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Machine used to keep polar bear cool in zoo
1. Exterior Moscow Zoo
2. Closeup artificial snow machine in polar bear enclosure, pan down of snow falling onto mound of snow with polar bear cub
3. Medium shot mother bear and cub playing in the water
4. Wide shot mound of snow in bear...
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Opening of Ministerial session at Climate conference ADDS Ban, Rudd
1. Wide of stage at UN Climate Change Conference in Bali
2. Panel arriving on stage
3. Pan right from Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC Yvo de Boer, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,...
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Three orphaned grizzly bear cubs that came to the Detroit Zoo from Alaska in December have made their zoo debut. Mike, Thor and Boo were orphaned after their mother was shot and killed by a poacher.
HEADLINE Zoo Director: Orphaned bear cubs leave den
CAPTION: Three orphaned grizzly bear cubs that came to the Detroit Zoo from Alaska in December have made their zoo debut. Mike, Thor and Boo were orphaned after their mother was shot...
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Herdsmen try to beat the drought by grazing their cattle in national parks
19 September 2009, Outskirts of the Nairobi National Park , Kenya:
1. Mid shot cattle with Tenke Ole Mukeyo
2. Mid shot of cattle's hooves.
3. Wide shot of Tenke Ole Mukeyo
4. Mid shot of Tenke Ole Mukeyo
5. Pan of dead cow
6. Mid shot...
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Berlin's beloved polar bear Knut, an international star who as a cuddly, fluffy cub graced magazine covers, movies and merchandise, died Saturday.
HEADLINE: Beloved polar bear Knut dies
CAPTION: Berlin's beloved polar bear Knut, an international star who as a cuddly, fluffy cub graced magazine covers, movies and merchandise, died Saturday. (March 19)
KNUT, the polar bear that won...
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ZIMBABWE: HARARE: IVORY AUCTION
Harare, Zimbabwe - 13 April 1999
1. Wide shot of building containing the ivory for display
2. Various of Japanese buyers inspecting the ivory
3. Close up of poster advertising ivory auction
4. Cutaway of buyers looking through...
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INDIA: WORLD'S LARGEST MANGROVE SWAMP FORESTS UNDER THREAT
Eng/Bengali/Nat
One of the world's largest mangrove swamp forests in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal is rapidly being depleted because a new power generation plant is using the trees as fuel.
The state government claims the power...
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SYND 19 7 74 CATTLE THAT HAVE DIED OF ANTHRAX ARE BURNED
Animal health officials in Texas supervise the burning of carcasses of animals that have died of anthrax
1. various shots, cattle in field
2. various shots, helicopters take off and away
3. tilt to dead cow in field
4. farmer arrives in...
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Some Wake Forest University students are using bats as a model to help the blind navigate their world. Just like the flying mammals, the H.E.L.P device works by emitting sound waves and echoes. (Feb. 4)
SOUNDBITE (English), Kathryn Webster, Beta Tester
"It's definitely giving me more vision than I would have expected. With just a small little watch."
SOUNDBITE (English), Prof. William E. Conner, Wake Forest University
"They can figure...
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Porcelain model of polar bear presented
1. Knut the polar bear following handler
2. Cutaway of zoo visitors
3. Various of Knut playing with handler
4. Close-up of Knut biting handler's shoulder
5. Knut following handler
6. Zoom out from close-up of porcelain Knut to zoo...
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Iceland storms out of IWC meeting
1. Wide shot, meeting
2. Wide shot, podium
3. Wide shot, delegates
4. Icelandic delegate addressing meeting
5. Wide shot, delegates
6. Icelandic delegate addressing meeting, then standing up and walking out with colleagues
7. Icelandic...
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Hague applauds China's cautious efforts to curb wildlife trade
Britain said on Thursday it was determined to work more closely with China and other Asian countries in an effort to curb international demand for ivory.
British foreign secretary William Hague said their support was crucial in the...
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UN conference rejects upgraded protection for polar bears
Bangkok, Thailand - 7 March 2013
1. Mid of Inuit people celebrating after vote rejected resolution to upgrade protection measures on the polar bear
FILE: Date and location unknown
2. Various of polar bears on icebergs and...
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Egypt - Camels banned from pyramids
The days of tourists having their pictures taken atop camels and horses beside the Great Pyramids are numbered - the Egyptian authorities are banning the animals from the Giza plateau. As the number of animals has increased, so have...
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Elephant park expands to include marine reserve
Addo Elephant Park Game Drive, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 4 August 2009
1. Medium two elephants head to head
2. Medium baby elephant and mother in mud
3. Wide focus pull "Addo Elephant Park" sign
4. Various elephants walking across the...
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13 emaciated and ill bears rescued from bile farms
1. Volunteers opening truck full of bears
2. Close of injured bear with ringworm type infection on head
3. Vet conducting preliminary check-up on bears in cages
4. Low shot of bear in cage being unloaded off truck
5. Cutaway of...
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Animal Stories
MS bear
bear with cubs walking along river bank
bear in tree being shot at, falling out of tree and being mauled by dogs
CU persons hands cutting flesh
Seoul, CU menu with "bear palm dish" on it
Philippines, cockfighting
CU cockerel meat...
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International Whaling Commission meets in Slovenia
Pro- and anti-whaling countries are set to clash at an international conference being held in Slovenia over Japan's intention to resume hunting in the Antarctic next year, despite a ruling by the top United Nations court.
Japan's...
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Horse fossils found dating back 3 million years
1. Wide shot of horse fossil
2. Head of fossilized horse and part of its body
3. Tilt on head
4. Front leg of fossil horse
5. Pan of horse fossil skeleton
6. Close up vertebrae of horse's spine
7. Wide of fossil horse
8....
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Polar bear Knut enjoys cold weather, primates given blankets
Berlin - 7 January 2009
1. Wide of polar bear Knut's enclosure with visitors looking in
2. Knut on icy ground
3. Close up of Knut
4. Knut with ball in his mouth, shaking his head, throwing ball towards visitors
5. Close up of zoo...
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Among the missing and displaced in Washington's massive mudslides are the four-legged members of families. The slide has prompted a quick community response to help the displaced animals. (March 28)
Among the missing and displaced in Washington's massive mudslides are the four-legged members of families. The slide has prompted a quick community response to help the displaced animals.
Authorities don't have a clear number of how...
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USA: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING: WEATHER HAMPERS RESCUE EFFORTS
English/Nat
Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are continuing to hamper rescue efforts in Oklahoma City's Federal Building.
The search has been critically delayed by high winds, rain, hail and lightning.
The search was postponed...
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Total lunar eclipse delights crowds in China, India, HK
New Delhi, India
1. Wide of people watching lunar eclipse through telescope with Indian war memorial India Gate in background
2. Wide of India Gate with partially eclipsed moon
3. Close of partially eclipsed moon
4. Mid of tourist...
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As popularity for greyhound dog racing dwindles, a Florida law is forcing some casinos to keep open their dog tracks in order to sustain their gambling operations. (July 9)
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SOUNDBITE (English): Isadore 'Izzy' Havenick, vice president of Magic City Casino
"In the 80s, you would see this place, thousands of people, all of this seating behind us would be full. It...