Danny oversees an animal translocation for his first big project as State Vet. Alice is confident she can run the surgery in his absence - until she has a close encounter with lions.

Danny is called in to investigate when the routine transportation of a valuable tiger goes wrong, and he discovers that Alice could be to blame for the animal's death. Meanwhile, Dup resorts to desperate measures to save his home and land when Christian Peeters, manager of the mining company AfriSpec, reveals the company's real intentions.