''Judge Wapner's Animal Court'' is a court show and

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of '' The People's Court''. The program is presided over by Judge

Joseph Wapner Joseph Albert Wapner (November 15, 1919 – February 26, 2017) was an American Judge and Television Personality. He is best known as the first presiding judge of the ongoing reality court show ''The People's Court''. The court show's first ...

(better known for his tenure as the original judge of ''The People's Court''). On ''Judge Wapner's Animal Court'', he was accompanied by his bailiff Rusty Burrell—also a ''People's Court'' carryover—while hearing and ruling on real cases involving or about animals. The courtroom series was shown on Animal Planet for two seasons from 1998 to 2000.

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* Animal Planet original programming Court shows 1998 American television series debuts 2000 American television series endings 1990s American legal television series 2000s American legal television series American television spin-offs {{US-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub