Inside the Zoo

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Behind the sceness at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.

Documentary that goes behind the scenes with animals and keepers at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.

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Harry Bell

Tern Television Productions Ltd

Inside the Zoo: Series 2: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 2

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There is cheeky chimp action at the Budongo Trail exhibit.

There is cheeky chimp action at the Budongo Trail exhibit, the sloths get acquainted at a predictably slow pace, but there is hope for speedier results with tigers Botzman and Dominika.

With the focus on the well-being of the animals, enrichment is used to maintain both physical and mental health. By providing challenges and stimulation, the keepers aim to encourage natural behaviours different species would have in the wild.

For the chimpanzees, this means finding clever ways of getting porridge out of lengths of tubing, while for the crowned lemurs it involves an eclectic collection of old fire hoses, yoghurt, corn flakes and camelia flowers.

Introducing a pair of tigers is a tense business when they are capable of badly injuring, or even killing, each other, but it has to be done if there is to be a possibility of breeding. Also at Highland Wildlife Park, senior keeper Mo checks in with the elk and bison.

A newly arrived pair of sloths are put together for the first time, and it’s a predictably long, drawn-out affair. Meanwhile, the zoo’s large group of rainbow lorikeets is leaving Edinburgh, and when the bird team hand-rear some chicks it becomes clear that the ugliest youngsters often turn out to be the most beautiful adults.

Narrated by Gail Porter.

Inside the Zoo: Series 2

A BBC TV channel for Scotland which will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland


Series taking a look behind the scenes at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.

Series taking a look behind the scenes with animals and keepers at Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park.

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