Special Interest > Documentary

The traditional Melbourne Zoo, the Werribee Open Range Zoo, and the Australian wildlife park at Healesville Sanctuary together create Victoria's 'natural zoo trilogy', and each are explored in this wonderful documentary presentation, which goes backstage with the dedicated people who care for and nuture the zoos' exotic residents.

See how Victoria's world-class zoos culture naturalistic environments for their diverse species: the Elephant trail at Melbourne Zoo, for instance, enables visitors to interact with these noble beasts in an Asian village setting; at Healesville, replicating native wildlife habitats allows people to experience brimming wetlands, or koalas and lyrebirds in natural bushland; while at Werribee, visitors can encounter Cheetahs in action, or marvel at Zebras grazing on open savannah plains.

Behind-the-scenes, these zoos are world leaders in endangered animal protection, and this fascinating documentary shows how Victoria's natural zoo trilogy is working to perpetuate species from around the globe.