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A鈥� leantainn gl猫idheadairean r猫 nan r脿ithean aig p脿ircean fiath-bheathaichean na h-Alba. At Blair Drummond Safari Park, Ally and Tam feed the chimpanzees on Chimp Island.

Beathaichean a tha a鈥� t脿ladh a鈥� phobaill agus nan tlachd m貌r dhaibh. Ach d猫 mu dheidhinn na daoine a tha a鈥� frithealadh nam beathaichean sin fad na bliadhna: na gl猫idheadairean. Ch矛 sinn an c脿irdeas a tha eatorra, an urram a th鈥� aca dha ch猫ile agus an obair a tha an l霉ib a bhith a鈥� cumail an leithid a鈥� dol.

An t-seachdain sa, aig P脿irc Safari Bl脿r Dhruiminn feumaidh Ally agus Tam siubhal gu Eilean nan Siompansaidh air eathar. 'S e Chippy an taoiseach is tha e a' faighinn a鈥� chiad chuid dhen bhiadh a tha Ally a鈥� sadadh air an eilean. A dh'aindeoin 's gu bheil iad a' tighinn a h-uile l脿, tha Chippy airson an ranntair aigesan a dh矛on, agus tha e a鈥� sadadh gu l猫or air ais.

Aig P脿irce Fiadh-bheatha na G脿idhealtachd, tha na Wombles, buidheann de dh'inbhich le feumalchdan s貌nraichte, a' cuideachadh d脿 uair san t-seachdain. An-diugh tha iad a' togail callaid le seann gheugan airson 脿rainn 霉r a chruthachadh dha e貌in is biastagan beaga. Agus as deidh sia 貌irlich de shneachd tuiteam troimhn鈥� oidhche, tha Laura a鈥� biathachadh na mathain-b脿n agus tha iad air an d貌igh glan leis an aimsir.

The wildlife parks and zoos in Scotland are huge visitor attractions and home to all types of creatures - exotic and endangered, large and small. We get to know the animals and their individual personalities through the eyes of their keepers. We learn about the conservation work and the husbandry: the feeding, the care, the welfare, the enrichment, the training and the breeding programmes as well as the endless graft - all in a day in the life of a keeper.

At Blair Drummond Safari Park, Ally and Tam feed the chimpanzees on Chimp Island by throwing their food from a boat. Yet, each day, Chippy the dominant male likes to protect his territory and throws clods of earth and branches back at the keepers.

At Highland Wildlife Park, the Wombles are a group of adults with special needs who visit the park twice weekly to help the keepers. Today they are creating a hedge from branches that the reindeer have stripped clean, which will create a new habitat for birds and insects. And after six inches of snow falls overnight, the polar bears are loving the weather as Laura feeds them.

In Gaelic with English subtitles

59 minutes

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Wed 25 Jun 2025 23:00

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Producer Patricia Macleod
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