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Daktari Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
18 Episodes 1966 - 1966
Episode 1
The Elephant Thieves
Tue, Jan 11, 196660 mins
Dr. Tracy, Paul and Jack look after a baby elephant whose mother was killed by poachers. The poachers pretend to be nature photographers and steal the baby elephant.
Episode 2
Predator of Wameru
Tue, Jan 18, 196660 mins
Dr. Tracy sets out after a poacher, who has set dozens of animal traps all over the reserve.
Episode 3
The Killer Lion
Tue, Jan 25, 196660 mins
The owner of a tame lioness brings it to the center when it starts to become aggressive. A farmer threatens to shoot her because he believes she has torn his bold.
Episode 4
Adventure of the Lion Cubs
Tue, Feb 1, 196660 mins
Dr. Tracy and Jack Dane come across three lion cubs whose mother has been snared in a poacher's trap.
Episode 5
Trail of the Cheetah
Tue, Feb 8, 196660 mins
The district manager comes to the research center for a visit. On a tour of the jungle reserve, she injured herself in a trap.
Episode 6
Leopard of Madla George
Tue, Feb 15, 196660 mins
A professional hunter joins an archaeological expedition, with the job of killing all predatory animals near the camp.
Episode 7
The Diamond Smugglers
Tue, Mar 1, 196660 mins
Dr. Tracy pays a visit to two Frenchman who say they are paleontologists, but who are actually diamond smugglers.
Episode 8
The Chimp Who Went Ape
Tue, Mar 8, 196660 mins
Paula is very worried because Judy has been gone for a week. When Judy suddenly returns the next day she brings a a baby chimp who is has been very injured and Marsh is worried he may not be able to pull her through. When it looks like the baby chimp may be on the road to recovery, Judy mysteriously leaves again.
Episode 9
The Killer Dog
Tue, Mar 15, 196660 mins
A foul-tempered farmer has trained his German shepherd dog to attack any and all animals from the Wameru reserve. Paula and Jack Dane find the animal caught in a poacher's snare, rescue it, and take it back to Dr. Tracy to be treated and, more importantly, re-trained--a prospect that's not likely to sit well with the dog's owner.
Episode 10
Return of the Killer: Part 1
Tue, Mar 22, 196660 mins
Dr. Tracy, Jack, and Mike leave the compound to look for a wounded leopard, not knowing that escaped killer Roy Meadows (seen in the earlier episode "Trail Of The Cheetah") is on the loose with another convict, and headed to Wameru where he plans to have Tracy treat his bullet wound.
Episode 11
Return of the Killer: Part 2
Tue, Mar 29, 196660 mins
With Tracy, Jack, and Mike out in the jungle without their vehicle, Paula is forced to operate on Meadows, speaking to her father over a walkie-talkie for guidance, while her voice teacher and Hedley are also held hostage.
Episode 12
The Man-Eater of Wameru
Tue, Apr 5, 196660 mins
A magazine photographer looking for a story lures a hostile tribe of poachers onto the Wamera reserve, thinking that she will get some "dramatic" pictures to go with the story.
Episode 13
Crisis at the Compound
Tue, Apr 12, 196660 mins
Dr. Tracy treats an injured leopard and releases it into the wild, but a visiting trade commissioner who wants to hunt for big game sets his sights on the leopard for his trophy. Dr. Tracy sets out to derail his plans.
Episode 14
The Hostages
Tue, Apr 19, 196660 mins
After Dr. Tracy and the Wameru compound are awarded a grant of $75,000 by a wildlife conservation group, two thieves kidnap Judy and Clarence and hold them for ransom to get the money for themselves.
Episode 15
Judy and the Hyena
Tue, Apr 26, 196660 mins
Judy the chimp, who was once bitten by a hyena, gets nervous, scared and agitated when she sees Paul and Jack bring in an injured hyena pup. Dr. Tracy has a difficult time keeping Judy calm enough so he can work on the hyena.
Episode 16
Wall of Flames: Part 1
Tue, May 3, 196660 mins
After Hedley warns two hunters to leave the reserve and put out their campfire, one of them starts a fire to drive the rhinos they want to hunt off the reserve and onto legal hunting territory. The fire soon engulfs the reserve, forcing animals to flee, and with Jack and Paula, observing a buffalo herd, in the midst.
Episode 17
Wall of Flames: Part 2
Tue, May 10, 196660 mins
Paula and Jack are taken hostage by Connors and Bendix, as the hunters try to escape from the reserve, and from the fire. After they learn that he set the fire, Connors decides that Paula and Jack will have to be killed to keep them quiet.
Episode 18
Judy and the Gunrunners
Tue, May 17, 196660 mins
Visiting archaeologist Dr. Akubar borrows one of the compound's trucks, and Jack as a guide, as he claims to be searching for a legendary hidden treasure. Actually, the doctor and his cohorts are engaging not in an archaeological expedition but a gunrunning operation.
