Superquark - S22E02: Episode 2

The second episode of SuperQuark opens with a truly unique documentary: it tells the stories of large animals in the forest or savanna that have been severely injured and are then saved by doctors and surgeons who rush to the scene to help. Sometimes, it is poachers, shooting in an attempt to capture specimens, who leave animals behind, gravely wounded. In other instances, animals are maimed or crushed by traps and snares. At other times, they suffer from actual illnesses that require surgical intervention. We discover that animals suffer from the very same ailments as humans, yet providing treatment becomes far more challenging when in remote, isolated locations. Among the procedures featured, we will see a young gorilla, injured by poachers, undergoing surgery, as well as a rhinoceros that receives a skin graft, a particularly complex procedure for an animal of its kind. Money is truly “dirty.”

Cast: Piero Angela