''Desert Vet'' is an Australian

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television series. It follows the work of emergency

veterinarian A veterinarian (vet) or veterinary surgeon is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine. They manage a wide range of health conditions and injuries in non-human animals. Along with this, veterinarians also play a role in animal r ...

Dr Rick Fenny. The series is filmed in Western Australian locations such as Karratha,

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Shark Bay Shark Bay () is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The area is located approximately north of Perth, on the westernmost point of the Australian continent. UNESCO's listing of Shark Bay as a World Heritage S ...

and

Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or just Kalgoorlie) is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surroundi ...

. Fenny is best known as the veterinarian of Red Dog. He is joined by his marine biologist son Ed and daughter Louisa, who is also a vet. The series is narrated by

Charles Wooley Charles Wooley (born 12 October 1948) is a British-born Australian journalist, reporter, writer, TV personality and radio presenter who reported for Channel Nine's ''60 Minutes''. Early life and career Wooley was born on the Isle of Arran in ...

. Desert Vet was screened as a pilot on the Seven Network in 2018 before screening as a series on the

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and

UKTV UKTV Media Limited, trading as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 through a join ...

in 2019.

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