1 00:00:03,536 --> 00:00:04,771 DR. OAKLEY: Bison safari. 2 00:00:05,805 --> 00:00:08,541 NARRATOR: Dr. Oakley is squaring off with hordes of animals. 3 00:00:09,409 --> 00:00:10,343 MIKE (off-screen): Hang on. 4 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:11,444 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen(: Here comes one right here. 5 00:00:12,946 --> 00:00:15,482 NARRATOR: Heading into a colony of breeding bunnies. 6 00:00:15,548 --> 00:00:17,217 DR. OAKLEY: This one's pregnant. 7 00:00:18,084 --> 00:00:19,586 NARRATOR: To investigate a scandal. 8 00:00:19,652 --> 00:00:20,854 DR. OAKLEY: Who's your daddy? 9 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,722 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): That's what we're gonna figure out today. 10 00:00:22,789 --> 00:00:24,724 NARRATOR: And battling wits. 11 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:26,092 SHANE (over radio): Found the horses. 12 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:28,094 NARRATOR: With the leader of a wild herd. 13 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:29,429 SHANE (off-screen): Right here, right here. 14 00:00:29,496 --> 00:00:34,300 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): What? No, he's behind us. 15 00:00:40,073 --> 00:00:44,544 ♪ ♪ 16 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:49,149 NARRATOR: Southeast Alaska is nearing the end of one of the wettest summers on record. 17 00:00:50,817 --> 00:00:55,188 For the animals storms put a damper on finding mates and food. 18 00:00:56,089 --> 00:00:59,959 But Dr. Oakley braves the rain for an urgent case. 19 00:01:03,096 --> 00:01:04,831 MIKE: Dr. Oakley. DR. OAKLEY: Hey Mike, how's it going? 20 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:07,033 MIKE: I can't call you Michelle because I've never met you before but. 21 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:08,535 DR. OAKLEY: That's all right, call me Michelle, nice to meet you mike. 22 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:09,669 MIKE: Are you sure? DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 23 00:01:09,736 --> 00:01:11,204 MIKE: This is our pre vet intern Connor. 24 00:01:11,271 --> 00:01:12,272 CONNOR: Hey. 25 00:01:12,338 --> 00:01:14,040 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Nice to meet you. 26 00:01:14,107 --> 00:01:15,775 Today we're at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center because Mike Miller who runs 27 00:01:15,842 --> 00:01:19,145 the show here needs some help with some bison calves. 28 00:01:19,846 --> 00:01:22,048 MIKE: There's just three of them that look like they're a little thin. 29 00:01:22,115 --> 00:01:23,450 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 30 00:01:23,516 --> 00:01:25,885 NARRATOR: The youngsters should be over 500 pounds. 31 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:28,455 MIKE (off-screen): We have a few bison that 32 00:01:28,521 --> 00:01:31,124 seem to be not developing and they're just growing slow. 33 00:01:31,191 --> 00:01:35,195 I'm concerned because you want the animal to continue being a good animal and 34 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:37,664 not to have health problems and things like that. 35 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:39,499 DR. OAKLEY: And are they yearlings? 36 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:40,700 MIKE: They're last year's calves. 37 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:42,235 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 38 00:01:42,302 --> 00:01:43,870 MIKE: But they're, I mean they're only like 450 pounds, so that's why I'm concerned. 39 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:45,572 DR. OAKLEY: Oh okay, sure, sure. Okay let's go have a look. 40 00:01:47,574 --> 00:01:48,741 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So where we going Mike? 41 00:01:48,808 --> 00:01:50,910 MIKE (off-screen): We'll go up around the corner here in this big field. 42 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:56,649 NARRATOR: It's important the calves get healthy because they're slated to help 43 00:01:56,716 --> 00:01:59,819 wild wood bison make a big comeback. 44 00:02:00,353 --> 00:02:04,557 Over a century ago populations in Alaska were driven to extinction. 45 00:02:05,658 --> 00:02:07,327 MIKE: There goes the male. DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 46 00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:12,465 NARRATOR: Animals from other places were sent to theAlaskan Wildlife Conservation Center 47 00:02:12,532 --> 00:02:17,537 where they were bred and flourished into a herd of140 members. 48 00:02:18,638 --> 00:02:21,541 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Mike's bison, they're part of a huge reintroduction effort. 49 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:24,210 Lots of work on genetics and especially in disease control. 50 00:02:24,277 --> 00:02:26,479 So these are very special bison. 51 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:32,118 NARRATOR: In a few months the animals will be released into the lower Innoko River area 52 00:02:32,185 --> 00:02:34,854 where they'll help bring wood bison back to Alaska. 53 00:02:36,623 --> 00:02:39,125 There's not much time to get the calves to fighting weigh. 54 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:40,960 MIKE: That one there's iffy. 55 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:42,162 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah, yeah. 56 00:02:42,228 --> 00:02:43,663 MIKE (off-screen): See her bone sticking up in the head? 57 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:45,131 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, 22? MIKE: Yeah. 58 00:02:45,198 --> 00:02:46,466 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah. 59 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:49,802 There's three that are quite a bit smaller than the rest of this group and 60 00:02:49,869 --> 00:02:51,404 they just need a little help. 61 00:02:51,471 --> 00:02:52,906 Dr. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah, definitely that one. 62 00:02:52,972 --> 00:02:54,474 Oh yeah, there's 29 for sure. 63 00:02:54,541 --> 00:02:55,975 She's skinny. 64 00:02:56,042 --> 00:03:00,113 NARRATOR: A common cause for underweight livestock is parasites, 65 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:05,218 worms living in the digestive system can rob animals of calories needed to grow. 66 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:07,787 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): We want to make sure they stay up to weight 67 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:09,956 so we want to give them a bit of dewormer. 68 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,492 Just try and get their body condition back up. 69 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:15,762 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Putting on my mucky boots. 70 00:03:15,828 --> 00:03:18,531 NARRATOR: The dewormer is given by a simple injection. 71 00:03:18,598 --> 00:03:21,601 But approaching bison on foot is dangerous. 72 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:26,005 If spooked the herd could stampede. 73 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:33,846 So today, Michelle is using a tool normally used for sedation to deliver the medicine. 74 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,116 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): We'll just fill up the blowpipe dart then. 75 00:03:37,183 --> 00:03:39,285 Five mils should be plenty for their size. 76 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,722 NARRATOR: Using her blowpipe and the power of her lungs 77 00:03:42,789 --> 00:03:45,625 she'll launch the dewormer into her targets. 78 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:52,632 The strategy is to stake out the bison's feeding trough and wait for them to approach. 79 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:54,467 DR. OAKLEY: We're just gonna try and get close to them. 80 00:03:55,735 --> 00:03:58,838 NARRATOR: Michelle must get within 15 feet of her targets. 81 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:01,107 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Come on over baby. 82 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:05,878 Well here comes one. Here comes one right here. 83 00:04:05,945 --> 00:04:06,879 Right here, this one. 84 00:04:06,946 --> 00:04:07,880 MIKE (off-screen): 22 right there. 85 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:09,649 DR. OAKLEY: Yep. 86 00:04:11,584 --> 00:04:13,152 MIKE (off-screen): Good shot. 87 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:14,487 DR. OAKLEY: Boom, got her. 88 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:18,157 MIKE (off-screen): That's always a wonderful feeling when you see it hit where you want it to hit. 89 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:19,392 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Exactly. 90 00:04:20,793 --> 00:04:23,329 NARRATOR: There are still two bison left to be treated. 91 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:26,165 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I'll load up another one. 92 00:04:26,232 --> 00:04:29,168 NARRATOR: But with all the commotion the herd is growing anxious. 93 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:32,105 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So we're just after 22 and 23. 94 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:34,474 MIKE (off-screen): There's 22. 95 00:04:34,540 --> 00:04:37,543 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay good, just in time. 96 00:04:44,550 --> 00:04:45,551 (dart fires) 97 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:47,120 MIKE (off-screen): Whoa, good shot. 98 00:04:47,186 --> 00:04:49,289 DR. OAKLEY: It sounded like something broke on it. 99 00:04:49,355 --> 00:04:51,357 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I hit dead center on it. 100 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:53,626 But as soon as it hits I hear a pop sound. 101 00:04:53,693 --> 00:04:57,930 The dart broke. See how this split open? 102 00:04:57,997 --> 00:05:00,366 I was darting the shoulder but they have actually a, 103 00:05:00,433 --> 00:05:02,435 it's called a scapula, the big bone in the shoulder. 104 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:03,936 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And it looked like I just hit it square and 105 00:05:04,003 --> 00:05:06,506 I could hear it hit hard and it just popped the dart. 106 00:05:07,373 --> 00:05:10,343 NARRATOR: The medicine leaked out before injecting into the bison. 107 00:05:14,347 --> 00:05:16,382 Michelle is ready to try again. 108 00:05:16,449 --> 00:05:18,451 But the herd's had enough. 109 00:05:20,086 --> 00:05:22,588 Mike tries to push the bison back towards Michelle. 110 00:05:29,662 --> 00:05:31,230 CONNOR: Mike, don't break our new gator please. 111 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:38,905 NARRATOR: When faced with a threat bison find protection in numbers. 112 00:05:41,741 --> 00:05:44,610 When they are too agitated they can stampede. 113 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:51,117 DR. OAKLEY: We need them just to come in and be lured in and settled down. 114 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:54,053 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): But as is real typical of wildlife, 115 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,757 if you do anything out of their routine they figure out something's up. 116 00:05:58,691 --> 00:06:00,193 MIKE: They don't seem to be cooperating. 