The Zoo

7:30pm – Monday, May 31 on Seven

This week on THE ZOO, Tony the much loved Giraffe is suffering from arthritis, and is in constant pain. The keepers decide to try something new… Giraffe acupuncture.

The Corroboree frog is critically endangered with only around 150 left in the wild. A team from Taronga travel to the Snowy Mountains in the hope of finding eggs that they hope will help save a species.

One of Taronga’s Zebra’s is moving to Werribee, when another one is arriving… But how will this double move go when you are dealing with a very flighty animal?

A Greater Glider has been bought into the vet hospital after flying into a barbed wire fence. He is seriously injured and keepers doubt if he will ever be able to be released back into the wild.

THE ZOO is presented and narrated by MELISSA DOYLE, and follows behind the scenes action at Australia’s top zoos.

7:30pm – Monday, May 24 on Seven

Presented by MELISSA DOYLE, THE ZOO follows behind the scenes action at Australia’s top zoos.

From breeding and rehabilitation programs to the ongoing care and efforts to save some of our most critically endangered species, THE ZOO’s cameras capture all aspects of daily life with unprecedented access.

We get to know the real heroes of any zoo; the keepers and vets, the team of amazing men and women who dedicate their lives to caring for these remarkable animals.

7:30pm – Monday, May 10 on Seven

A very special elephant is about to give birth, an orang-utan needs treatment for eye trouble and zoo staff are called in to catch a venomous snake on the loose in a house, this week on THE ZOO.

At Melbourne Zoo, Dookoon is due to give birth any day now but with the baby facing the wrong way there are fears keepers may have to intervene. She is Australia’s first elephant born from artificial insemination.

Perth Zoo’s 33-year-old orang-utan Hsing Hsing (Sing Sing) gets a visit from an eye specialist who usually treats humans as a last ditch effort to help her.

A petrified husband at a house near Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary is hoping keepers can find and catch a venomous snake which is making itself at home.

And at Taronga Park Zoo, a breeding program is in place to build on the one remaining Little Penguin colony in NSW. These cute creatures find the going tough in the wild, but is breeding them any easier.

Presented and narrated by MELISSA DOYLE, THE ZOO follows behind the scenes action at Australia’s top zoos.

7:30pm – Monday, May 3 on Seven

A tiger with a sore toe, a stallion steps in to save a rare breed of horse, a platypus moves house and a peregrine falcon needs help if he’s to fly over 200km/h again, this week on THE ZOO.

Melbourne Zoo’s favourite tiger has a sore toe and needs to be anesthetised to see what is wrong but disaster strikes when vets can’t feel a pulse.

The Przewalski Horse is extinct in the wild but at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo keepers are striving to keep the species alive. The have their fingers crossed when a new stallion is brought into their herd to breed.

At Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Barak the platypus is moving to a new home interstate but he must fly business class to get there.

And at Taronga Zoo, an injured perigrine falcon has just arrived with a broken wing and is unable to fly. Vets work to fix this majestic bird’s wing so he can once again fly at speeds of over 200km per hour

Presented and narrated by MELISSA DOYLE, THE ZOO follows behind the scenes action at Australia’s top zoos.

The AFL again are experimenting with Monday Night AFL, scheduling a St Kilda Vs Carlton game for the night of Monday, May 10, 2010.

The game will again be aired on Seven. On that night, the game will air from 8pm in Melbourne and Adelaide, and 8.30pm in Perth. The Zoo will remain at 7.30pm. In Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, Find My Family will remain on at 8pm. 30 Rock will follow the AFL at 11.45, and air at 11.05 in Sydney and Brisbane. Sydney and Brisbane can see the AFL from 11.35pm.

On Monday May 10, Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, and Trauma will not be seen at all. The three shows return Monday May 17. Seven Sydney and Brisbane will air a yet to be named movie at 8.30pm Monday May 10.

