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Rare gorilla twins born in Rwandan forrest
NB: SHOTS 1 - 3 & 7 - 9 ON THIS TAPE ARE MISSING, SEE TAPE NO: EF04/0821 FOR ALL SHOTS
1. Wide shot of mother gorilla with twin baby gorillas in her arms
2. Baby gorilla banging its chest
3. Wide shot of two gorillas
4. Set up...
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Orangutan sanctuary success in Sumatra
In Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh, conservationists are making new homes for the endangered Sumatran orangutan.
22 orangutans have been reintroduced to the wild in what's been hailed as one of the most successful orangutan...
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Orangutans use computers at US zoo
1. Various of orangutan swinging on rope, moving onto play with computer
2. Various of orangutans on computer
3. Children watching the orangutan with manager of conservation partnerships at Atlanta Zoo, Tara Skoinski
4. Various of...
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Chimp star of Tarzan movies now 71, recognised as the world's oldest primate
Palm Springs, California. April 21, 2003
1. Wide shot of Casa de Cheeta (Home of Dan Westfall, caretaker of Cheeta the chimpanzee).
2. Close shot of sign outside home.
3. Mid shot of Cheeta and Dan Westfall walking to patio table and...
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Gorilla conservation in the UK
AP Television
Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, 30th April 2009
1. Close-up western lowland silverback gorilla
2. Mid shot two silverbacks sitting on the grass
3. Head gorilla keeper, Phillip Ridges feeding gorillas pan to gorillas...
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The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio celebrates 53rd birthday of oldest gorilla now in captivity.
HEADLINE: 53rd birthday for world's oldest captive gorilla
CAPTION: At an Ohio zoo, a noteworthy senior citizen has turned another year older. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Tuesday celebrated the 53rd birthday of Colo. (Dec....
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SOUTH AFRICA: ZOO ARRANGES MARRIAGE BETWEEN ORANGUTANS
English/Nat
Two orangutans - one from Germany and the other from Japan - have become engaged at Johannesburg Zoo.
The arranged marriage between Japan's Fergie and Germany's Boytjie will be held in a few months' time at their new home...
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New French exhibition celebrates the night
All things that go bump in the night are being revealed at a special exhibition to raise our awareness about nocturnal creatures.
Curators at Paris' National Museum of Natural History say their aim is to get everyone interested in the...
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Orangutans communicate using iPads
AP Television
Miami - 4 April 2012
1. Orangutan ape touching computer icon for "coconut"
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Jacobs, Volunteer trainer at Jungle Island in Miami :
"One of the things that we know is that they are great...
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Midwife turns monkey rescuer at shelter that now houses 160 primates
A refuge in central Chile is giving shelter to scores of primates that have been illegally smuggled into the country.
Elba Munoz, director of the Centre for Rescue and Rehabilitation of Primates, took in her first monkey in 1994 when...
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PHILIPPINES: BLOOD SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM EBOLA VIRUS SUSPECTS
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American health officials have finished collecting blood samples from monkeys and workers on five farms in the Philippines suspected of being sources of the deadly Ebola virus.
The specimens will be tested in the United...
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Berlin zoo uses beacon technology for new app
GERMANY ZOO APPSOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 7:12SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionBerlin - 15 August 20161. Pull focus from gorilla...
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PETA: UK gorilla incident shows failure of zoos
An animal rights campaign group has critised zoos as inhumane and profit-oriented, following the brief escape of a gorilla from London zoo on Thursday evening.Kirsty Henderson of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said on...
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Orphan orangutans learn the ropes at forest school ++REPLAY++
INDONESIA ORANGUTANSSOURCE: AP HORIZONS, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:02SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionPangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Borneo - 4...
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Harpist soothes gorillas and orangutans with music at zoo
A woman in the United States is bringing the soothing sounds of the harp to the gorillas, orangutans and monkeys at a zoo in Minnesota.
Once a month, Terri Tacheny plays her harp for the apes at Como Zoo.
She has been doing it for...
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RWANDA: GORILLAS AT VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK (V)
English/Nat
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Rwanda's mountain gorilla national park has reopened to tourists after two years of instability in the region.
The Rwandan government says the rebels who carried out the 1994 genocide and occupied...
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VOICER Effect of pollution on orangutans in wildlife park
Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan - 24 August 2002:
0000 Woman in hammock with orangutans
0004 Baby orangutan feeding from bottle
0011Baby orangutan playing with piece of paper
0015 Woman in room with baby orangutans
0018 SOUNDBITE...
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Animal review 2009
Kenya''s 2,000 lions are at grave risk from repeated drought and a poisonous pesticide that wildlife officials have blamed for 76 lion deaths since 2001.
In what has now become competition between man and beast for pastures, Maasai...
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Concert in aid of gorilla fund
1. Performance "Crazy Llittle Thing Called Love' Bryan Adams with Brian May
2. Sot Micheal Kamens, Show Director : " We are working with Bran May from Queen and I am working with my freind Bryan Adams, he and I have written songs...
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INDONESIA: RESCUED ORANGUTANS RETURNED TO THE FOREST
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Thirty-six orangutans who were rescued from devastating forest fires last year, have been returned to a remote forest area in East Kalimentan, in Indonesia.
The fires - which were blamed on both drought and slash-and-burn...
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Tiny primate a big hit with tourists
Bohol - 11 March 2005
1. Wide shot of tourists taking pictures of tarsiers with cameras and mobile phones
2. Digital camera taking photo of local tourist petting tarsier
3. Tarsier
4. Wide shot of privately owned mini forest
5. Sign...
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Animal fashion show to raise money for shelter
1. Wide shot of fashion show then zoom in to dogs on the catwalk
2. Crowd watching show
3. Dog walking down catwalk
4. Cutaway to child in the crowd
5. Tracking shot of dog on the catwalk
6. Cutaway to crowd clapping
7. Dogs in police...
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Teri Tacheny, a harpist, has a loyal following of fans who appreciate her soothing music. Every month, gorillas, orangutans and monkeys amble down to hear her play at the Como Park Zoo in Minnesota. (Sept. 25)
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SOUNDBITE (English) Terri Tacheny, Harpist:
"I would see the primates laying around and I often thought, gee I wonder if anybody's ever played live music for them and how would they react?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Terri Tacheny,...
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India - Animal trainers protest for licences
A hundred animal trainers demonstrated in New Delhi recently to demand government licences to practise their profession. India's Wildlife Protection Act prohibits the capture of bears, monkeys and birds from the wild for any purpose....