117 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:02,128 DR. OAKLEY: Nice. 118 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:08,634 NARRATOR: Pursuing the bison for too long can put undue stress on the animals. 119 00:06:09,268 --> 00:06:13,639 MIKE: I think if we came back on a different day I think we could do them just perfect. 120 00:06:13,706 --> 00:06:16,209 NARRATOR: Michelle and Mike decide to call it quits 121 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:19,712 for now and try again later when the herd calms down. 122 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,081 MIKE: Little 22, she needs it. DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 123 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:24,283 MIKE: I won't sleep until I know she has some in her. 124 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:25,451 MIKE (off-screen): Thanks Connor. 125 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:26,919 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Hopefully it's not so rainy. 126 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:38,898 NARRATOR: Back in the Yukon Michelle heads out on theAlaska highway where some 127 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:42,368 feral horses are creating a public nuisance. 128 00:06:42,435 --> 00:06:43,803 DR. OAKLEY: This group of wild horses, 129 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:46,806 there's been a lot of effort put into to kind of get them off the road. 130 00:06:46,873 --> 00:06:49,976 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I, I saw a school bus having to hit the brakes just before a bridge 131 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:52,378 because there was horses standing just on the other side of the bridge. 132 00:06:52,445 --> 00:06:54,747 And lots of people you know have near misses. 133 00:06:58,551 --> 00:07:01,554 NARRATOR: With permission private individuals can help clear the horses from the 134 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:05,191 roadways by capturing them and taking them in. 135 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:10,430 A local couple has been approved to catch some of the feral animals. 136 00:07:10,496 --> 00:07:13,399 They've recruited Michelle to help out. 137 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:16,436 RUSSEL: My name's Russel this is my wife Christine. 138 00:07:16,502 --> 00:07:19,705 RUSSEL (off-screen): And we got a few horses but they're getting quite a bit older. 139 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:22,775 So we want a couple new ones to kind of freshen up the herd. 140 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,949 NARRATOR: The horses like to hide deep in the bush. 141 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:33,286 To find them, Michelle needs eyes in the sky. 142 00:07:34,420 --> 00:07:37,223 Michelle's husband Shane has come to help locate the herd. 143 00:07:37,290 --> 00:07:38,524 SHANE: How are you? 144 00:07:38,591 --> 00:07:40,960 DR. OAKLEY: Finally made it. SHANE: This is Peter. 145 00:07:41,027 --> 00:07:42,462 DR. OAKLEY: Hey. SHANE: He's flying the helicopter. 146 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:43,729 DR. OAKLEY: Oh nice to meet you. 147 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:44,864 SHANE: So we can find some horses. 148 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:45,965 PETER: Hey. 149 00:07:46,032 --> 00:07:47,800 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, cool. So what's the plan? 150 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:49,469 SHANE: Peter and I are gonna take off in the helicopter and see if we can find them. 151 00:07:49,535 --> 00:07:50,870 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay. 152 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:53,005 SHANE (off-screen): So we do a few circuits around here see where they are. 153 00:07:55,541 --> 00:07:58,110 NARRATOR: Shane will try to spot the herd from the air. 154 00:07:59,011 --> 00:08:00,379 PETER (over radio): Okay everybody's good to go? 155 00:08:00,446 --> 00:08:02,315 SHANE (over radio): Good to go. 156 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:07,553 NARRATOR: While Michelle tracks them from the ground. 157 00:08:09,755 --> 00:08:11,324 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Go find them. 158 00:08:15,027 --> 00:08:17,830 PETER (over radio): So is there mainly just a couple of herds of horses right here or? 159 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:19,832 SHANE (over radio): No they say there's like 60 of them. 160 00:08:19,899 --> 00:08:20,900 PETER (over radio): Holy cow. 161 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:22,568 SHANE (over radio): Maybe even more. 162 00:08:22,635 --> 00:08:24,270 PETER (over radio): Well they got to be around somewhere. 163 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:27,273 SHANE (over radio): Do a loop around this big field. 164 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:28,774 They might be on the edges of them and. 165 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:30,409 PETER (over radio): Okay. 166 00:08:30,476 --> 00:08:33,246 NARRATOR: The horses are descended from pack animals that were let loose 167 00:08:33,312 --> 00:08:36,048 by outfitters a half century ago. 168 00:08:36,115 --> 00:08:38,451 DR. OAKLEY: We call these horses wild but technically they're feral. 169 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:42,121 They're still the same breed and, and, and make of horse you can get anywhere. 170 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:48,227 SHANE (over radio): There's a bunch. 171 00:08:48,294 --> 00:08:49,729 PETER (over radio): Yeah, there's a bunch of them right over there. 172 00:08:49,795 --> 00:08:51,297 SHANE (over radio): That looks like them right there. 173 00:08:54,967 --> 00:08:56,569 PETER (over radio): Michelle, you go a copy? 174 00:08:57,403 --> 00:08:58,504 DR. OAKLEY (over radio): Yep, go ahead. 175 00:08:58,571 --> 00:09:00,273 SHANE (over radio): We found some of the horses. 176 00:09:00,339 --> 00:09:02,241 We just got a pretty good look at them. 177 00:09:02,308 --> 00:09:06,979 If you go down that road toward the river and the horses are on the right. 178 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:09,348 There's eight in all. 179 00:09:09,415 --> 00:09:12,552 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay great, we're gonna head out. 180 00:09:13,986 --> 00:09:16,355 NARRATOR: Michelle will approach the herd on foot. 181 00:09:17,156 --> 00:09:18,157 DR. OAKLEY: Be really quiet. 182 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,959 Don't slam doors and try to keep your voices down. 183 00:09:24,864 --> 00:09:26,399 Horse. 184 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:28,868 Here's one that didn't do so well. 185 00:09:28,935 --> 00:09:32,772 NARRATOR: Because young horses are safer to work with and are easier to train 186 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:35,474 Michelle will attempt to capture a foal. 187 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:37,677 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): It's gonna be a lot easier life for them. 188 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:39,412 They're gonna have shelter. 189 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:42,148 They're gonna have, you know, all their you know health needs looked after. 190 00:09:42,214 --> 00:09:44,350 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So I really hope we can catch them. 191 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:47,053 Come on Sassy. 192 00:09:47,119 --> 00:09:48,554 Let's go for a walk. 193 00:09:48,621 --> 00:09:51,190 NARRATOR: If she can get close she'll use Sassy... 194 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:54,594 Her high-powered dart gun to launch a sedative into her target. 195 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:57,363 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): There's a baby right there. 196 00:09:58,731 --> 00:10:01,901 NARRATOR: But to get a foal she has to get past the group leader. 197 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:04,370 DR. OAKLEY: The stallion's already looking at us. 198 00:10:06,238 --> 00:10:09,208 NARRATOR: The stallion's job is to protect his herd. 199 00:10:10,476 --> 00:10:12,311 DR. OAKLEY: The mares and the foals stand and look at you. 200 00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:14,280 But the stallion is the most wary one. 201 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:18,017 He starts going around rounding everybody up and kind of moving everybody away. 202 00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:20,519 All right, I'm gonna try and go around. 203 00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:25,391 NARRATOR: Michelle must move within 100 feet to get the shot. 204 00:10:27,226 --> 00:10:29,595 RUSSEL: It's just a matter of if Michelle can get close enough. 205 00:10:29,662 --> 00:10:31,697 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I'm going around and jumping over logs. 206 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:33,666 And also trying to be a little bit stealthy. 207 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,368 Not jump on sticks. 208 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:40,506 If I can just get ahead of them, 209 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:42,808 I think I might be able to head them off. 210 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:47,813 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): They're gone. 211 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,582 (groans) 212 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:54,453 NARRATOR: A life spent evading predators has made the horses 213 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,356 too skittish to approach on foot. 214 00:10:57,423 --> 00:10:59,859 DR. OAKLEY: It got ahead of them a couple times but then just turned them back. 215 00:10:59,925 --> 00:11:01,093 RUSSEL (off-screen): Oh okay yeah. 216 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,995 DR. OAKLEY: And then last I saw they squirted out here. 217 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:05,197 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Here comes Shane, maybe he saw them. 218 00:11:05,264 --> 00:11:08,534 NARRATOR: Back from his aerial survey Shane joins the team. 219 00:11:08,934 --> 00:11:10,836 DR. OAKLEY: Maybe we should try a drive-by with your truck. 220 00:11:10,903 --> 00:11:12,204 SHANE: Yeah, that's fine. 221 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:13,272 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay. 222 00:11:13,339 --> 00:11:15,141 We're gonna just load up in Shane's pickup. 223 00:11:15,207 --> 00:11:19,011 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): He's just gonna try and nonchalantly drive me up close to the group. 224 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:21,747 NARRATOR: Since the horses spend so much time along the roadway 225 00:11:21,814 --> 00:11:25,251 they may be more tolerant of a vehicle getting close. 226 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:27,086 SHANE (off-screen): They're probably used to traffic aye? 227 00:11:28,087 --> 00:11:31,157 DR. OAKLEY: If we can get close enough then it should be no problem to get a shot. 228 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:32,692 Hang on. 229 00:11:37,463 --> 00:11:39,565 Planes, manes, and automobiles. 230 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:43,602 ♪ ♪ 231 00:11:44,637 --> 00:11:45,738 SHANE (off-screen): Oh right here, up here. 232 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,473 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Oh I see them up ahead. 233 00:11:50,609 --> 00:11:52,878 NARRATOR: There's a foal in clear sight. 234 00:11:52,945 --> 00:11:55,081 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): The little light colored one. 235 00:11:55,147 --> 00:11:58,818 NARRATOR: At around six months old he's nearing the weaning age, 236 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:01,387 making him a good prospect for training. 237 00:12:02,988 --> 00:12:05,024 DR. OAKLEY: Go this way and see if you can get alongside him. 238 00:12:06,959 --> 00:12:08,260 Whoa. 239 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:14,600 SHANE (off-screen): Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 240 00:12:14,667 --> 00:12:17,203 Nobody needs to run. 241 00:12:17,269 --> 00:12:19,572 DR. OAKLEY: I literally had my finger on the trigger, safety off. 242 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:21,607 Had him in my sights, was about to fire. 243 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:24,410 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): One of the mares steps right in front of the foal. 244 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:25,845 Darn it, try again. 245 00:12:25,911 --> 00:12:27,947 Why couldn't I have just been a fraction of a second faster? 246 00:12:28,013 --> 00:12:29,815 Keep going. 247 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:33,352 I know I'm gonna replay that in my mind about 100 times if I don't get another opportunity. 248 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:39,792 Ruh-Oh. 249 00:12:39,859 --> 00:12:40,926 SHANE (off-screen): (Bleep). 250 00:12:40,993 --> 00:12:43,062 DR. OAKLEY: I think we're stuck. 251 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:47,566 SHANE: Just luck. 252 00:12:47,633 --> 00:12:49,068 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Maybe I'll just try and walk on up. 253 00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:50,302 SHANE (off-screen): Yeah, just try and walk around there. 254 00:12:50,369 --> 00:12:51,470 DR. OAKLEY: Okay, yeah... 255 00:12:51,537 --> 00:12:52,838 So you're gonna go on that side of them right? 256 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:54,340 SHANE: Yeah, I'm just gonna walk. 257 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:56,242 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I'm going up to the next little sprucey patch. 258 00:12:56,308 --> 00:12:57,877 I'm trying to get ahead of them right now. 259 00:12:57,943 --> 00:12:59,145 And I see an opening. 260 00:12:59,211 --> 00:13:00,913 SHANE: Maybe stay up in the bush there. 261 00:13:02,548 --> 00:13:04,150 NARRATOR: The horses are headed toward Michelle. 262 00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:06,886 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Oh I see them coming. 263 00:13:08,654 --> 00:13:11,957 NARRATOR: But at the last second changed direction. 264 00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:17,630 DR. OAKLEY: I hate to throw in the towel but they're just too weary. 265 00:13:17,696 --> 00:13:19,498 It's pretty disappointing. 266 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:23,135 I think we felt pretty confident today that we'd be taking a horse home. 267 00:13:23,202 --> 00:13:25,471 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): But don't want to push them too hard. 268 00:13:25,938 --> 00:13:27,373 I say we give up for today. 269 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:28,407 CHRISTINE (off-screen): Yeah. 270 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:31,010 DR. OAKLEY: We'll come back another day. 271 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:32,812 Once we get some snow we can throw down some hay and bait them. 272 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:34,680 SHANE: They're right here! They're right here! 273 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:36,015 DR. OAKLEY: Shut up. Oh my god, seriously. 274 00:13:36,081 --> 00:13:37,383 SHANE: They're right there. Come on down this way, Michelle. 275 00:13:37,449 --> 00:13:38,417 DR. OAKLEY: What? 276 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:39,518 SHANE (off-screen): Down here. 277 00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:40,753 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, let's cut them off down here. 278 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:41,987 Unbelievable. 279 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:44,390 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): The horses popped out in a field, 280 00:13:44,456 --> 00:13:46,325 gave a couple of whinnies and took off again. 281 00:13:51,363 --> 00:13:53,365 (horse whinnies) 282 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:55,935 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Did you just hear that? 283 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:56,936 Baby is right there. 284 00:13:57,002 --> 00:13:58,037 Just over up there. 285 00:13:58,103 --> 00:13:59,405 SHANE (off-screen): Right there, that's a big one. 286 00:13:59,471 --> 00:14:02,875 DR. OAKLEY: The stallion's gone though. Right here. 287 00:14:02,942 --> 00:14:04,910 We can hear them calling to each other. 288 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:08,447 They seem to have split up and I'm not sure which group the foal's in. 289 00:14:09,381 --> 00:14:10,983 (whinnies) 290 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:15,988 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): What? Freaking no. 291 00:14:18,390 --> 00:14:19,692 That's the stallion, one of the stallions. 292 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:21,694 There's two stallions in this group. 293 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,229 But he's the boss. 294 00:14:24,263 --> 00:14:25,898 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): You can tell from his behavior. 295 00:14:27,099 --> 00:14:28,601 NARRATOR: The stallion's alone. 296 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:30,936 His herd hidden in the forest. 297 00:14:31,003 --> 00:14:32,938 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Come on, give them a call. 298 00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:37,309 NARRATOR: If he calls them over Michelle might have a chance to dart the foal. 299 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:39,111 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): That stallion's not making a sound. 300 00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:41,146 Because he knows he doesn't want them to come here. 301 00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:43,449 They're all down here looking for me. 302 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:45,017 He won't come back. 303 00:14:46,986 --> 00:14:51,557 There they go up the trail. And they're gone. 304 00:14:53,792 --> 00:14:58,264 NARRATOR: Russ and Christine will have to wait until another day to add to their herd. 305 00:14:58,664 --> 00:14:59,865 CHRISTINE (off-screen): It'd be silly to be disappointed. 306 00:14:59,932 --> 00:15:01,500 They're wild horses. 307 00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:04,236 You're not gonna just walk up to them and put a halter on it and walk home. 308 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:05,938 CHRISTINE (off-screen): That's just the way it goes. 309 00:15:06,705 --> 00:15:09,975 DR. OAKLEY: Two radios, high-powered dart gun, helicopter. 310 00:15:10,042 --> 00:15:11,110 CHRISTINE: The horses. 311 00:15:11,176 --> 00:15:12,945 DR. OAKLEY: And still the horses win. 312 00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:14,647 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): This isn't the end. 313 00:15:14,713 --> 00:15:17,283 We're already plotting when's the next day we're gonna come out and 314 00:15:17,349 --> 00:15:18,851 we're not, we're not gonna be outsmarted. 315 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:20,653 We're gonna come back and get a horse eventually. 316 00:15:22,154 --> 00:15:24,423 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): These are some wily, wily horses. 317 00:15:31,463 --> 00:15:36,669 NARRATOR: With a new day Michelle has an early call at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve, 318 00:15:36,735 --> 00:15:40,572 a place over 150 native animals call home. 319 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,910 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So today is sheep day. 320 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:48,013 NARRATOR: Every summer young sheep endure a rite of passage, 321 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:53,085 an ear tagging to give them a unique identity among the herd. 322 00:15:57,089 --> 00:16:00,893 Michelle and director of operations Randy Hallock are on the case. 323 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:03,629 RANDY (off-screen): We have a whole bunch of yearlings from last year 324 00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:05,164 that have to be tagged. 325 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:08,567 You know a lot of people see just like white sheep or black sheep or brown sheep. 326 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:11,837 And unless you see them every day you can't tell them apart. 327 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:14,306 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Who are we gonna try and grab? 328 00:16:14,373 --> 00:16:16,041 RANDY: Right here. 329 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:20,245 NARRATOR: Today, they have their sights set on a 14 month old thin-horn sheep. 330 00:16:20,879 --> 00:16:21,914 DR. OAKLEY: They're actually really big. 331 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,315 RANDY: They are. DR. OAKLEY: Okay so that one. 332 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:24,783 RANDY: He's probably like 60, 70 pounds. 333 00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:26,652 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Oh yeah, we're gonna grab that one and wrestle it. 334 00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:31,190 NARRATOR: To work with the large sheep Michelle will have to sedate it. 335 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:32,691 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): We're gonna try and hand inject, 336 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:34,560 which is gonna be a little bit of a rodeo. 337 00:16:34,626 --> 00:16:38,530 But less of a rodeo than trying to just hold him and put an ear tag on. 338 00:16:40,399 --> 00:16:42,668 We're all set to pop. Okay I'm ready. 339 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:47,573 NARRATOR: A couple of interns are joining the team to lend a hand and 340 00:16:47,639 --> 00:16:49,742 learn about animal husbandry. 341 00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:51,844 LEIA: We get to feed the larger animals... 342 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:57,549 Clean out their stands and then when Michelle comes we get to help out wrangling animals. 343 00:16:58,617 --> 00:16:59,985 RANDY: Just make sure the gate's closed. 344 00:17:00,052 --> 00:17:02,087 DR. OAKLEY: Nobody butt but me. 345 00:17:02,154 --> 00:17:06,258 Even a small yearling sheep have sharp horns. 346 00:17:06,325 --> 00:17:09,628 If they were to jump up quickly they could definitely bury one in your forehead. 347 00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:12,831 So you really have to you know watch your step with these guys. 348 00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:14,666 RANDY: Hi there. 349 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:16,135 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Is this the one? 350 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:17,236 RANDY (off-screen): Yeah. 351 00:17:17,302 --> 00:17:18,504 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 352 00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:19,772 NARRATOR: To sedate the sheep 353 00:17:19,838 --> 00:17:23,142 Michelle needs to inject the anesthesia into its rear haunch. 354 00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:25,477 RANDY: Ready? DR. OAKLEY: Yep. 355 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:30,215 That's it, all done. 356 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:34,153 Go, go find a quiet corner and we'll get with you in a minute. 357 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:36,655 NARRATOR: The drug should take effect in a few minutes. 358 00:17:37,322 --> 00:17:40,292 While their patient gets sleepy Michelle checks out an onlooker. 359 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,929 DR. OAKLEY: Hi, anybody home? 360 00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:48,100 These guys have a really cool, uh frontal part of their skull. 361 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:51,937 And I don't actually want to experience it because he'll ram me in there. 362 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:53,439 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): But all of this, 363 00:17:53,505 --> 00:17:56,675 like in the front of their skull is actually kind of spongy bone. 364 00:17:56,742 --> 00:17:58,844 And there's a whole bunch of little cavities there so 365 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,979 that when they bump heads there's a bit of a cushion. 366 00:18:01,046 --> 00:18:02,781 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): He's gonna get me. 367 00:18:02,848 --> 00:18:04,316 RANDY: Don't tease the sheep. 368 00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:12,825 NARRATOR: The anesthesia is starting to take effect on the yearling. 369 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:16,795 DR. OAKLEY: That's working. 370 00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:18,630 RANDY (off-screen): That's quick aye? 371 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,602 NARRATOR: Michelle must work fast. 372 00:18:23,669 --> 00:18:25,571 RANDY: Let's move him to the shade. Ready? 373 00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:28,907 NARRATOR: As ruminants sheep need to constantly expel gas. 374 00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:30,075 RANDY: There we go. 375 00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:32,277 NARRATOR: But anesthesia hinders their ability to do so. 376 00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:38,150 If the sheep is down too long she could develop a dangerous case of bloat. 377 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:40,819 DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna do an ear tag. 378 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:43,755 NARRATOR: Thankfully tagging a sheep is a quick procedure, 379 00:18:43,822 --> 00:18:45,591 similar to an ear piercing. 380 00:18:46,225 --> 00:18:48,060 DR. OAKLEY: So do you care which ear? 381 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,162 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Do you guys do like a male-female thing or does it matter? 382 00:18:50,229 --> 00:18:51,530 RANDY (off-screen): Females are always right. 383 00:18:51,597 --> 00:18:53,065 DR. OAKLEY: I know. 384 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,533 RANDY (off-screen): I know you know. 385 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,269 DR. OAKLEY: My finger. Just kidding. 386 00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:58,604 RANDY: You don't need that one. 387 00:18:58,670 --> 00:19:00,906 NARRATOR: A quick clamp and the tagging's done. 388 00:19:01,874 --> 00:19:03,408 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Perfect. 389 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:06,311 NARRATOR: But Michelle notices something else that needs attention. 390 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:07,846 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): He needs his feet done too. 391 00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:10,048 RANDY: Yep, quite overgrown aye? 392 00:19:10,115 --> 00:19:14,153 NARRATOR: The sheep's hooves are much too long for a yearling. 393 00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:15,787 DR. OAKLEY: Whoa. 394 00:19:15,854 --> 00:19:18,257 RANDY (off-screen): You see how like it's totally not the way it should be. 395 00:19:19,391 --> 00:19:22,861 NARRATOR: Overgrown hooves can cause leg problems and even lameness. 396 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:25,931 It's important this gal get a pedicure. 397 00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:28,066 DR. OAKLEY: Who's gonna do the trimming? 398 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:29,468 RANDY: Have you ever trimmed feet before? 399 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:31,069 WOMAN: No, I have not. 400 00:19:31,136 --> 00:19:33,238 RANDY: Okay, the secret is. 401 00:19:34,439 --> 00:19:36,141 RANDY (off-screen): So like here's the hoof right? 402 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:37,409 WOMAN (off-screen): Right. 403 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:39,478 RANDY (off-screen): And so what you do is you try to bring it down. 404 00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:40,646 LEIA (off-screen): Oh wow. 405 00:19:40,712 --> 00:19:41,680 RANDY: Sheep are easy. 406 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:42,781 WOMAN: Okay. 407 00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:43,882 RANDY (off-screen): Here you got to hold it up like that. 408 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:45,117 And then spread the toes. 409 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:46,652 WOMAN (off-screen): Okay, right. 410 00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:50,856 RANDY: This hoof is all deformed. 411 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:54,660 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): That's a funny shape in the first place. 412 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,129 Ohhh. 413 00:19:59,898 --> 00:20:02,834 RANDY (off-screen): See it's a problem because this hoof is all deformed. 414 00:20:02,901 --> 00:20:04,403 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Whoa. 415 00:20:04,469 --> 00:20:06,405 That's a funny shape in the first place. 416 00:20:06,471 --> 00:20:07,873 RANDY: Well I know, that's what I mean. 417 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,909 NARRATOR: A misshapen hoof has caused Randy to hit the quick, 418 00:20:10,976 --> 00:20:14,513 a bundle of nerves and blood vessels supplying the hoof. 419 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:17,416 DR. OAKLEY: Where he cut was a typical place just barely taking 420 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:19,184 the edge off on overgrown feet. 421 00:20:19,251 --> 00:20:22,221 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And for whatever reason the quick has really grown out already. 422 00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:24,590 You should not hit quick normally just where he's cutting. 423 00:20:24,656 --> 00:20:26,658 So I'm not sure what's going on with her foot. 424 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:30,996 NARRATOR: Previous injuries or genetic abnormalities can cause hoof deformities. 425 00:20:32,764 --> 00:20:36,435 While uncomfortable for the sheep the injury is not life threatening. 426 00:20:37,269 --> 00:20:38,770 DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna put some blood stop powder on there, 427 00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:40,372 try and slow down the bleeding. 428 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:42,140 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): We're gonna give her something for her pain that'll cover her 429 00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:44,843 for 24 hours because she's gonna tend to be sore tomorrow. 430 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:47,746 So we're gonna keep her comfortable for a day or two while that heals up. 431 00:20:50,215 --> 00:20:54,953 NARRATOR: With the checkup complete all that's left is to wait for the sheep to wake up. 432 00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:56,722 DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna prop her up again. 433 00:20:56,788 --> 00:20:58,857 Because if you'll notice here how she's got a little bit of a paunch, 434 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,559 she's actually getting a bit bloated. 435 00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:03,862 Sheep are ruminants just like a cow which means they're constantly making gas. 436 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:07,799 Um, normally a sheep will be burping that gas out on a regular schedule. 437 00:21:07,866 --> 00:21:12,137 When they're under anesthesia they don't do that as readily or at all and the 438 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:13,972 ruminant starts to fill up and fill up. 439 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:15,274 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And this is a lot of bloating. 440 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,308 LEIA (off-screen): Yeah. 441 00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:17,876 DR. OAKLEY: You know bloat is actually a serious condition. 442 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:19,845 Um, she needs to be burping to stay alive. 443 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:21,980 Ooh, ooh, here we go. 444 00:21:22,047 --> 00:21:23,515 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Did you hear that burp? 445 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:26,485 She's doing that normal eructation which is the technical term for a burp. 446 00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:27,986 So next time you just belt one out there, 447 00:21:28,053 --> 00:21:29,588 be like "oh pardon me eructation". 448 00:21:29,655 --> 00:21:32,557 You know, then you'll look smart and not like a hillbilly, you know? 449 00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:36,795 Whoopie, whoopie, hold on, okay you are ready. 450 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,597 Sorry. 451 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,732 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): That's what I'm talking about right there. 452 00:21:41,233 --> 00:21:46,905 NARRATOR: In an hour or two the sheep should emit the remaining excess gas. 453 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:48,106 RANDY: Okay that's that. DR. OAKLEY: Looks good. 454 00:21:48,173 --> 00:21:49,408 RANDY: Let's go. 455 00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:51,076 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah, perfect. 456 00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:56,982 NARRATOR: As morning shines over Haines, Alaska 457 00:21:57,049 --> 00:21:59,117 Michelle opens her clinic to the public. 458 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:01,019 WOMAN (off-screen): Good to see you again. 459 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:03,121 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah, you too. So we have babies now huh? 460 00:22:03,188 --> 00:22:04,456 WOMAN (off-screen): Yeah we got three little babies. 