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Animal Planet’s ‘The Zoo’ showcases theBronx Zoo
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Animal Planet’s ‘The Zoo’ goes behind
the scenes at the world-famous
Bronx Zoo for a third season to share
powerful stories that put a spotlight on
the extraordinary and diverse expertise
of the zoo staff as they care for animals
and work for the conservation of
wildlife. This season the unscripted docuseries
will feature animals and staff
at all fi ve Wildlife Conservation Society
parks in New York City – the Bronx Zoo,
Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo,
Queens Zoo and New York Aquarium.
The all-new season premieres Sunday,
February 10 at 8 p.m.
More than 50 stories were fi lmed over
eight months as up to three fi lm crews
documented the day-to-day activities at
the Bronx Zoo and its sister parks. Some
of the animals featured in the new season
include: a camel, who has a toupee
created for him as he heals from a medical
procedure; the birth and rearing of
a baby mandrill; the rescue of a young
peregrine falcon who was injured in
downtown Manhattan as it attempted
to take its fi rst fl ight off a skyscraper;
and an up-close look at the building and
opening of the Ocean Wonders: Sharks!
exhibit at the New York Aquarium that
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includes the moving of a group of large
sharks to their new habitat. Other new
animals introduced this season include
a marmot, Andean bears, a Rodrigues
fruit bat pup, warthog, snow monkeys,
Nile crocodile, a sloth, and many more.
The Animal Planet audience will also
see updates on animals from past seasons.
“We had an amazing time fi lming
the third season of ‘The Zoo’ and look
forward to sharing many new stories
which show the bonds our staff have
with the animals, and the importance
of zoos and aquariums to the conservation
of wildlife,” said Jim Breheny, director
of the Bronx Zoo and EVP of Zoos
& Aquarium for the Wildlife Conservation
Society.
Once again, viewers can catch more
episodes on the original mid-form series,
“The Zoo: From The Inside,’ which
takes audiences behind the scenes and
offers them exclusive looks at operations
zoo guests never see. The web series
will be available to fans on Animal
Planet GO and Facebook Watch.
Season two of ‘The Zoo’, which concluded
in May 2018, was up double digits
(+21%) among Adults 25-54 vs. season
one; the season was also up double
digits among other key demos that included
Adults 18-34 (+35%) and Adults
2-17 (+57%). Each episode of the series
last season averaged more than 1.1 million
total viewers (P2+).
‘The Zoo’ is produced for Animal
Planet by Left/Right and Copper Pot Pictures.
Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman,
Anneka Jones and Michael LaHaie are
the executive producers for Left/Right.
David LaMattina and Chad Walker are
the executive producers for Copper Pot
Pictures. Lisa Lucas is the executive
producer; Patrick Keegan is supervising
producer for Animal Planet.
Kira Babuska, assistant supervisor, Bronx Zoo Animal Encounters; Peaches the warthog.
Photo courtesy of Julie Larsen Maher /WCS