Name: The Zoo
Released: 2011-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Tom Dunne

TV Show · Documentary

Following the day-to-day lives of the zookeepers and animals at Dublin Zoo, the largest zoo in Ireland, also featuring workers leaving the facility to visit animals who live in the wild.

2011 · 23m

Starring Tom Dunne

Director Shane Brennan

EPISODE 1

The Zoo

Two endangered Sumatran tiger cubs are introduced to Dublin Zoo, but concerns arise when the female does not appear to settle in as well as her brother is.
EPISODE 2

The Zoo

A zookeeper notices that Mayani the gorilla seems to be in a lot of pain and on closer inspection it turns out she's got a major problem with her teeth.
EPISODE 3

The Zoo

It's been a few weeks since the female Sumatran tiger cub was diagnosed with a perforated heart and since then she's been on a strict course of physiotherapy to help develop her chest, under the watchful eye of Gerry and his team.
EPISODE 4

The Zoo

The Dublin Zoo thinks it may have found the perfect male to join the large, all-female troop of Sulawesi Crested Macaques, but he's all the way over in Somerset, England.
EPISODE 5

The Zoo

Zookeeper Gareth de Jong takes us on an up-close and personal tour of Dublin Zoo's reptile house as he feeds and introduces some of the zoo's reptiles, including the Burmese pythons, Nile crocodiles and newly born baby chameleons.
EPISODE 6

The Zoo

The female Sumatran tiger cub is back at UCD's veterinary hospital and, after an examination by vet Barbara Gallagher, the cub is sedated for further tests and an appointment with cardio-specialist Anne French.