461 00:22:04,523 --> 00:22:06,191 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Awesome. 462 00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:08,260 NARRATOR: Sierra's come to lend her mom a hand. 463 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,262 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay let's check the anal glands. 464 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:14,266 NARRATOR: Haines is a town where dogs are wildly popular. 465 00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:16,601 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): The last dog census was about 1800. 466 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:18,337 That's a lot of dogs. 467 00:22:18,403 --> 00:22:21,573 NARRATOR: But one patient is a less common sight. 468 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:23,942 REBECCA: Here we go. 469 00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:25,377 Going to the doctor. 470 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,846 DR. OAKLEY: We just have a duck coming in. 471 00:22:29,581 --> 00:22:31,483 REBECCA: Her heart's beating really hard. 472 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:33,518 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And apparently he's had a limpy foot. 473 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:34,720 REBECCA: This is Gimpy, 474 00:22:34,786 --> 00:22:37,756 of which she was named because she has an infection in her foot. 475 00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:39,458 REBECCA (off-screen): She's not really a pet so much. 476 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:41,126 They lay eggs for us. 477 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:43,295 DR. OAKLEY: Is our quacker here? 478 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:46,164 REBECCA: I noticed a couple days ago the infection looked really bad. 479 00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:48,333 REBECCA (off-screen): Swollen up like a golf ball almost. 480 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,169 And want to have a real look at it see what was going on. 481 00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:52,771 REBECCA (off-screen): Hi. 482 00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:53,905 DR. OAKLEY: Hi, how's it going? 483 00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:54,973 REBECCA: Good. 484 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:55,974 DR. OAKLEY: You must be Rebecca. 485 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,042 REBECCA: Yeah. DR. OAKLEY: Hi Michelle. 486 00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:58,276 REBECCA: Hi Michelle. Nice to meet you. 487 00:22:58,343 --> 00:22:59,378 DR. OAKLEY: Nice to meet you. And who is your friend? 488 00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:00,512 SIERRA: Hello. 489 00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:02,114 REBECCA: I've been calling her Gimpy because of her foot. 490 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:03,515 DR. OAKLEY: Oh okay. Well bring her on in. 491 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:05,584 REBECCA (off-screen): I'd like her to be a happy roamer. 492 00:23:05,650 --> 00:23:08,620 DR. OAKLEY: It's okay. It's okay Gimpy. 493 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:10,822 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Do you know how long this has been going on? 494 00:23:10,889 --> 00:23:12,357 REBECCA (off-screen): About two months. 495 00:23:12,424 --> 00:23:14,259 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Two months, oh yeah, okay. 496 00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:16,595 REBECCA (off-screen): I squeeze out like yellow impacted infection. 497 00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:18,096 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Right, yeah. 498 00:23:18,163 --> 00:23:20,332 REBECCA: And then it continued to get infected and the whole thing 499 00:23:20,399 --> 00:23:22,000 ballooned up like that. 500 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:25,103 DR. OAKLEY: Unfortunately Gimpy has good reason to be limping. 501 00:23:25,170 --> 00:23:26,838 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So if you see, 502 00:23:26,905 --> 00:23:30,375 if you compare it to this foot you can see a huge difference in size. 503 00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:32,377 You see that's a nice normal size. 504 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:34,413 And you look at this one this, this huge swelling. 505 00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:37,382 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Rebecca had been trying to manage the situation herself. 506 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:43,555 She'd even opened it out and gave a bit of a squeeze and shot out a big plug of firm dry puss. 507 00:23:43,622 --> 00:23:47,726 It's good that she got that out but still it's not like that got rid of the infection. 508 00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:51,696 So what, what these guys get is bumble foot. 509 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:55,734 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And usually they get cracks and they get a little bit of 510 00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:57,035 infection in those cracks. 511 00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,370 And then it just takes off. 512 00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:02,407 NARRATOR: Ducks can be especially susceptible to bumble foot, 513 00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:05,544 if they're raised on packed ground or rough surfaces. 514 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:08,647 DR. OAKLEY: Looking at it and feeling it. 515 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:10,215 You feel how warm that is. 516 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:11,616 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): You feel the rest of her foot, 517 00:24:11,683 --> 00:24:12,751 it's nice and cool and you can feel that. 518 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:14,052 It's just cooking hot. 519 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,153 REBECCA (off-screen): Yeah it is. 520 00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:16,421 DR. OAKLEY: So there's definitely a big infection going on there. 521 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:17,622 REBECCA: Mhm. 522 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:18,990 DR. OAKLEY: And I'm worried that it's in her joint. 523 00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:22,194 That's a serious infection, likely involving the bones unfortunately. 524 00:24:23,061 --> 00:24:24,663 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): The prognosis is kind of iffy. 525 00:24:24,729 --> 00:24:29,267 So I think what we'll do is take an x-ray and see how extensive the infection is at this point. 526 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:32,170 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So how many ducks do you have? 527 00:24:32,838 --> 00:24:34,206 REBECCA (off-screen): I have seven. 528 00:24:34,272 --> 00:24:35,574 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Do you ever put them all in a row? 529 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,677 REBECCA: Yeah, they put themselves in a row. 530 00:24:38,743 --> 00:24:40,512 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): How do you call them? 531 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:42,280 REBECCA (off-screen): Beeper, beeper, beeper, beepers. 532 00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:43,782 DR. OAKLEY: Oh. 533 00:24:43,849 --> 00:24:45,884 REBECCA (off-screen): And they come running and they put themselves in their pen. 534 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,385 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Aw. 535 00:24:47,452 --> 00:24:48,787 REBECCA (off-screen): They're actually a lot smarter than you might expect. 536 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:50,689 DR. OAKLEY: Everything looks like its ready. 537 00:24:51,423 --> 00:24:52,357 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I'll get you to step out. 538 00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:53,892 REBECCA: Yeah, yeah. 539 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:55,193 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): For just a second, okay. And I'll get the picture taken. 540 00:24:55,260 --> 00:24:56,928 I'm definitely doing some quack medicine here. 541 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:01,099 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I'll actually hold the duck Sierra and I'll show you how 542 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,534 to take the picture, okay? 543 00:25:02,601 --> 00:25:03,702 So what you're gonna do hon. 544 00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:05,237 Is you press that button to turn the light on. 545 00:25:05,303 --> 00:25:06,204 SIERRA (off-screen): Yeah. 546 00:25:06,271 --> 00:25:07,239 DR. OAKLEY: And then see how it says ready? 547 00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:08,306 SIERRA (off-screen): Mhm. 548 00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:09,307 DR. OAKLEY: And then you're gonna press it all the way. 549 00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:10,942 SIERRA (off-screen): It's all over me. 550 00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:12,143 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): All righty, oh I know. 551 00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:13,545 I know Gimpy, it's okay. 552 00:25:13,612 --> 00:25:16,481 Oh, oh, clean up on aisle four. 553 00:25:17,182 --> 00:25:18,817 SIERRA (off-screen): Oh good thing they aren't my shoes though. 554 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:20,919 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Okay I'm concerned about... 555 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:22,120 Oh those are my shoes. 556 00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:23,688 SIERRA: Yeah, those are your shoes. 557 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:28,660 DR. OAKLEY: There's a perfectly good pair of extra tough boots out in the truck. 558 00:25:28,727 --> 00:25:32,731 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): She wanted to borrow my nice new slip on shoes and um, 559 00:25:32,797 --> 00:25:37,135 Gimpy chose that moment to eject feces all over my new shoes. 560 00:25:37,802 --> 00:25:39,304 SIERRA: Okay I'm going barefoot now. 561 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:40,906 DR. OAKLEY: I don't know if that's gonna come out. 562 00:25:40,972 --> 00:25:42,841 But I guess she's gonna find that out. 563 00:25:44,309 --> 00:25:45,310 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Ready? 564 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:49,180 Go, okay, oh Gimpy's so cooperative. 565 00:25:49,247 --> 00:25:51,349 Hey Rebecca... 566 00:25:51,416 --> 00:25:52,651 You want to come on in? 567 00:25:52,717 --> 00:25:54,085 So I'll just show you the x-ray really quick. 