried about orphan Lily's progress; it's a huge week for Emma, who's releasing six rehabilitated animals back into the wild.
10. Calling the Shots
Air Date 11/18/2025
It's vaccination day at the rhino sanctuary, and Rachel is worried about the orphan hawk, who has an eye infection; on the Eastern Cape, vet Emily is called to help four young sable antelopes who are being bullied by an older dominant male.
9. Land and Sea
Air Date 11/11/2025
There's a new arrival for Josie at the Vervet Monkey Foundation, catching up with eight-week-old Hector the hippo; Alison is on a mission to tag a great white shark; Emily and Annie are called in to help a white rhino with a horn injury.
8. All the Feels
Air Date 11/04/2025
Emily anesthetizes a cheetah; Will bonds with rhino orphan Arthur; Emma has her hands full of a troop of mongooses.
7. Plans and Experiments
Air Date 10/29/2025
Jenna and Sean push the boundaries with a bold new experiment designed to better understand how wild animals interact, communicate, and respond to their environment; Emma takes in a genet - a small and strikingly beautiful nocturnal carnivore.
6. New Homes
Air Date 10/22/2025
Vet Will tackles the challenge of relocating Harry, a feisty five-ton elephant.
5. Baby Animals
Air Date 10/15/2025
Harriet performs emergency surgery on an injured elephant fighting for its life.
4. All Shapes and Sizes
Air Date 10/08/2025
Emma manages Mars the aardvark's demanding walks; Josie nurses an injured vervet monkey back to health.
2. Wake Up Call
Air Date 10/01/2025
Emily has a close call with a lion; Harriet hunts for an elephant; a baby rhino doesn't seem to be putting on enough weight.
1. Vets and Volunteers
Air Date 09/17/2025
Will and Rachael volunteer at the world's largest sanctuary for orphaned rhinos; Emily attempts a life-threatening giraffe relocation, while three warthogs run Emma ragged; Marine biologist Alison finds a new way of dealing with plastic pollution.