Being a zookeeper isn’t all playing with baby lemurs and bear hugs from actual bears.
From time to time, tragedy strikes the zoo and it can be utterly devastating – as viewers saw last night.
Channel 4’s Secret Life of the Zoo has been letting people into the goings-on at Chester Zoo, as babies are born, illnesses are cured and behaviours are explained.
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But in among last night’s lighthearted scenes of Sun Bears snoozing and baby rhinos being born, a very sad event took place that left many viewers heartbroken.
Shan-shan the camel had been withdrawn and not her usual self, leaving keepers Michael and Sarah very concerned.
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