568 00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:55,353 REBECCA (off-screen): Oh okay cool. 569 00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:57,155 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So this is a view of just her foot. 570 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:58,456 REBECCA (off-screen): Mhm. 571 00:25:58,523 --> 00:26:00,158 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So you can see the various toes on the side. 572 00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:01,259 REBECCA (off-screen): Mhm. 573 00:26:01,326 --> 00:26:03,028 DR. OAKLEY: And you can see this toe is supposed to connect here. 574 00:26:03,094 --> 00:26:04,095 And it doesn't. 575 00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:12,437 NARRATOR: Gimpy the duck is suffering from an infection in her foot. 576 00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:15,540 So severe it ate away her bone. 577 00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:17,776 DR. OAKLEY: What you need us to do is remove that toe. 578 00:26:17,842 --> 00:26:20,545 Because that is not gonna reconnect on its own. 579 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:23,014 REBECCA (off-screen): Wow, well what if the infection just clears up? 580 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:24,549 Can't we just leave it alone? 581 00:26:24,616 --> 00:26:25,684 DR. OAKLEY: I don't think it's gonna happen. 582 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:27,352 The problem is it doesn't have a blood supply. 583 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:29,321 REBECCA (off-screen): Oh. 584 00:26:29,387 --> 00:26:32,223 DR. OAKLEY: So that's probably gonna die and just be a source of constant infection, so. 585 00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:33,391 REBECCA (off-screen): Yeah, whatever you think is best. 586 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:34,492 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 587 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:35,894 REBECCA: Yeah, do that or we eat her for dinner. 588 00:26:36,928 --> 00:26:38,697 DR. OAKLEY: I want her to continue to be your layer. 589 00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:39,764 REBECCA: Okay. 590 00:26:39,831 --> 00:26:41,466 DR. OAKLEY: So let's do our best for her, okay? 591 00:26:41,533 --> 00:26:43,535 I think Rebecca was hoping for an easy fix. 592 00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:45,070 Aren't we all? 593 00:26:45,136 --> 00:26:47,272 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): But if Gimpy doesn't have surgery and we don't get that 594 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:49,341 infection under control that infection will progress. 595 00:26:49,407 --> 00:26:50,575 It'll go up her leg. 596 00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:55,080 She won't be able to walk for much longer and she will become duck stew. 597 00:26:56,081 --> 00:26:57,315 REBECCA: What a rock star. 598 00:26:57,382 --> 00:26:59,651 DR. OAKLEY: So I'm gonna get some antibiotics rounded up. 599 00:26:59,718 --> 00:27:00,986 REBECCA: Okay. 600 00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:02,921 DR. OAKLEY: We'll send her along with that and then you and I will have 601 00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:04,856 to get together and make a date for surgery. 602 00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:07,092 REBECCA (off-screen): So probably spoil her a little bit. 603 00:27:07,158 --> 00:27:11,262 And then we're gonna wait for the doctor to come back and probably amputate off her toe. 604 00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:13,565 You had a broken toe the whole time. 605 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:17,168 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Just say as a general rule don't wear my shoes. 606 00:27:17,235 --> 00:27:18,903 SIERRA: Technically it wasn't my fault. 607 00:27:18,970 --> 00:27:20,872 DR. OAKLEY: And now you're gonna have to wash my shoes. 608 00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:28,913 NARRATOR: Clinics a wrap but Michelle's busy week is not over. 609 00:27:30,015 --> 00:27:35,353 She's gotten a call from the owner of a farm who needs help with a few members of her brood. 610 00:27:38,189 --> 00:27:39,758 DEBORAH: Hey. 611 00:27:39,824 --> 00:27:41,359 DR. OAKLEY:: Hi there. You must be Deborah. 612 00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:42,594 DEBORAH: Thanks for coming... 613 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:43,762 I appreciate it. 614 00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:45,697 DR. OAKLEY: No problem, great place you got. DEBORAH: Thanks. 615 00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:48,833 DR. OAKLEY: Today we're going to see Deborah Baines at the Learning Farm where kids can 616 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:50,702 come and learn about farming in Alaska. 617 00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:55,106 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Looks like you got a little bit of everything going here. 618 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:56,908 DEBORAH: Oh yeah, we got a real menagerie. 619 00:27:57,676 --> 00:28:01,680 The Learning Farm is not just a petting zoo but more of an educational program. 620 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:08,353 DEBORAH (off-screen): We have horses, chickens, goats, sheep, cows, ponies 621 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:12,290 and I usually keep a couple of rabbits for a big Easter egg hunt here. 622 00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:15,560 This last Easter we picked up a few more bunnies 623 00:28:15,627 --> 00:28:21,299 and um I was told that the ones that we kept were all females. 624 00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:22,634 DR. OAKLEY: Mhm. 625 00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:27,138 DEBORAH: Um, but this week we noticed we had baby bunnies so... 626 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:28,573 DR. OAKLEY: Oh! 627 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,010 DEBORAH: We've recently had some bunnies show up. 628 00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:38,216 So obviously we need to find out who's not female. 629 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,820 NARRATOR: Rabbits breed fast and often. 630 00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:46,991 If they don't find the male soon Deborah could have her hands full with baby bunnies. 631 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:48,693 DR. OAKLEY: Shall we break up that party? 632 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,628 DEBORAH: Yes please. 633 00:28:50,695 --> 00:28:53,998 DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna check every last rabbit here, we'll find him. 634 00:28:55,467 --> 00:28:58,436 NARRATOR: Deborah's three newest rabbits are the top suspects. 635 00:28:59,504 --> 00:29:02,707 DEBORAH (off-screen): We're suspecting this white fluffy one might be the male. 636 00:29:02,774 --> 00:29:05,977 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. He might be the culprit? 637 00:29:06,845 --> 00:29:09,647 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Trying to tell male from female is not the easiest thing to do. 638 00:29:09,714 --> 00:29:12,717 The number one thing you look at is sort of the shape of the opening. 639 00:29:12,784 --> 00:29:14,352 Hey everybody. 640 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:15,787 DEBORAH (off-screen): Come here. 641 00:29:15,854 --> 00:29:19,124 DR. OAKLEY: Okay, perfect. 642 00:29:19,824 --> 00:29:21,626 So if you see sort of a long slit opening. 643 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:22,727 DEBORAH (off-screen): Mhm. 644 00:29:22,794 --> 00:29:23,728 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): That's a female. 645 00:29:23,795 --> 00:29:25,196 Males are more like a donut hole. 646 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:26,931 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah that... 647 00:29:26,998 --> 00:29:28,533 The longer slit it's definitely a female. 648 00:29:29,968 --> 00:29:32,237 So the first one I've looked at is actually a female. 649 00:29:32,303 --> 00:29:33,838 That's the good news. 650 00:29:35,473 --> 00:29:37,308 And do you know who had the babies? 651 00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:41,412 DR. OAKLEY: She's pregnant... 652 00:29:41,479 --> 00:29:43,281 This one's pregnant. 653 00:29:43,348 --> 00:29:45,083 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I can feel a bunch of babies in there. 654 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:46,785 DEBORAH: Oh great. 655 00:29:46,851 --> 00:29:48,853 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I can feel at least three fetuses. 656 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,757 They feel like the large globe grapes that you can kind of kind of feel in their belly. 657 00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:55,927 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Gestation's around 33 days so she's probably about a week 658 00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:58,096 away from having her bunnies. 659 00:29:58,163 --> 00:30:00,932 So who else, we need to find the offending male. 660 00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:02,000 DEBORAH (off-screen): Yes. 661 00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:03,268 DR. OAKLEY: And get him out of here. 662 00:30:03,334 --> 00:30:05,570 NARRATOR: There are two suspects left to check. 663 00:30:06,371 --> 00:30:07,672 DR. OAKLEY: How about you? 664 00:30:07,739 --> 00:30:10,074 What's your role in this situation? 665 00:30:11,342 --> 00:30:12,310 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So that's a female. 666 00:30:12,377 --> 00:30:14,012 See that's a longer slit. 667 00:30:14,078 --> 00:30:20,185 And, don't feel anything at all. 668 00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:24,689 NARRATOR: When a male is around it's surprising 669 00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:27,058 to have a female rabbit that's not pregnant. 670 00:30:28,059 --> 00:30:30,128 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): She could be super early but I don't think so. 671 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:33,965 Hold on beauty. 672 00:30:34,032 --> 00:30:35,533 She's making milk. 673 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,035 DEBORAH: Oh okay here's mama then. 674 00:30:37,101 --> 00:30:38,770 DR. OAKLEY: So this is the mom to the babies that you just had. 675 00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:40,438 DEBORAH: Oh, okay. 676 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:44,442 NARRATOR: With the new mom ID'd it's important that Deborah takes precautions. 677 00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:48,313 Female rabbits can get pregnant again within minutes after giving birth. 678 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,050 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): This is what we know about rabbits, is they breed like bunnies. 679 00:30:52,116 --> 00:30:53,284 I mean that's... 680 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:54,619 That's what they do. 681 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,788 And as soon as they basically have a litter they breed again and 682 00:30:56,855 --> 00:30:58,723 your numbers can grow exponentially. 683 00:30:58,790 --> 00:31:01,326 Now's a great time to separate her. 684 00:31:01,392 --> 00:31:03,061 DEBORAH: Yeah. DR. OAKLEY: So she doesn't get pregnant again. 685 00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:05,063 DEBORAH: Oh my goodness. 686 00:31:05,129 --> 00:31:09,067 NARRATOR: With two confirmed females all signs point to the last suspect 687 00:31:09,133 --> 00:31:10,635 as the bunny daddy. 