Orphans of the Wild

Season 1

Wild orphaned animals like cheetas, endangered wild dogs ,baboons and Meerkats and more are cared for and loved in Namibia while they recover and are returned to the wild by the Van Meuren Family.

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13 Episodes

  • Painted Pups
    E1
    Painted PupsIn this first episode, we meet Marlice's family - husband Rudie, and son Zacheo. A new orphaned baby baboon with a foot injury arrives at Naankuse and Marlice treats her in the clinic. Back at home the two five month old leopard cubs are causing havoc in the house.
  • Baby Baboons
    E2
    Baby BaboonsAt the entrance gate of Harnas some neighbors give a small orphaned baboon into the care of the orphanage.
  • Signs in the Sand
    E3
    Signs in the SandWhen they lose the UHF signal from a collared leopard they had released in the desert, Marlice and Kiewiet, Naankuse's expert tracker, must look for the animal on foot.
  • Cat Trouble
    E4
    Cat TroubleMarlice's day starts with the big and juvenile baboon troops, but a change in events take her to a neighboring farm to rescue a trapped leopard.
  • The Big Relocate
    E5
    The Big RelocateTwo male leopards and three lions have to swap enclosures - a dangerous exercise.
  • Big Cats and Baby Baboons
    E6
    Big Cats and Baby BaboonsUmbili and Shakira, the two leopard cubs, have been moved out of Marlice's house and into their own enclosure and it's time for the baby baboons to be introduced to the juvenile troop. Nature.
  • New Born
    E7
    New BornA year has gone by since our last episode and a lot has changed at Naankuse. We meet Nicklai, Rudie and Marlice's five month old son. Zacheo now goes to school in Windhoek by bus. Umbili and Shakira have grown quite a bit and were moved to a bigger enclosure, Marlice still feeds them daily before checking up on the wild dogs. Nature.
  • New Beginnings and Sad Endings
    E8
    New Beginnings and Sad EndingsAfter almost two days of tracking a suspected poacher is apprehended on a neighboring farm, but matters turn for the worst when a snared cheetah is found dead. Nature is unforgiving.
  • Operation Wild Dog
    E9
    Operation Wild DogA wild dog with a snakebite wound and a caracal with a broken leg need attention before Marlice checks in on two cheetahs that will soon be released back into the wild.
  • Cheetah Rescue
    E10
    Cheetah RescueThree of the baby baboons are castrated, as Marlice doesn't want them to breed in captivity; and the next day she leaves for the northern part of Namibia to fetch two semi-tame cheetahs whose owner can't look after them any longer.
  • Tooth Trouble and Game Count
    E11
    Tooth Trouble and Game CountMarlice and Rudie take a cheetah with a serious tooth condition to the vet and after the good rains that they have had it is time to do an aerial game count.
  • Preparing for the Big Release
    E12
    Preparing for the Big ReleaseFor their biggest release operation yet, Marlice and Rudie, with the help of others dart, collar and load seven cheetahs and one leopard - all in one day.
  • The Big Release
    E13
    The Big ReleaseIn their biggest operation of this kind yet Rudie and Marlice release seven cheetahs and a leopard in two separate areas of Namibia, Africa.

 

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