Oliver Watts is a young veterinarian who works on small animals - primarily dogs, and cats. He has a spinster sister, and a beautiful fiancee. Life is good. One day, he gets a surprise visit from Mr. Furnay, a rich reclusive old man who lives on a fancy estate. The man requests his veterinarian services for his pet. Oliver is shocked to discover that the man's sick pet is a polar bear that he's recently bought from the circus, along with elephants and giraffes. Oliver goes to the man's estate to help the polar bear, a decision that will change the rest of his life when things don't go as planned.