Norin Chai is a brilliant and compassionate veterinarian. For more than twenty years, he has been working to protect and care for wild animals all over the world. In this episode, Norin is faced with the challenge of mending a deep wound on a young elephant’s trunk. Unless action is taken quickly, it could become highly infected and would have to be amputated.

Follow Norin Chai as he travels to the Karongwe Reserve in South Africa to assist with some critical surgical procedures. Without warning, Norin finds himself rushing out into the field in order to save the lives of animals that have been caught in snares and traps set by unscrupulous poachers.

Norin Chai’s latest expedition takes him to the Indonesian island of Sumatra to operate on an adult tigress’ injured paw and examine an orangutan with a potentially contagious respiratory infection. If both procedures are successful, these animals can both be released from captivity.

Norin arrives in Costa Rica to discover a group of sloths have fallen ill to a mysterious disease that threatens to wipe out the entire colony. He must quickly investigate the cause of this epidemic while performing life-saving surgeries on other animals in the hopes of relieving their intense suffering.

Norin has arrived in his ancestral home of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Many decades ago, his family and the local wildlife suffered greatly under the extreme brutality of the Khmer Rouge. Today, all Norin can do is pass on his deep sense compassion and medical expertise to a new generation of veterinarians.