Na Gleidheadairean (The Animal Keepers)

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Na Glèidheadairean/The Animal Keepers

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Following keepers across the seasons at the wildlife parks and zoos in Scotland.

A’ leantainn glèidheadairean rè nan ràithean aig pàircean fiath-bheathaichean na h-Alba. Following keepers across the seasons at the wildlife parks and zoos in Scotland.

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Patricia Macleod

Scott Brown

Ishbel Maclennan

Jonny Craigmile

Na Glèidheadairean/The Animal Keepers: Series 1: Episode 3

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At Highland Wildlife Park, Judith has to check the Amur tiger’s enclosure.

At Highland Wildlife Park, Judith has to check the Amur tiger’s enclosure before she can let Dominika out for her breakfast.  

Beathaichean a tha a’ tàladh a’ phobaill agus nan tlachd mòr dhaibh. Ach dè mu dheidhinn na daoine a tha a’ frithealadh nam beathaichean sin fad na bliadhna: na glèidheadairean. Chì sinn an càirdeas a tha eatorra, an urram a th’ aca dha chèile agus an obair a tha an lùib a bhith a’ cumail an leithid a’ dol. 
An t-seachdain sa, aig Pàirc Safari Blàr Dhruiminn tha Graeme a’ coimhead as deidh na sròn-adharcaich agus na siorafan.  

Tha iad air a bhith fo chùram fad naoi bliadhna, ach an ceann mios neo dhà tha e a’ gluasad gu roinn nan leomhann-mara.  Feumaidh Graeme iomadh seisean trèanaidh a dhèanamh mus urrainn dha a dhol mu choinneamh an t-sluaigh.

Aig Pàirce Fiadh-bheatha na Gàidhealtachd feumaidh Judith sgrudadh a’ dhèanamh air crò Dominika an tìgear Amur as deidh stoirm is dìle troimhn’ oidhche. Feumaidh i a dhèanamh cinnteach gu bheil an fheansa slàn mus leig i Dominika mu sgaoil.  Agus tha a' choimhearsnachd ionadail a' cumail taic ris a’ phàirce: tha Oighreachd Albhaidh air cothrom a thairgse dha Andy, le taghadh math de gheugan ri fhaighinn.

The wildlife parks and zoos in Scotland are huge visitor attractions and home to all types of creatures – exotic and endangered, large and small. Through the eyes of their keepers, we get to know the animals and their individual personalities. We learn about the conservation work and the husbandry: the feeding, the care, the welfare, the enrichment, the training and the breeding programmes as well as the endless graft - all in a day in the life of a keeper.  

At Blair Drummond Safari Park, Graeme has worked with the rhinos and the giraffes for nine years, but in a few weeks time he is moving to the sea-lion section.  He needs several training sessions under the expert eye of Stuart.

At Highland Wildlife Park, Judith has to check the Amur tiger’s enclosure before she can let Dominika out for her breakfast. After a night of storms and heavy rain, she needs to ensure that the fence is secure. And, the local community helps to support the park in many ways: the Alvie estate has given Andy the chance to collect browse from their forests.

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