He won an army of Aussie fans by tending to the nation’s beloved pets on Bondi Vet, and now Dr Chris Brown is going global.
The hunky vet has been looking after animals all over the world for upcoming US series Vet Gone Wild – due to air in America next month.
Chris, 39, said filming for six months in exotic locations, treating everything from rhinos to seals for the Animal Planet show is the ‘craziest’ thing he’s done yet.
‘It’s the craziest work I’ve done!’ Dr Chris Brown saves SLOTHS and treats rhinos in ‘challenging’ new US series Vet Gone Wild on Animal Planet
‘They were big, small, ferocious, calm,’ he told the Daily Telegraph. ‘It’s the craziest work I’ve ever done.’
‘I’ve been off all over the world — Namibia, South Africa, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Thailand — with my little vet bag doing my best to help these animals.’
‘We’d get calls to treat a sloth and that’s fine … but you have to get to the sloth first.’
‘The adventure in treating the animal is nothing compared with actually getting there. We took light planes, helicopters, boats, trains, hitched rides, anything to get to these animals. It was a hell of a challenge!’
Bondi Vet making the MOOve to US TV! There’s no animal too big or small for Chris’ expert veterinary care
According to Animal Planet, the show will see Chris endeavoring to save sick animals in a variety of different situations.
The network teased: ‘From operating on endangered rhinos in Africa, saving sick wombats in Tasmania, freeing fur seals trapped in fishing line on Phillip Island, rescuing dogs from the meat trade in south east Asia and helping orphaned sloths in Costa Rica, there is no animal too big or too small that Dr. Chris won’t help.’
The lovable TV star is no stranger to putting up with adverse conditions as part of his job.
Animal instinct: Chris’ new show, Vet Gone Wild, will see him rescue dogs from the meat trade in South East Asia
As sick as a dog: The hunky 39-year-old said his new TV show was ‘a hell of a challenge’
Chris spent five weeks in the South African jungle co-hosting I’m a Celebrity… Get me Out of Here with Julia Morris earlier this year.
To prepare himself for the sweltering heat in the wilds of Kruger National Park, where the show is shot, Chris told the Telegraph he tries to pack on a few extra pounds before hitting the jungle.
It’s a technique passed on to him by I’m a Celebrity 2016 contestant Chris Warne.
‘I might be on the Warnie diet and just fatten up, knowing I am only going to lose it once we get over there into the heat with the jungle sauna and lose the pounds,’he explained, prior to the show’s launch in January.
Chris, who hails from Newcastle, New South Wales, added that he likes to get as much sleep as possible before the hit series kicks off.
‘You don’t really get a lot of sleep over there,’ he explained.
He added, ‘And a bit of fitness does generally help but you can’t really prepare yourself for the long days of 15 hours with all that live stuff. I think you are just better off coming into it fresh.’
Jungle fever: Chris (pictured with I’m a Celebrity co-host Julia Morris) spent five weeks battling sweltering temperatures in the South African jungle