Gerry Creighton
The Zoo (2010)
Season 8
Go behind the scenes at Dublin's Phoenix Park zoo and get closer to the animals and its zookeepers. Set in 70 acres, The Zoo welcomes nearly a million visitors a year and is home to more than 600 exotic animals,
Released Jan. 1, 2010
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Watch Providers: Tubi TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex Channel, Dox Amazon Channel, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Quiver Entertainment
Network: RTÉ One
S8E1 - Episode 1
The keepers prepare for the arrival of Sari the Bornean orang-utan, and Asha, the first Asian elephant to be born at Dublin Zoo's Elephant House, is ready to give birth.
Jan. 1, 2017, midnight
S8E2 - Episode 2
Two hand-reared gorillas are integrated into the troop, the keepers await the birth of a southern white rhinoceros, and Susan investigates threats to barn owls in Co Kerry.
Jan. 8, 2017, midnight
S8E3 - Episode 3
Ciaran and Aisleen visit an orang-utan conservation project in Borneo. An intruder disturbs the Asian elephant herd, and the reptile house gets a dinosaur-inspired new look.
Jan. 15, 2017, midnight
S8E4 - Episode 4
The keepers move the crocodiles into their new home, while in Indonesia, Ciaran and Aisleen help rescue orangutans from a forest that is planned to become a palm oil plantation.
Jan. 22, 2017, midnight
S8E5 - Episode 5
A southern white rhinoceros calf meets the rest of its herd for the first time and an elephant takes on the burden of supporting another animal's rejected calf as well as its own.
Jan. 29, 2017, midnight
S8E6 - Episode 6
Sandra travels to Indonesia in search of Sulawesi crested macaques. Back at the zoo, a goeldi monkey is found to be pregnant and painted dog pups emerge from their underground den.
Feb. 5, 2017, midnight
S8E7 - Episode 7
Ken is concerned when a hippopotamus falls ill, and Helen awaits the arrival of a baby white capped mangabey. In Indonesia, Sandra encounters Sulawesi crested macaques.
Feb. 12, 2017, midnight
S8E8 - Episode 8
A southern white rhinoceros calf is born, but keepers are not sure how it will get on with another newborn. A western lowland gorilla is transferred to Antwerp.
Feb. 19, 2017, midnight
Network: RTÉ One
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 42 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 2010
Last Air Date: Feb. 19, 2018, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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