Each year Hope rescues and rehabilitates over 1000 animals. Now it is spring and she must release the last of her deer - but are they all ready to return to the wild?

A New Hope

Hope is taking on more animals and more responsibilities, but there are concerns about Hope's own health.

Hope Renewed

Hope cares for the first two beavers to arrive at the rehab centre and learns the fate of her most famous patient.

Hope Springs Eternal

Hope For Marine Life

Hope Swinimer rescues, rehabilitates and releases thousands of animals each year, all while struggling to make ends meet. In the face of it all, she is driven by her compassion and belief that every animal matters.

Spring Forward

Hope's first orphaned mammal arrives earlier than ever; a mysterious patient from last year is back.

Hope For the Best

Construction for a new location has been halted by the worst winter in a century. Faced with the bitter cold, Hope's team digs in to help birds and bobcats struggling to survive in the brutal temperatures.

Hope For Spring

A mild winter makes everything unpredictable as hungry harbour seals arrive early and songbirds are quickly ready for release. Plus, an injured bald eagle needs emergency care.

Chunk the Seal

Hope scrambles to save the animals when a burglar busts down the door to the rehab, as the spring baby boom brings in a flood of injured and orphaned animals.

Stealing Home

When a mountie saves a beaver, Hope helps the most Canadian wildlife rescue ever reach a happy ending.

Frozen Hope

When an orphaned black bear cubs needs help, Hope puts everything on the line to save it. Two bobcats are ready for release, but they won't go easy.

Lila the Bear

Hope's team struggles to help two rescued harp seals learn the natural behaviours they will need to survive in the wild.

Harp Seals

When a great horned owl arrives covered in oil, Doctor Sherri must put it through a terrifying, life-saving procedure; boxes of young foxes need help and attention.

You’re Owl Wet

When a tiny piece of trash ruins a raccoon's life, Doctor Jessica cuts it free, but Hope faces tough decisions about its future; a volunteer plunges in to save an injured goose.

A Raccoon, a Ring, and Four Rescues

When a tiny fawn gets hit by a car, Doctor Jessica must splint its broken leg or it will never return to the wild; a mother porcupine arrives with baby in tow and both need life-saving attention for a parasitic infection.

Near and Deer

Just as Hope is scrambling to get ready for her busiest day of the year, the government comes to seize the bear cub that Hope has worked so hard to save.

Black Bear, Red Tape

When a Category 2 hurricane slams straight into the rehab, Hope and her team struggle to protect their patients in the middle of the raging storm.

Hurricane!

A photographer snaps into action to save a turkey vulture's life after it gets trapped under a seal carcass.

The Buzzard’s Breakfast

When a worldwide pandemic cripples the rehab, wildlife emergencies keep coming in: a bobcat that's been shot, and a massive adult seal; Hope's down to a skeleton crew as critical team members go into quarantine.

Spring

Episode 1

Wildlife rehabilitation expert Hope Swinimer and her dedicated team rescue and heal injured and orphaned animals of all kinds. Hope's passion for wildlife conservation shines through everything she does as she and her team go on difficult missions to care for and return each animal to the wild.

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Season 1

A New Hope

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2010