Swamp Men - Season 1

Park director Ed Woods responds to an emergency call - an imposing 11-foot alligator camped under a dock where guests are coming to visit - and calls in Paul, expert alligator catcher. On the other side of Billie Swamp Safari, a razor-tusked wild hog tests Cory's animal-trapping skills. And, newbies Matt and Shea learn how to capture trespassing raccoons and tackle alligators. Their skills are quickly put to work as they rescue a clutch of baby gators from being eaten by a hungry bull gator.

Houdini is a 9-foot-long Nile croc that earned his name from being a renegade on the loose for more than 12 years. Ed and his team head deep into the swamp in an all-out effort to catch this legendary escape artist. Shea, Lawrence, and Matt are finally initiated into the Swamp Men team - but not before spending the night alone in the swamp with only a knife and one other item each. Watch the boys learn from Ed as they build their own shelter and fire, and scavenge for "survival stew."

The staff at Billie Swamp Safari is faced with the challenge of capturing a black bear threatening the food source for other animals in the reservation. When the bear doesn't fall for a bait of peanut butter and molasses, Ed has to up the ante to attract the hungry menace. A dangerous cold front means animal wranglers John and Hans must move tropical reptiles indoors, which is no easy feat with a monitor lizard that lashes out with formidable claws. The team must work together to relocate a herd of ornery American bison due to a population explosion.

Billie Swamps Park Director, Ed, takes Matt, the "newbie", out to feed the water buffalo. After Matt gets a crash course on how to survive the 2500-pound beasts, Ed gets a call about a Florida panther in distress. He meets up with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials and they find a panther dead - killed by a larger male panther.

The team at the Billie Swamp Safari embarks on a mammoth spring cleaning of the park in preparation for Memorial Day, one of the busiest weekends of the year. But will a colony of thousands of bees ruin the holiday?

There's more croc commotion when Ed and his team realise that an alligator has escaped from 'Alcatraz', the fenced-in area that houses the nuisance gators that might have been destroyed elsewhere in Florida.

Safari director Ed Woods has a difficult - and dangerous - job on his hands as he looks to relocate a number of huge and potentially deadly Nile crocodiles to a new home.

The guys risk life and limb to search for injured animals while a forest fire ravages the nearby Seminole cultural area. With the hard work done, Ed organises a frog-leg eating contest to celebrate. But who will leap to victory?

Ed enlists a veteran 'gator wrangler' to help him try to catch Houdini, a dangerous nine-foot Nile croc who escaped captivity over a decade ago.

Senior staff meet to discuss emergency protocol as Tropical Storm Bonnie heads towards the safari park.