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Animal Park

Factual: Pets & Animals

Summer 2023

Kate Humble and Ben Fogle go behind the scenes at Longleat Safari Park.

Cute critters and caring keepers. Kate Humble and Ben Fogle explore Longleat Safari Park, meeting a host of exotic, fascinating animals and the people who look after them.

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Kate Humble

Ben Fogle

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Jean Johansson

Mark Davenport

Cas Casey

Lena Piper

Joff Wilson

James Mair

Gareth Sacala

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Animal Park: Compilation Specials: Love Stories 2

Love Stories 2

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A love triangle causes a scandal on penguin island, but who will be left on the shelf?

Keepers have their fingers crossed that their European wolves will mate, and Anne the elephant befriends some notoriously greedy grazers.

As temperatures at Longleat Safari Park soar so too do pulses on Penguin Island as a love triangle emerges between Peaches, Rhianna and two-timing rogue Redley. But the keepers hope this scandal is short-lived because they are desperate for chicks. They want a happy couple to emerge from the heartache, but the consequence is inevitable - sadly one poor penguin will be left on the shelf. Who will it be? Ben Fogle and Kate Humble get all the gossip.

The carnivore team are hopeful that their pair of European wolves will breed, bringing some much-longed-for wolf pups to the park. But how do you get wolves in the mood for love? And can the cameras capture them mating and reassure the keepers that they are a successful match?

The keepers want to ensure that elephant grandmother Anne isn’t lonely in retirement so they recruit some new goat housemates for her. But what will Anne make of these notoriously greedy grazers? Jean Johansson witnesses these cheeky bleaters helping themselves to the contents of Anne’s larder so let’s hope the match lasts. 

Meanwhile over in the African Safari, Kate gets her hands dirty, all in the name of science, as keepers get her to pick up a poo or two.

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