The Incredible Dr. Pol

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The Incredible Dr. Pol
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Genre Reality television
Created by Jon Schroder
Developed byCharles Pol
Starring
  • Jan Pol
  • Diane Pol
  • Charles Pol
  • Brenda Grettenberger
  • Nicole Arcy
  • Ray Harp
  • Lisa Jones
Narrated byAri Rubin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons23
No. of episodes235 (2022 March)
Production
ProducerCharles Pol
Production location Weidman, Michigan
Running time44–50/60 (S19 E1) minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Nat Geo Wild
ReleaseOctober 29, 2011 (October 29, 2011) 
present

The Incredible Dr. Pol is an American reality television show on Nat Geo Wild that follows Dutch-American veterinarian Jan Pol and his family and employees at his practice in rural Weidman, Michigan. [1] [2] [3] The series premiered October 29, 2011 and has two or three

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seasons every year. [4]

Cast

Diane and Jan Pol in 2019 Diane and Jan Pol speak to the Netherlands embassy.jpg
Diane and Jan Pol in 2019

License action

In 2014, Pol was fined $500 and had his license put on probation by the Michigan Board of Veterinary Medicine for not wearing proper surgical attire during treatment of a Boston terrier. [15] A year later, the sentencing was overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals, which reversed the action, determining that there was no evidence of a breach of the standard of care and citing that the owners of the animals in question were satisfied with the outcome. [16] [8] [17] [18]

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