Behind the scenes with animals and keepers at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park. A fast-disappearing Scottish species is thrown a lifeline and it is time for two zebras to begin a new life.

New babies at both Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park are keeping everyone busy - from lion cubs and deer to penguins and parrots.

Behind the scenes with animals and keepers at Edinburgh Zoo and Highland Wildlife Park. The giant pandas keep everyone on their toes, while monkey Dennis gets hurt in a fight.

There are Arctic fox and snow leopard cubs to be cared for at Highland Wildlife Park. Meanwhile, at Edinburgh Zoo everyone is hoping for a bumper bird-breeding season.

It’s training time for barn owls Rowan and Cedar and for Dharma the Sumatran tiger. And Keeper Sarah is hoping she will have a baby armadillo to look after.

There Is enrichment for the meerkats and wolverines, cuddly koala Kolari has a nasty eye infection and the flamingos show off their unusual nest-building skills.

Pedicures for goats and horses, and giant popsicles for polar bears – it’s all in a day’s work at Highland Wildlife Park. And the vets at Edinburgh Zoo deal with a zebra with arthritis.

It’s the new breeding season at Penguins Rock. There are high hopes for a new polar bear cub at Highland Wildlife Park. Sumatran tiger Lucu is due his annual booster vaccination.

A major breed-and-release conservation project is under way to save Scotland’s wildcats. Elsewhere, a young bird shatters her leg and Yang Guang proves giant pandas are as clever as they are cute

Keepers and vets work through the night with hopes for a giant panda pregnancy, and it’s an anxious time as a pair of cassowaries are introduced. Meanwhile, Gelada baboon Negus goes into surgery.