Inside Taronga Zoo

Giraffe Migration. After five years of planning and construction, and at a cost of over 60 million dollars, Taronga Zoo’s African Savannah Precinct is finally finished, and ready for the first residents to move in.

Zoo staff embark on an ambitious, year long undertaking, in an effort to help Naomi the chimpanzee overcome a complicated medical condition in the hope of finally becoming a mother.

Taronga staff teach a badly injured owl how to fly again, keepers reign in a very randy red panda, and three chimpanzees are on the hospital operating table in the same day!

The keepers are hoping that a romantic date between sea lions Charlie and Nala will result in a new pup. Meanwhile, vets have the tricky job of treating a 3-metre-long olive python with chronic back pain.

Zookeepers have noticed that their silverback gorilla, Kibali, has been unwell. To find out what’s going on, they must anaesthetise Kibali and transport him to Taronga’s wildlife hospital. But giving a nearly 200kg gorilla an injection is not as straightforward as it sounds..

A pregnant ringtail lemur is badly injured in a fight and Taronga’s vets have grave concerns for her unborn baby. Plus, Taronga’s staff fight to save an entire species from extinction.

As the largest bushfires on record devastate Australia, Taronga Zoo vets take the battle to save Australian native wildlife to the front line. Plus, a plucky young goat has a star-studded meet-and-greet tour of the zoo.

Taronga attempts to create history by successfully exporting two platypuses to America. Plus, the staff treat a sick funnel-web – the world’s most venomous spider.

Zookeepers have noticed that their silverback gorilla, Kibali, has been unwell. To find out what’s going on, they must anaesthetise Kibali and transport him to Taronga’s wildlife hospital. But giving a nearly 200kg gorilla an injection is not as straightforward as it sounds..