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Clare Balding

Steve Leonard

Helen Thomas

Serena Davies

Operation Wild: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC One - Operation Wild, Episode 1

Clare discovers how vets in China keep baby pandas alive.

Veterinary science series. Clare discovers how vets in China keep baby pandas alive. Plus, a pioneering operation in Cameroon could transform the life of Shufai the gorilla.

Clare Balding and vet Steve Leonard find out how developments in human medicine are transforming the way sick animals are treated around the world. Clare discovers how vets in China keep baby pandas alive. Plus, a pioneering operation in Cameroon could transform the life of Shufai the gorilla, and an elephant in Laos with a gunshot wound has to have an x-ray at a human hospital.

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Factual: Pets & Animals

Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology

Clare Balding and Steve Leonard join teams of pioneering vets around the world.

Clare Balding and Steve Leonard join teams of pioneering vets around the world who are using the most cutting-edge techniques, often adapted from human medicine, to save the lives of animals.

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