688 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:13,471 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Perfect. Any bets? 689 00:31:14,639 --> 00:31:16,140 Watch your back. 690 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:23,615 And the survey says, female. 691 00:31:24,649 --> 00:31:26,050 DEBORAH: Oh man, okay. 692 00:31:26,117 --> 00:31:27,518 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And pregnant. 693 00:31:27,585 --> 00:31:29,020 DEBORAH: Oh my goodness. 694 00:31:29,087 --> 00:31:31,022 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): It's just like what? 695 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:32,924 There's got to be a male around. 696 00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:34,592 There's no immaculate conception in bunnies. 697 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:37,462 There's always a male and a female and um, we're gonna find the male. 698 00:31:39,397 --> 00:31:40,665 NARRATOR: To collar the culprit 699 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,300 Michelle turns her attention 700 00:31:42,367 --> 00:31:45,336 to some of the longer-term residents of the learning farm. 701 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:46,838 DR. OAKLEY: And you think the black one's a female? 702 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:48,206 DEBORAH (off-screen): This one's fixed. 703 00:31:48,273 --> 00:31:49,641 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay. 704 00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:54,045 NARRATOR: The last bunny in the pen is Deborah's former house pet. 705 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:57,448 DEBORAH (off-screen): She chewed up my son's phone cord so she went outside. 706 00:31:57,515 --> 00:31:59,083 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): That's a female for sure? 707 00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:00,585 DEBORAH: Yes, maybe we should check her. 708 00:32:00,652 --> 00:32:02,887 DR. OAKLEY: Okay, we should check. Let's, let's be real sure. 709 00:32:02,954 --> 00:32:04,622 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Deborah's got the last one. 710 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:08,726 She's pretty certain is a female but I have a sneaking suspicion that that is 711 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:09,794 the fox in the hen house. 712 00:32:10,962 --> 00:32:13,097 ♪ ♪ 713 00:32:17,302 --> 00:32:20,538 DR. OAKLEY: There's a male in the bunch and I'm gonna find him. 714 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,944 NARRATOR: The last rabbit to check had been Deborah's house pet 715 00:32:26,010 --> 00:32:28,680 before being moved to the outdoor pen. 716 00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:30,682 She's convinced it's a female. 717 00:32:30,748 --> 00:32:32,417 DR. OAKLEY: Let's see what we got here. 718 00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:34,919 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay guess what? That's a male. 719 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:36,254 DEBORAH: Oh good grief. 720 00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:37,355 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah. 721 00:32:37,422 --> 00:32:38,389 We have our culprit. 722 00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:39,991 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): A good thing we checked. 723 00:32:40,058 --> 00:32:41,359 DEBORAH: Oh my goodness. 724 00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:42,860 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): The proud daddy to be. 725 00:32:42,927 --> 00:32:46,664 Unfortunately Deborah's about to have her hands full with baby bunnies. 726 00:32:46,731 --> 00:32:51,502 But at least she's such a good responsible owner that she's gonna now separate out 727 00:32:51,569 --> 00:32:54,272 those babies and neuter and spay the ones that need to be done. 728 00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:58,443 You've had your fun. Now we're gonna fix it up. 729 00:32:58,509 --> 00:33:00,211 DEBORAH: Well the kids will be excited. 730 00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:01,679 We're gonna have more bunnies. 731 00:33:07,085 --> 00:33:10,955 NARRATOR: After a long stretch treating clientsMichelle is spending a day off 732 00:33:11,022 --> 00:33:14,425 with her teenaged daughters and a trusty sidekick. 733 00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:17,962 DR. OAKLEY: I use the blowpipe a lot but it's also important to practice. 734 00:33:18,029 --> 00:33:21,199 Um, safety is a big issue around all of these things 735 00:33:21,265 --> 00:33:23,368 when you have flying projectiles filled with drugs. 736 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:27,538 NARRATOR: Michelle has to use her blowpipe for an important job that's coming up. 737 00:33:27,605 --> 00:33:30,041 DR. OAKLEY: And of course we'll turn it into a family competition. 738 00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:32,710 Who's going first? 739 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:34,012 The one who wins this? 740 00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:35,213 MAYA: The one who wins. 741 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:36,314 SIERRA: Okay, go. 742 00:33:36,381 --> 00:33:37,515 MAYA: Rock, paper, scissors. 743 00:33:37,582 --> 00:33:38,750 SIERRA: I don't want to go first. 744 00:33:38,816 --> 00:33:39,984 MAYA: Okay I lost. 745 00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:41,452 DR. OAKLEY: Darn it I wanted to go last. 746 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:42,887 MAYA: You're second, I'm third. 747 00:33:42,954 --> 00:33:44,422 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I'm pretty confident with a blowpipe. 748 00:33:44,489 --> 00:33:47,325 I've been using it at work as a tool on everything from muskox to little monkeys. 749 00:33:48,292 --> 00:33:49,761 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I'm gunning for that red bull's eye. 750 00:33:49,827 --> 00:33:51,062 All right let's start. 751 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:53,498 MAYA: See if I have any competition at all. 752 00:33:56,134 --> 00:33:57,301 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Oh yeah. 753 00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:58,703 MAYA (off-screen): That's a six. 754 00:33:58,770 --> 00:34:00,738 The worst you could get while hitting the board. 755 00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:02,006 Congratulations. 756 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:04,008 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Ruh-roh, I need to practice. 757 00:34:04,075 --> 00:34:05,843 That was a really hard shot. 758 00:34:05,910 --> 00:34:07,512 MAYA (off-screen): Yeah, you missed it completely. 759 00:34:07,578 --> 00:34:08,846 DR. OAKLEY: Well you're at zero so far. 760 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:10,114 MAYA (off-screen): Well I haven't even tried yet. 761 00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:11,215 SIERRA: Yeah, exactly. 762 00:34:11,282 --> 00:34:12,784 MAYA (off-screen): Okay I'm going. 763 00:34:12,850 --> 00:34:14,152 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): What word doesn't Maya like? 764 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:16,387 SIERRA: I don't think she likes the word, um moist. 765 00:34:16,454 --> 00:34:23,061 MAYA (off-screen): Can you guys not? That's sick. 766 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:30,902 DR. OAKLEY: Oh snap. MAYA: So far I'm beating you. 767 00:34:30,968 --> 00:34:32,036 DR. OAKLEY: I know. 768 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:33,237 MAYA: I'm winning. SIERRA: Why did you go? 769 00:34:33,304 --> 00:34:34,405 It was my turn. 770 00:34:34,472 --> 00:34:35,640 MAYA: Too bad, you lost it. 771 00:34:35,706 --> 00:34:36,674 DR. OAKLEY: Oh she's disqualified. 772 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:37,742 MAYA (off-screen): No. 773 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:38,810 DR. OAKLEY: DQ. MAYA: No. 774 00:34:38,876 --> 00:34:40,011 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): DQ. 775 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:41,045 SIERRA (off-screen): DQ. 776 00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:42,213 MAYA: No one's getting this. 777 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:43,614 DR. OAKLEY: Okay you're disqualified. 778 00:34:43,681 --> 00:34:44,882 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Order is important in any type of competition... 779 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:46,217 She stepped out of order. 780 00:34:46,284 --> 00:34:48,152 In my opinion that should be an immediate DQ. 781 00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:50,955 Are you serious? 782 00:34:53,624 --> 00:34:54,826 SIERRA (off-screen): Mom. 783 00:34:54,892 --> 00:34:56,828 MAYA: I'm not disqualified. 784 00:34:56,894 --> 00:35:00,198 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): You're grounded, that's it. 785 00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:03,501 SIERRA (off-screen): I see Maya put my dad in headlocks. 786 00:35:03,568 --> 00:35:04,902 My mom in headlocks. 787 00:35:04,969 --> 00:35:06,137 Willow in headlocks. 788 00:35:06,204 --> 00:35:07,205 I don't know. 789 00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:08,306 It just doesn't really phase me. 790 00:35:10,808 --> 00:35:12,777 MAYA: All you have to say is I'm not disqualified. 791 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:15,513 DR. OAKLEY: All right. You're grounded for a month, 792 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:17,515 but you're not disqualified. 793 00:35:17,582 --> 00:35:21,419 She's gonna log some hard labor at home helping with dishes and stuff over that one. 794 00:35:23,321 --> 00:35:24,655 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Sierra's time. 795 00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:32,196 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): That was a really good. 796 00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:34,966 MAYA: Really good what? DR. OAKLEY: Expel, expelling. 797 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:38,436 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): But um, still low. 798 00:35:40,204 --> 00:35:42,406 MAYA: Yeah, you're looking at a winner right now. 799 00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:44,408 MAYA (off-screen): I won! 800 00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:45,810 DR. OAKLEY: Except you're disqualified. 801 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:48,112 MAYA (off-screen): Mom lost. 802 00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:50,581 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Oh my God, settle down killer. 803 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:52,083 MAYA (off-screen): No. 804 00:35:56,287 --> 00:35:59,056 NARRATOR: Target practice isn't all about fun and games. 805 00:35:59,123 --> 00:36:02,793 Today it's important Michelle's skills are sharp. 806 00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:05,796 DR. OAKLEY: Today I'm back at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center to finish 807 00:36:05,863 --> 00:36:07,832 off the job that we started a couple days ago. 808 00:36:11,135 --> 00:36:15,940 NARRATOR: This herd of wood bison is slated to be released into the wild where 809 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:19,844 they will help bring an extinct population back to Alaska. 810 00:36:20,611 --> 00:36:24,148 But before they can be freed two calves need dewormer to rid them 811 00:36:24,215 --> 00:36:26,484 of parasites that are keeping them thin. 812 00:36:27,485 --> 00:36:30,488 DR. OAKLEY: They got kid of riled up when we tried to herd them. 813 00:36:31,923 --> 00:36:33,858 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And we ended up getting one of three. 