Characters

As a teen wolf, Gracie doesn’t feel like she fits in with her family/pack. For one thing, the others have believed for years that some kind of “end of the world” event is coming so they do all kinds of weird survivalist drills that would make Gracie die of embarrassment if other animals saw them. But Gracie shares the pack’s “you can’t trust other animals” creed. However, her mindset will be tested by the need to co-operate with – and lead – other animals in a wild scheme to save the Zoo.

Dan the Mountain Lion is calm, comes from the wild and has little patience for “zoo born” animals. He always wants to project strength and confidence, yet deep down needs to connect emotionally. But above all, he desperately wants to escape the Zoo.

A pygmy hippo youngster. Speaks fast but moves slow. Both Gracie and Dan see her as an obstacle to survival. Which she is. But she also has a real talent for sticking around whether you like it or not.

The red-ruffed lemur and the zoo’s resident cinephile. Having caught a number of flicks on the vet station TV, his knowledge of monster movie tropes is helpful to the group of survivors. Or is it?

He is a proboscis monkey who believes he is the smartest animal in the zoo, if not the world. If that makes you think that he’s an insufferable jerk, you’re not wrong. And he works hard to prove it.

The ostrich uses sarcasm as a defence mechanism to protect his sensitive feelings. Well, that and the fact that he just really loves being sarcastic.

Frida the capybara is very quick and smart. She is skeptical but has a lot of gumption. What’s a capybara? Kind of like a giant semi-aquatic guinea pig (but don’t let Frida hear you say that).