Go behind the scenes at Dublin's Phoenix Park zoo and get closer to the animals and its zookeepers. Set in 70 acres, The Zoo welcomes nearly a million visitors a year and is home to more than 600 exotic animals,
Where to Watch The Zoo • Season 4
10 Episodes
Episode 1
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Episode 1Budai is a playful and boisterous young male Indian elephant and a favourite amongst the zookeepers, but when he starts to prove too much of a handful for the females in the herd, the keepers are forced to make some difficult decisions.
Episode 2
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Episode 2Last year the keepers in the Californian sealion section were devastated to lose Danny, the patriarch of the sealion group. But all was not lost and the keepers make a delightful discovery when they realise that Sienna the sealion is pregnant.
Episode 3
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Episode 3Little DJ the baby Californian sealion has been receiving loads of loving care from his mother sienna. But he still hasn’t had his first swim in the pool, and his mother is anxious to help him learn.
Episode 4
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Episode 4As hatching season approaches, Eddy and his team are busy monitoring the Chilean flamingos in Dublin Zoo’s flamingo pond.
Episode 5
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Episode 5The moment Ciaran and his team have been preparing for has finally arrived. Upali, a magnificent Indian Bull Elephant joins the herd in Dublin Zoo. But how will the all female herd take to him, many of whom have never seen an adult bull elephant before?
Episode 6
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Episode 6Ciarán welcomes two Asian lionesses to Dublin Zoo to start a new breeding programme for this endangered species. A new habitat has been built especially for them, but how will they take to their new environment?
Episode 7
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Episode 7A young male Californian sea lion is about to join the group in Dublin Zoo, but how will the females take to the new arrival?
Episode 8
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Episode 8Tremendous excitement at the African Plains when a baby rhino is due to be born.
Episode 9
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Episode 9Brendan travels to the rainforests of Borneo in search of wild orang-utans.
Episode 10
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Episode 10Brendan continues his journey through the rainforests of Borneo, where he fulfils a lifetime ambition by meeting wild orang-utans in their natural habitat.
