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Dodo Heroes
Dodo Heroes

Dodo Heroes

—Animal Planet teams with The Dodo, the top-ranked digital media brand for animal content, to spotlight unmistakable, moving bonds between animals and people. Each episode focuses on one inspiring story of people who will do anything to help animals in need. Along the way, the series explores the personalities and emotions of both humans and animals and highlights their unique connection. The heroes include Derrick Campana, who designs prosthetics and orthotic braces for animals; Ali Bee, a veterinarian fighting to save Australia's declining koala population; and Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips, whose organization rescues animals from circuses.
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Season 15 of 6 Episodes

  • Derrick Campana first began building prosthetics for humans, but one day that all changed when he built his first prosthetic for a dog, and then an elephant.

  • A woman and her family spend their time rescuing and rehabilitating koalas in their home in Australia; Crikey the koala, a baby found alone and very sick, becomes well enough to release back into the wild.

  • British Marine Pen Farthing is the founder of Nowzad, Afghanistan's only official animal sanctuary; when a U.S. soldier rescues six puppies while deployed and can't bring them back home, Pen and his team are on a mission to get them reunited.

  • Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips, two of the most effective animal crusaders in the world, found Animal Defenders International in 1990 and target the abuse of animals in circuses.

  • Katherine Conner drops out of school at 16 to work as a professional dancer in London's West End, her life's dream; at the age of 21, while on vacation in Thailand, she meets a baby elephant named Boon Lott that changes her life forever.
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Animal Planet teams with The Dodo, the top-ranked digital media brand for animal content, to spotlight unmistakable, moving bonds between animals and people. Each episode focuses on one inspiring story of people who will do anything to help animals in need. Along the way, the series explores the personalities and emotions of both humans and animals and highlights their unique connection. The heroes include Derrick Campana, who designs prosthetics and orthotic braces for animals; Ali Bee, a veterinarian fighting to save Australia's declining koala population; and Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips, whose organization rescues animals from circuses.

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