Four New York City zoo animals- a lion who's used to being the center of attention, a zebra who wants to live in the wild, a giraffe who's a hypochondriac, and hippo who's got attitude- are taken from the comfort of their homes and loaded onto a boat headed for Africa. Destination: the wild! But instead they are marooned on the island of Madagascar. Can the four survive without going crazy? And is the wild life the right life for them?