Animal World was a wildlife television series that aired from June 1968 to September 1971, hosted by Bill Burrud. [1] The series debuted on 16 June 1968 under the name Animal Kingdom, and was renamed Animal World beginning with the 11 August 1968 broadcast. [2]
| Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| "The Great Migration" | June 16, 1968 | 1 |
The mass movement of 500 000 animals across the Serengeti in Tanzania. [3] | ||
| "Secrets of the Desert" | June 23, 1968 | 2 |
Wildlife of the Sonora Desert are featured, including ring-tailed cats, tarantulas and Gila Monsters. [4] | ||
| "The Elephants of Tsavo" | June 30, 1968 | 3 |
The elephants of Tsavo National Park are featured, along with a close-up look at the orphans cared for by Warden David Sheldrick. [5] | ||
| "A Porpoise with a Purpose" | July 7, 1968 | 4 |
The capture and training of a porpoise for Marineland of the Pacific. [6] | ||
| "The Last Safari" | July 14, 1968 | 5 |
A search for lions in East Africa leads to a huge lake with two to four million flamingos. [7] | ||
| "Alligator Adventure" | July 21, 1968 | 6 |
Game wardens battle poachers in Florida's swampland to protect alligators. [8] | ||
| Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | May 8, 1969 | 1 |
Wildlife in Antarctica, including a Leopard Seal following penguins, the mating rituals of Adélie penguins and Weddell seal pups learning to swim. [9] | ||
| TBA | November 8, 1969 | TBA |
Elephants Seals, sharks and killer whales and the skills needed to capture them. [10] | ||
| "Bison Roundup" | November 22, 1969 | TBA |
| TBA | November 28, 1969 | TBA |
Bill Burrud describes the plight of the Amboseli Game Reserve in Kenya where the once prolific herds of wild animals are slowly falling victims of changing times. [13] | ||
| Title | Broadcast date | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | January 17, 1971 | 1 |
Bats, which comprise the second largest group of mammals on earth and are the only variety to fly, will be examined. Dr. Padro Trebau takes his cameras to a hidden bat cave deep in the Valenzuela and Dr. Robert McLean of the U.S. Public Health Service inspects Bracken's Cave system near San Antonio, the largest roosting cave in North America. [14] | ||
| TBA | January 31, 1971 | TBA |
Space Monkeys [15] | ||
| TBA | February 7, 1971 | TBA |
The struggle for survival between the birds and animals of Florida's Everglades [16] | ||
| TBA | February 14, 1971 | TBA |
A day at a South African waterhole [17] | ||
| "The Alaskan Brown Bear" | February 21, 1971 | TBA |
| "Care for Injured sea lions" | February 28, 1971 | 9 |
| TBA | March 14, 1971 | 11 |
Wildlife in the Amazon Jungle [20] | ||
| "Gooney Birds" | March 21, 1971 | TBA |
Black-footed and Laysan Albatross of Midway Island. [21] | ||
| TBA | March 28, 1971 | TBA |
The vast Tsavo National Park in East Africa, where elephants are protected from extinction, will be examined. [22] | ||