With the Bounce now axed, there is the possibility that Cougar Town and How I Met Your Mother will also be held off and moved possibly moved to another timeslot or 7TWO. Both shows have been performing poorly – wedged between Footy shows and varying (of late) 9.30 programming – so it will come as no surprise if Seven schedule repeats of Criminal Minds which rates well for them in that timeslot.

Seven’s Thursday night has been performing very poorly for them, and has been attributed to the network losing the previous week (week 17) of ratings to Nine.

With the Bounce gone this week, and Amazing Race staring this Thursday April 29 at 9.30, it could be an appropriate time for Seven to revamp Thursday nights completely. At this stage, the Matty Johns show remains in Sydney and Brisbane while the AFL states will see the Vicar of Dibley from 7.30pm Thursday April 29.

The Zoo.

Narrated by Melissa Doyle, the Zoo returns with season four on Monday April 19, at 7.30pm.

The Zoo – Mondays, 7.30pm from April 19.

Find My Family

Presented by Jack Thompson, season three of Find My Family kicks off on Monday April 19, at 8pm – a break from its traditional Tuesday night timeslot.

Find My Family – Mondays, 8.00pm from April 19.

Dog Squad.

Seven’s new comer to their factual programming stable is called Dog Squad and will premiere at 7.30pm Wednesday, April 21. The series is about working dogs on the front line. New Crash Investigation Unit follows at 8pm.

Dog Squad – Wednesdays, 7.30pm from April 21.

On April 14, 7.30pm Seven presents a special called “Brace for Impact – Inside the Hudson Air Crash” which of course is the story of the commercial airliner that landed in the Hudson River, New York early 2009. The special will feature never before seen footage and commentary.

Following the Pacific on Wednesday, April 21, at 9.40pm will be repeats of Criminal Minds. The show rates well for Seven – even when they show repeats so it should help the network maintain a high share for the night.

Seven’s regular 7.30pm programming from Sunday April 18, will look like this:

Sunday 7.30 Border Security. 8.00 The Force – Behind the LIne
Monday 7.30 The Zoo. 8.00 Find My Family
Tuesday 7.30 Australia’s Got Talent
Wednesday 7.30 Dog Squad. 8.00 Crash Investigation Unit
Thursday 7.30 The Bounce (AFL Markets) / The Matty Johns Show (NRL markets)
Friday 7.30 Better Homes and Gardens (Sometimes bumped by AFL in some markets)
Saturday 7.30 Usually movies.

The incredible true story of Taronga Zoo’s miracle elephant calf, Pathi Harn, will be told in a special presentation of The Zoo, Miracle at The Zoo, making its world premiere on Monday, April 12 at 7.30pm.

The special will be hosted by 2010 most popular presenter Logie Award nominee Melissa Doyle and lead into a new series of The Zoo, starting April 19.
 
Channel Seven’s cameras have been there for every stage of Pathi Harn’s young life, from the news he had died in his mother Porntip’s womb to the shock birth and his days now spent wallowing in the mud and playing with his cousin, Luk Chai.

With exclusive access to the elephant enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, Miracle at The Zoo offers viewers the ultimate images to show just why Pathi Harn has captured the hearts of so many.

“The pictures are extraordinary. The footage of Pathi Harn’s birth and the events which followed is unforgettable,” says Doyle.

The story of Pathi Harn, the second elephant born as part of Taronga’s successful breeding program, has confounded vets and elephant experts at every turn.

His life was cut short before it even began when he was declared dead in the womb by experts who couldn’t find any of the usual signs of a healthy foetus.

The Zoo’s cameras were there while the elephant keepers and vets monitored Porntip’s labour and their hopes of a successful birth dwindled by the hour.

The cameras also captured the unexpected early morning birth and the remarkable events which followed, including the work of the zoo staff which saved him from what could have been a certain death.

As Pathi Harn recuperates and finds his feet within the herd, we find out precisely why he was nicknamed “Mr Shuffles” and meet an increasingly cheeky little elephant.
 
