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Shetland Otter

Inside the SSPCA鈥檚 wildlife rescue centre, the team rehabilitate and release an otter from Shetland and battle to save the lives of a peregrine falcon and a fox with a broken leg.

Inside the Scottish SPCA鈥檚 world leading wildlife rescue centre. The centre receives an unusual case: an otter from the very north of Shetland that has already failed twice to be successfully reintroduced to the wild. Can they persuade this large male that he is a wild animal? And how will he cope with the 90-minute flight to the UK鈥檚 most northerly isles? Romain Pizzi, the centre鈥檚 chief vet, has to draw on all his years of experience and skills when he tries to save a vixen whose leg is in need of a life-saving operation. And the bird unit battle to save the life of a peregrine falcon with a gun shot wound.

58 minutes

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Executive Producer Nigel Pope
Executive Producer Jackie Savery

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