Wild Life of Dr. Ole

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Wild Life of Dr. Ole

Synopsis

Dr. Ole Alcumbrac owns White Mountain Animal Hospital, a full-service animal clinic in Pinetop, Arizona that cares for everything from cats and dogs to exotics and large animals. But this self-described ‘wild man’ isn’t your typical veterinarian, and it’s his work outside of the clinic that excites him most. Whether he’s helicoptering around the country on rescue and relocation missions, working on wild and dangerous species at two of Arizona’s wildlife parks (where he’s the resident vet), or flying to Mexico to do emergency dental work on jaguars, no two days are ever the same for Ole. From delivering tiger pups at The Bearizona Wildlife Park, to rescuing condors or vaccinating pronghorn sheep from the cockpit of a helicopter... every day there’s a new case -- and a new adventure -- biting at his heels. Just like the wild animals he cares for, Dr. Ole Alcumbrac can’t be tamed!

Episodes

Season 1
  • Pronghorn Problems

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    Doc Ole treats bears and pigs alongside puppies and parrots. He travels across the state to check on a beloved black bear and adopts an adorable puppy as the clinic mascot. He also helps bring the Sonoran pronghorn back from the brink of extinction.

  • Sloth Spa Day

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    Doc Ole helps a fellow vet treat a zebra with a tumor. Back at the clinic, he gives a sloth a dental exam and nail trim, and holds a puppy adoption event. Additionally, he neuters a bunny and gives an old parrot a pedicure.

  • Dragon My Feet

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    Doc Ole checks on a llama at one ranch and at another ranch tests a porcupine for an ear infection. Back at the clinic, he neuters a tiny sugar glider and treats a bearded dragon for bone disease. He also does the staff’s least favorite jobs after losing a bet.

  • Howls and Owls

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    Doc Ole helps restore the endangered Mexican gray wolf to the Arizona wildlife and releases an owl into the wild after treating its injured foot. At the clinic, he checks on a ball python, neuters a pot-bellied pig and treats a black lab that was bit by a pig.

  • Grin and Bear It

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    Doc Ole helps a fellow vet treat a grizzly bear for a leg wound and vaccinate jittery giraffes. Back at the clinic, he operates on a hawk’s torn wing. Additionally, he visits a K9 training site and treats the search and rescue dogs.

  • You Otter Know

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    Doc Ole performs a C-section on an egg-bound 17-foot long python and teams up with another doctor to do spinal surgery on Flower, the cutest skunk you’ve ever seen. He also removes stitches to save a river otter’s eye and gets dangerously close to a bull elk in rut to perform a vaccination. Back at the clinic he treats an injured Goldendoodle named Aiden.

  • Tundra, Teeth, and Talons

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    Dr. Ole performs a double root canal on a 200-pound jaguar. Back at the hospital, Ole saves a beloved pet cat in kidney failure, gets a busy puppy back on the trail after a tangle with some barbed wire and checks a tumor on a wolf’s foot.

  • Vet Detective

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    Doc Ole plays detective to figure out what’s ailing a blue-ribbon bunny that is losing its fluff. He also travels to a reptile sanctuary to help a beloved lizard that has outlived the odds and uses cutting-edge technology to turn an amputee alligator into an action hero.