TELEVISION

Daktari - Season 1

Series: Daktari
5
(1)
Episodes
18
Rating
NRC
Year
1966
Language
English

About

Game thieves, diamond smugglers and big game hunters endanger the animals in the African bush. But Dr. Tracy and his daughter Paula defy the constant danger.

Episodes

1 to 3 of 18

1. The Elephant Thieves

1h

Dr. Tracy, Paul and Jack care for a baby elephant whose mother was killed by poachers. The poachers, pretending to be wild life photographers, kidnap the baby. However, Judy hides in their truck and is able to delay their get away by slashing their tires.

2. Predator of Wameru

1h

Marsh, Jack and Paula rescue a native poacher from his own trap and nurse him back to health. They believe that they have convinced him of how wrong it is to poach until he disappears with Paula's pet monkey. While the Daktari crew searches for the lost monkey, all of the animals in the study center are stolen by poaches.

3. The Killer Lion

1h

A recovering aggressive lioness is chased into the wilderness by an aggrieved farmer.

4. Adventure of the Lion Cubs

1h

Judy and Clarence rescue three lion cubs, whose mother has been trapped by poachers and are in danger themselves. The entire Daktari crew are in danger when the poachers come searching for the lost babies.

5. Trail of the Cheetah

1h

After the visiting District Officer is injured in a trap, Marsh struggles to transport her to safety.

6. Leopards of Mdala George

1h

Two archaeologists hire a local hunter, Theo Banhoof, to protect them from dangerous animals while they are working on their site. However, Marsh is immediately wary of the local man's methods of protecting the site and offers to put any animals that bother them in captivity until the scientists have finished. Banhoof will not agree to this because he is set on killing.

Extended Details

  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

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