814 00:36:33,925 --> 00:36:35,626 So there's two more to do today. 815 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:39,797 NARRATOR: The pressure is on to treat the calves before the release date. 816 00:36:40,498 --> 00:36:41,666 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Hey Mike. 817 00:36:41,732 --> 00:36:42,767 MIKE: Hi Michelle, how you doing? 818 00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:43,768 DR. OAKLEY: Good, How are you? 819 00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:45,036 MIKE (off-screen): Another rainy day. 820 00:36:45,102 --> 00:36:46,237 DR. OAKLEY: Good to see you again. 821 00:36:46,304 --> 00:36:47,505 MIKE: I thought we were putting it off for a sunny day. 822 00:36:47,572 --> 00:36:49,106 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So our lucky numbers for today is 22 and 23? 823 00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:51,876 Kind of hoping it can be real quick and we'll be done. 824 00:36:53,911 --> 00:36:56,180 NARRATOR: To prevent the herd from spooking Michelle 825 00:36:56,247 --> 00:36:59,250 will approach from outside their enclosure. 826 00:36:59,317 --> 00:37:02,286 DR. OAKLEY: They're actually really close to the fence so I'm gonna try and just saunter 827 00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:05,523 on up there with a super casual look. 828 00:37:06,757 --> 00:37:09,860 NARRATOR: Bison number 22 is within shooting range. 829 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,263 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Hey guys. 830 00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:14,699 How's everybody? 831 00:37:14,765 --> 00:37:19,203 15, you're in my way. You're in my line of fire. 832 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:29,814 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Got it. 833 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,849 So we got it. Number 22 down. 834 00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:34,418 NARRATOR: The dewormer is instantly injected. 835 00:37:34,485 --> 00:37:38,422 The dart will fall out soon and Michelle will retrieve it later. 836 00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:40,291 MIKE (off-screen): Good shot. 837 00:37:40,358 --> 00:37:41,626 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I feel like Annie Oakley. 838 00:37:41,692 --> 00:37:42,827 MIKE (off-screen): Yeah. 839 00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:44,095 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Instead of just Michelle Oakley. 840 00:37:44,161 --> 00:37:45,763 NARRATOR: There's just one bison left to treat... 841 00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:47,698 Number 23. 842 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:51,102 But it's keeping its distance in a sea of bison bouncers. 843 00:37:52,303 --> 00:37:53,504 MIKE (off-screen): Come through this gate and look. 844 00:37:53,571 --> 00:37:55,172 It's broadside. 845 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,041 I don't know if you want to walk through the gate. 846 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:58,809 It's a little far. 847 00:37:58,876 --> 00:38:02,079 DR. OAKLEY: We can't get her to come in quite close enough so I think we'll try a long shot 848 00:38:02,146 --> 00:38:03,281 and see if we can get her. 849 00:38:03,347 --> 00:38:05,716 MIKE (off-screen): Oh that long shot. 850 00:38:05,783 --> 00:38:09,453 DR. OAKLEY: Hail Mary and not even close. 851 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,356 So I think I was off by like a full foot. 852 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:18,629 Okay well I need to go get darts back, wah, wah. 853 00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:22,066 NARRATOR: At $50 a pop, 854 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,602 the reusable darts don't come cheap. 855 00:38:24,669 --> 00:38:26,203 MIKE: You want to go ahead and get it before it gets trampled? 856 00:38:26,270 --> 00:38:27,905 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 857 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:31,108 NARRATOR: Before Michelle can try again she needs to recover her arsenal. 858 00:38:32,176 --> 00:38:33,944 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Nobody step on it. 859 00:38:39,917 --> 00:38:42,520 No, no, no don't step on it. 860 00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:45,790 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): And don't eat it. 861 00:38:45,856 --> 00:38:47,158 No you don't, no you don't. 862 00:38:47,224 --> 00:38:48,859 No, no, no, not. 863 00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:53,831 NARRATOR: Weighing up to a ton they're the largest land animals in North America 864 00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:57,134 capable of stampeding at the slightest provocation. 865 00:38:57,868 --> 00:38:59,837 DR. OAKLEY: You just stay right where you are. 866 00:39:00,805 --> 00:39:04,975 And I'm gonna grab it and go over here and it's not good, it injected. 867 00:39:07,878 --> 00:39:10,247 NARRATOR: Michelle needs to refill the dart with dewormer 868 00:39:10,314 --> 00:39:13,284 before she can try again for number 23. 869 00:39:13,951 --> 00:39:14,985 MIKE (off-screen): Michelle. 870 00:39:15,052 --> 00:39:16,153 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 871 00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:18,122 MIKE: 23's about five feet from the fence. 872 00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:21,058 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Fast as we can go. 873 00:39:23,661 --> 00:39:26,163 Just as I'm about to dart one comes out of nowhere and basically just puts 874 00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:28,165 its face kind of right in my target. 875 00:39:28,232 --> 00:39:29,734 Really? 876 00:39:31,235 --> 00:39:35,673 NARRATOR: If the interloper moves just a few feet Michele will have a clear shot. 877 00:39:37,208 --> 00:39:38,776 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Okay everybody out of the way. 878 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,184 MIKE (off-screen): Good shot. 879 00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:49,253 DR. OAKLEY: And it injected good. 880 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:54,191 MIKE (off-screen): We're um, real thrilled that it's all over. 881 00:39:54,258 --> 00:39:55,659 It all went just perfect. 882 00:39:55,726 --> 00:39:57,294 MIKE (off-screen): Here you go. 883 00:39:57,361 --> 00:39:59,230 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): They're getting their reward for cooperating. 884 00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:04,568 NARRATOR: Once the calves gain weight they will be released and help replenish wood bison 885 00:40:04,635 --> 00:40:07,037 numbers across Alaska. 886 00:40:08,472 --> 00:40:09,907 MIKE: Feels good knowing the animals have been wormed and they're gonna... 887 00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:11,409 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Yeah. 888 00:40:11,475 --> 00:40:13,043 MIKE: In a month they'll come out and they'll look even better and. 889 00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:15,146 DR. OAKLEY: They will, those little guys will put on weight quick now. 890 00:40:15,212 --> 00:40:17,148 MIKE: That's a good treatment for them. DR. OAKLEY: Yeah... 891 00:40:17,214 --> 00:40:19,583 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): These bison are really important to the future of 892 00:40:19,650 --> 00:40:21,252 wood bison in Alaska. 893 00:40:21,318 --> 00:40:22,820 They're the progenitors. 894 00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:24,855 They're gonna be the starters of this new herd. 895 00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:25,956 Thanks Mike and. 896 00:40:26,023 --> 00:40:27,892 MIKE: Yeah, thank you. DR. OAKLEY: Nice to meet you guys. 897 00:40:27,958 --> 00:40:30,027 MIKE (off-screen): There's 140-some bison here. 898 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:33,464 Now that they're fine we're fine and everybody's happy. 899 00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:42,573 NARRATOR: As summer comes to an end autumn transforms the landscape. 900 00:40:43,374 --> 00:40:46,977 DR. OAKLEY: When I see the first yellow leaf in the fall I kind of do a bit of a no. 901 00:40:47,044 --> 00:40:50,114 Winter is coming. I have to face it. 902 00:40:51,782 --> 00:40:56,320 NARRATOR: Michelle and Shane take advantage of a clear day to say goodbye to summer. 903 00:40:56,387 --> 00:40:59,690 DR. OAKLEY: Shane would have rather we hitched up the, the four-wheelers, 904 00:40:59,757 --> 00:41:01,358 the ATV's and went out for a ride. 905 00:41:02,693 --> 00:41:06,096 But uh, every now and then I gotta throw in something I want to do. 906 00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:08,666 Date night. 907 00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:11,802 Once every two years. 908 00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:14,939 SHANE (off-screen): It's fueled up, let's go. 909 00:41:15,005 --> 00:41:16,774 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): She's all fueled up? I see that. 910 00:41:16,841 --> 00:41:18,542 You smell good. 911 00:41:18,609 --> 00:41:20,277 See, you can't do this to your four-wheeler. 912 00:41:22,913 --> 00:41:25,249 You can't snuggle with a four-wheeler. 913 00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:28,118 After this you're gonna want to buy yourself your own. 914 00:41:28,185 --> 00:41:29,153 SHANE: Four-wheeler? 915 00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:30,521 DR. OAKLEY: Horse for transportation. 916 00:41:30,588 --> 00:41:32,022 SHANE: Horse? I don't think so. 917 00:41:32,623 --> 00:41:33,891 All righty. 918 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:35,860 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): It's so busy here in the summer. 919 00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:38,863 I mean we have 24 hour sun and it's just... You know it's, it's awesome. 920 00:41:38,929 --> 00:41:39,864 Good luck. 921 00:41:39,930 --> 00:41:41,999 SHANE: How the hell do you get on this thing? 922 00:41:42,066 --> 00:41:44,502 DR. OAKLEY: Just jump. Just like Clint Eastwood. 923 00:41:45,469 --> 00:41:50,407 But when winter comes I'm really almost ready to slow down and relax. 924 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:53,143 It's so nice out. 925 00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:55,746 SHANE: Next time can we put the saddles on, 926 00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:57,715 because this is not. 927 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:05,689 NARRATOR: Soon frigid temperatures will take hold and the residents of the Yukon, 928 00:42:05,756 --> 00:42:07,291 both human and animal, 929 00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,827 will hunker down for a long winter ahead. 930 00:42:11,395 --> 00:42:12,663 DR. OAKLEY: You ready to get one? 931 00:42:12,730 --> 00:42:14,298 SHANE (off-screen): If people were meant to ride those things then they'd 932 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:16,934 come with brakes and some shocks. 933 00:42:17,001 --> 00:42:20,838 Have a nice ride home... I'll drive the truck back. 934 00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:24,275 DR. OAKLEY: Okay, you did good Brandy, come on, and that is that. 935 00:42:24,341 --> 00:42:26,510 Captioned by Cotter Captioning Services.