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CLEAN : Ivory destroyed in London ahead of illegal
Dozens of ivory items, from elephant tusks to carvings and jewellery were destroyed in London on Monday ahead of a major conference on the illegal wildlife trade CLEAN : Ivory destroyed in London ahead of illegal on February 10, 2014 in...
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Berlin zoo animals feast on organic Xmas trees
Animal residents of Tierpark Berlin had their belated Christmas feast on Friday, with the annual distribution of unsold Christmas trees to German zoos.
Sky News
Coronavirus Impact on Domesticated Elephants in Thailand
VOICED: Covid 19 has hit Thailand tourism and many domesticated elephants could be left starving. Around 1-thousand domesticated elephants in Thailand could be at risk of starvation because of the coronavirus outbreak.Our Asia...
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Thai elephant polo tournament races towards climax
AP Television
Hua Hin, Thailand - September 7, 2011
1. Wide of elephant polo match at at the Kings Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, elephants mounted by mahouts and polo players
2. Mid of polo players in a scrum for the ball
3. Close of...
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Jerusalem basketball club play tug of war with elephant
1. Shot of elephant arriving
2. Crowd at zoo
3. Shot of Hapoel Jerusalem Basketball team
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mario Austin, Basketball player:
"I'm not going in there. I don't know what these guys have a chance of doing. I'm not, I'm...
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THAILAND: "JUMBO QUEEN" BEAUTY COMPETITION
Thai/English
Thirty Thai women competed to prove that big really is beautiful on Friday.
They took part in the 'Jumbo Queen' competition, a beauty contest for plump women, in which contestants had to meet an 80-kilogram (176-pound)...
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THAILAND: POLICE GUN DOWN ELEPHANT CHAINED TO TREE FOR 20 YEARS
Eng/Thai/Nat
An elephant which was chained to a tree for twenty years finally tasted freedom this week, but minutes later was gunned down by Thai police.
Animal rights groups are now demanding action against the abbot of the Buddhist ...
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Customs officials announce seizure of more than 1,200 elephant tusks
1. Pan of seized ivory tusks
2. Shift focus of seized ivory tusks
3. Various of seized ivory tusks displayed for media
4. Wide of news conference
5. Cutaway of cameras
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lam Tak-fai, Head of Ports and Maritime...
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THAILAND: BANGKOK: URBAN ELEPHANTS TO BE ROUNDED UP
Thai/English
In Thailand the great elephant round-up has begun .... not in the tropical forests, but in the urban jungle of Bangkok.
Up to 60 of the great beasts live there illegally, and the city's governor has finally taken ...
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ZIMBABWE: ELEPHANT PROBLEM
English/Nat
Conservationists in Zimbabwe say they can only transport thousands of troublesome elephants to new, safe, habitats if they get more money.
Zimbabwe's 70,000-strong elephant population is endangering human life and causing...
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SYND 1 8 80 ELEPHANT TRACKING IN ZIMBABWE
Conservationists in Southern Africa make efforts to protect dwindling elephant herds from local poachers who kill the largest land mammals for the high value of their ivory tusks
1. ls spotter plane overhead, pan to hunting party on...
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Thailand - Elephants Return To Bangkok
The return of elephants to Bangkok has rekindled a debate on how to deal with their owners. They are often poor and are forced to beg on the street in order to find money to feed their elephants. In recent weeks, about 40 elephants have...
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THAILAND: MALE ELEPHANT ARRIVES FROM ISRAEL
English/Nat
A male elephant born in Israel, where female pachyderm company is hard to come by, arrived by airplane in Thailand on Thursday with hopes of finding true love.
Five-year old Chapati, whose parents both came originally from...
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Customs officers make second big seizure of illegal ivory in less than a month
1. Wide of seized ivory tusks being put on the floor
2. Mid of plastic wrapped ivory tusks
3. Close of seized ivory tusks
4. Wide of the container which was used to ship the seized ivory tusks, with white bags inside the container
5....
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Circus elephants make quite the show arriving in Washington, making their way to Capitol Hill, briefly bringing the work of government to a standstill
HEADLINE: Elephants march on Washington
CAPTION: Circus elephants make quite the show arriving in Washington, making their way to Capitol Hill, briefly bringing the work of government to a standstill. (March 16)
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SRI LANKA: PINNAWELLA ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
English/Nat
In Sri Lanka a unique orphanage has been set up to care for the world's second largest mammals.
Pinnawella orphanage is the only one of its type in the world, and the people that run it say the example they set should be...
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UN Security Council adopts wounded calf
Nairobi, Kenya - 2 Aug 2002
1. Wide shot of elephant orphanage
2. Various of baby elephants at orphanage
3. Various of Bura, the orphaned elephant, being fed
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Angela Sheldrick, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
"This...
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Jumbos join Jumbo to Japan
Night shots
1. Elephants at cargo facility at Bangkok airport
2. Elephant with handler
3. Close up elephant's foot in chain
Interiors
4. Elephant's entwining trunks
5. Close up elephant's head
6. Elephant eating banana
7. Officials at...
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THAILAND: ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
English/Nat
The elephant - once the national emblem of Thailand - is struggling to find its place in a country that is rapidly accelerating into the next century.
Its centuries-old role in Thailand's logging industry has come to an end...
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Elephants join Santa parade to give presents to school children
With Christmas almost here, Santa''s little helpers were hard at work in the Thai town of Ayutthaya on Wednesday - but in this case they were anything but little.
Five elephants from the nearby Ayutthaya Elephant Palace delighted...
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Extreme Mammals on show in New York
New York, May 12th 2009
1. Pan Extreme Mammals exhibit showing life size model of a Indricotherium, it weighed 20 tons as an adult and lived in Asia until about 23 million years ago
2. Tight of fossilised skull - the Uintatherium, a...
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Israel - Strange goings on at the zoo
Hippos and elephants are among the animals at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo feeling a bit cranky because their usual menu has been changed to "kosher" for the Passover. From this weekend, the animals are being deprived of their daily ten...