Animal Rescue Squad
Synopsis
Protecting animals around the world
This new series follows the urgent work being carried out to save and protect animals around the world. From large scale conservation projects protecting endangered species, to tiny wildlife sanctuaries rescuing injured animals and the life or death dramas that unfold in vet's surgeries.
This brings you real stories of real rescues. Each fast-moving show features three very diverse and compelling stories. Animal Rescue Squad’s roving reporter, Michaela Strachan, is out and about in South Africa, Florida and California lending a hand with life-saving animal rescues, rehabilitations and releases. Michaela’s passion for wildlife is infectious and she gets stuck in to helping wherever she can from saving a puppy, accidentally poisoned with disinfectant in a South African township, to releasing two stranded turtles in Florida and even helping out with physiotherapy when a baby dolphin makes medical history as he’s fitted with a false tail.Meanwhile, the UK teams are following the crucial work of animal and pet rescue teams who have to deal with everything from saving retired greyhounds from neglect and possible death, rescuing and rehabilitating stranded seals before releasing them back into the wild and even finding a new mate for an overweight and lovelorn parrot.Each episode also includes an update on daily dramas of a team of busy vets. Their daily work means the difference between life and death and Jason, Jacqui and the rest of the team are dedicated to the poorly pets who come through the doors of their surgery every day.Animal Rescue Squad is a regular feature in Five’s early evening schedule leading into the Five news programme.
Duration
30 x 30'
Definition
SD
Genre
Nature and Wildlife
Subgenre
Factual Entertainment
Producer
True North Productions