Trent's Wild Cat Adventures - First Episode (Excerpts)

Auckland Zoo carnivore keeper Trent Barclay first appeared on screen in Greenstone’s long-running show The Zoo, where his passion for cats made him a viewer favourite. This spin-off series sees Barclay getting up close to lions in South Africa, in their natural environment. The opening episode visits a rhino and lion nature reserve west of Johannesburg. In this opening excerpt, Barclay meets some young but feisty royal bengal tigers. A safari takes him deep into dangerous cape buffalo territory, and face to face with wild lions, before he takes a turn babysitting rare and deceptively cute white lion cubs.

These are Cape Buffalo. I’m hiding behind this truck because these are the most dangerous of the ‘big five’; called that because these guys are responsible for more hunters’ deaths than any other animal in Africa.

– Trent Barclay on cape buffalo

Key Cast & Crew

Karren Woolly

Producer

Simon Ellis

Cinematographer

Tina Diaz

Director, Writer

Frank Phipps

Sound Recordist

Trent Barclay

Presenter, Narrator

Mike Viskovich

Editor