Aloha_Vet

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Aloha Vet

American TV series or program


Aloha Vet is an American factual television series that followed the late Dr. Scott Sims as he traveled Hawaii in the course of his veterinary career.[1] Sims was in talks for a second season when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer, which he died of two months later on July 25, 2015.[2][3]

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Synopsis

Scott Sims DVM, was a large and small animal veterinarian in Kauai, Hawaii, who owned and operated the Pegasus Veterinary Clinic from his Kauai estate. He traveled by specially fitted out Lexus suv, ATV, horseback, or in his from-a-kit, home-built, single-engine, single-prop plane to visit sick and injured animals of all kinds on multiple Hawaiian Islands, including his home island of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, and the Island of Hawaii.[2][4][5]

Development

The idea for the series was presented to Sims by the show's production company, Shine America, after Sims appeared in a segment of a reality show featuring professional surfer Laird Hamilton.[5] Eden Gaha and Mike Aho co-produced the series for Shine America as part of their expansion into the factual television genre.[6]

Filming began in 2014.[4] On September 24, 2014, Nat Geo Wild confirmed that the eight-episode series would air in the spring of 2015.[7] The show premiered on March 21, 2015.[4]

Sims was in talks for a second season when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer, which he died of two months later on July 25, 2015, at the age of 59.[2][3]

Episodes

The series had one season which included 8 episodes that aired from March 21, 2015, to May 9, 2015, on Nat Geo Wild.[8]

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References

  1. "Aloha From... Hawaii! Nat Geo Wild And Shine America Greenlight Vet Series, Aloha Vet". endemolshine.us (Press release). Endemol Shine North America. September 24, 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  2. Gordon, Mike (July 27, 2015). "Kauai veterinarian, reality show star dies of cancer". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. Hasslinger, Tom (July 26, 2015). "Goodbye, Aloha Vet". The Garden Island. Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  4. Stallard, Brian (April 25, 2015). "Meet Hawaii's Tireless TV Veterinarian: The 'Aloha Vet'". Nature World News. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  5. Miller, Gerri (March 20, 2015). "Meet the island-hopping doctor behind 'Aloha Vet'". Mother Nature Network (MNN). Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  6. O'Connell, Michael (December 12, 2013). "Shine America Taps Mike Aho as SVP Factual Entertainment". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  7. Weinstein, Shelli (September 24, 2014). "Nat Geo Wild Greenlights 'Aloha Vet' From Shine America". Variety.com. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  8. "Aloha Vet". Nat Geo WILD. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-02.

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