After watching this special, there will be no confusion as to why this delightful young elephant was named Pathi Harn, the Thai word for “miracle”.

The Zoo – Miracle at The Zoo, Monday, April 12, 7.30pm on Channel Seven

Channel Seven’s cameras have exclusively captured the moment Australia welcomed its first baby elephant today.

The incredible vision will be shown in a special episode of The Zoo airing this Tuesday, July 7 at 7.30pm.

The Zoo host Melissa Doyle is delighted to present this special episode.

“We’ve been there since the beginning when we first learned of the pregnancy. The Zoo has followed the remarkable first-time mum throughout her pregnancy and we’re thrilled to end with the safe arrival of this calf,” she says.

The Zoo will include exclusive images of the birth, labour and pregnancy.

The male calf was delivered by its mother Thong Dee at 3.08am after a three hour labour at Taronga Zoo’s elephant barn. Thong Dee was initially surprised by her calf and took some time to calm down before keepers could introduce her to her baby.

Taronga is monitoring both mother and calf and say early signs indicate that both are doing well.

The Zoo airs Tuesday at 7.30pm on Channel Seven.

7:30pm – Tuesday, June 30 on Seven

This week on THE ZOO, a potentially deadly hyena birth is caught on camera; Melbourne Zoo’s favourite giraffe faces a medical mystery; a penguin is caught hook, line and sinker; and a baby quokka faces life as an orphan.

The much misunderstood spotted hyena is about to give birth at Monarto Zoo in South Australia. For the first time, it will be captured on camera as mum, Kigali, produces young with a full set of teeth and claws! There’s a chance the cubs will battle it out, with only one left strong enough to survive.

Keepers at Melbourne Zoo are faced with a medical mystery. One of their favourite residents, Makulu the 18-year-old male giraffe, has been bleeding in his urine and it seems to be getting worse. Unsure of the cause, a team of specialists have been called in to try and save Makulu.

A quokka baby is rescued from her mum’s pouch when her mother is too sick to look after her. Now, Taronga Zoo keeper Sam Elton must raise little Poppy-Lou until she’s grown up.

At the Taronga Wildlife Hospital, vets treat a little penguin with fishing line wounds to his leg. But the wounds may just be the start of a much bigger problem.

Presented and narrated by MELISSA DOYLE, THE ZOO follows behind the scenes action at Australia’s top zoos.

7:30pm – Tuesday, June 23 on Seven

This week on THE ZOO, bush rats overrun an exclusive Sydney suburb; an elderly black rhino loses her appetite; an oryx suffers an identity crisis; the siamangs go ape when separated; and an oil spill spells disaster in Queensland.

Six bush rats are caught in the outer suburbs of Sydney to take the first step in a grand mission: to beat the introduced feral black rats that have taken over Mosman. Taronga Zoo’s Grainne Cleary oversees the project.

At Taronga’s Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Musi the African black rhino is getting old and is avoiding her food. Vets need to find out what’s going on. But taking a look inside the mouth of a black rhino is no easy task.

Bo, the scinitar horned oryx, has been handraised by keepers after his mother died during birth. He now counts a goat as his best friend. But soon he’ll be big enough to rejoin his family, which means saying goodbye to the goat and learning how to be an oryx.

The siamang ape pair at Adelaide Zoo hate to be separated. But when Irian has a broken arm he needs to leave his partner behind while he undergoes treatment. It seems it is true that distance makes the heart grow fonder and it’s not long before they’re celebrating a new addition to the family.

After a devastating oil slick off the coast of Queensland, many pelicans have been stricken by oil. Taronga’s Wildlife Hospital manager, Libby Hall, is sent to Queensland to assist in saving as many birds as possible.

Presented and narrated by MELISSA DOYLE, THE ZOO follows behind the scenes action at Australia’s top zoos.