Animal SOS

2014 · Documentary

Documentary series following the work of the RSPCA, filming as calls come in to the national control centre and following inspectors on the ground as they deal with everything from injured wildlife to neglected pets.

Episodes

▶1. Episode 1There's an unusual rescue as a stag gets a life buoy entangled in its antlers. Meanwhile, cats are living in terrible squalor and a spider strikes a note of fear in one inspector.▶2. Episode 2There is an unlikely call to a big bird loose in the Sussex countryside. Vets treat a german shepherd suffering from too much exercise, and inspector Keith Hogben checks out a seal on the Welsh coast.▶3. Episode 3Inspector Clare Dew fights to save a sick kitten dumped outside a pet shop, a pony is found in need of serious grooming, and a gannet is bashed by terrible storms.▶4. Episode 4The RSPCA and police crack down on the illegal puppy trade. Plus the pair of porkers causing havoc in a back yard, and a cat which is injured by its own collar.▶5. Episode 5A kitten trapped in a garage turns into a big job for one RSPCA inspector. A muntjac deer is hit by a car, and cameras follow the remarkable rescue of 200 horses abandoned in a field in Wales.▶6. Episode 6Over two hundred ducks need rescuing from a life-threatening oil spill. A german shepherd makes a dramatic escape, and a cat is locked in after its owner gets locked up.▶7. Episode 7The remarkable recovery of Grace, a dog dumped and left to die. Inspector Jayne Bashford rescues 26 cats from appalling conditions and the water rescue team reunite two love-struck swans.▶8. Episode 8A tricky mare gives Inspector Chris Shaw the runaround. Thirteen owls are being kept in a suburban back yard and a flat is overrun with cats.▶9. Episode 9Inspector Vicki MacDonald is surprised to find a bearded dragon in a Bolton back yard. A dog with terrible fur loss gets the treatment it needs, plus an operation to stop illegal hunting.▶10. Episode 1048 rabbits in a back garden, the growing problem of Britain's fat dogs and a couple's love of cats that is getting out of control.

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