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Customs officials in Thailand have intercepted an illegal shipment of 370 tortoises, hidden in two suitcases that were abandoned at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. (June 11)
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Thai customs seize animal shipment
CAPTION: Customs officials in Thailand have intercepted an illegal shipment of 370 tortoises, hidden in two suitcases that were abandoned at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. (June...
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Galapagos volcano spews lava, gas and smoke
Fernandina island
1. Pull out, zoom in, of steam cloud over volcano
2. Volcano hillside, with ribbon of flaming, smoking lava
3. Various, lava flow
4. Pan of rivers of lava
Santa Cruz island
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Oscar Carvajal,...
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Former ballerina sets up desert animal shelter
AP Television
Northern Israeli desert, Southern Israel, 29, March, 2011
1. Various of Lilach and Dandan Bolotin's animal shelter in the desert
2. Medium shot of Lilach Bolotin peeling bananas
3. Close-up of Lilach's hands as she cuts...
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NICARAGUA: IGUANA LIZARDS BECOMING PART OF DAILY DIET
Spanish/Nat
Conservationists in Nicaragua are up in arms over the increasing consumption of iguana lizards.
Although iguana meat is highly valued for its nutritional and therapeutic properties, conservationists are blaming the increase...
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Indonesia confiscates 1500 turtles bound for China
1. Mid shot of turtles
2. Close up of turtle in water
3. Turtles walking over each other
4. Turtle climbing on blue plastic
5. Pan of keepers in turtle pen
6. Various of keepers moving turtles
7. Close up of turtles
8. Various of...
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Cobra attack helicopters on mountain on Iraq border
1. Wide of smoke billowing from mountain at border area, helicopters in sky
2. Long view of helicopter
3. Wide of smoke in the distance
4. Various of helicopters in sky
5. Various of smoke in the distance
6. Pan of helicopter, pull out...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: EXOTIC ANIMALS ARE BEING SMUGGLED THROUGH AIRPORT
Russian/Nat
Moscow's international airport is a gateway for the world's smugglers to a lucrative market for exotic pets. It's geography also means that there are frequent flights from Africa and Asia from where many of the animals...
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Cast of 'G.I. Joe' hold press conference in Seoul
AP Entertainment
Seoul, South Korea July 29, 2009
1. Wide, with zoom in of 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' press conference, with Sienna Miller and South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun
2. Medium of producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, actor...
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An endangered Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle stranded on a beach in the Netherlands in 2008 returns to its native Florida. Now, the creature who got carried away by the Gulf Stream is slipping back into the waters off Sarasota.
HEADLINE: From Netherlands to Florida: Wayward turtle gone
CAPTION: An endangered Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle stranded on a beach in the Netherlands in 2008 returns to its native Florida. Now, the creature who got carried away by the Gulf...
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Florida officials have launched an effort to eradicate pythons that have infested the Everglades
HEADLINE: Python hunt on in Everglades
CAPTION: Florida officials have launched an effort to eradicate pythons that have infested the Everglades. (July 17)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
Florida launches Python Hunt in Everglades
Almost on cue,...
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VOICE Zoo claims capture of 15-metre python
VOICED BY Louise Bates
0000 Wide shot of snake cage with python inside
0005 Mid shot of snake handlers with the python
0014 Tracking shot along python, starting from tail and ending at its head
0042 Mid shot hands around body of...
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Dozens of huge photos featuring whales, dolphins and turtles are hanging along one of Mexico City's main avenues to educate people about protecting the country's maritime life, especially whales.
Dozens of huge photos featuring whales, dolphins and turtles are hanging along one of Mexico City's main avenues to educate people about protecting the country's maritime life, especially whales.
Officials inaugurated the photo exhibit...
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED
Spanish/Nat
Ecuador has declared a state of emergency for the Galapagos islands, where a huge oil spill from tanker "Jessica" now poses a threat to creatures great and small, from birds to iguanas to sea lions.
The spill began last week...
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Volunteers protect the smallest species of all sea turtles
AP Television
Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Recent, 2010
1. Close of turtle with sea in background
2. Mid of turtle with boat in background
3. Various of turtle going toward sea
4. Wide of beach
5. Wide of men carrying torches searching for...
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Customs officials seize massive haul of live lizards
1. Close of a Bengal monitor lizard
2. Wide of customs officials holding Bengal monitor lizard, another one is filming the lizard
3. Tilt down from Thai Customs officers to Bengal monitors in the cage
4. Close up of monitor lizards in...
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More than 2,000 snakes returned after smugglers intercepted in Hong Kong
1. Wide of customs officers placing boxes containing snakes on grass
2. Close of bag of snakes being lifted from box
3. Close of official looking at snakes
4. Pan of two bags of snakes
5. Wide of officials putting snakes back in boxes
6....
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THAILAND: BABY TURTLES ARE RELEASED INTO THE SEA
Thai/Nat
Two hundred baby turtles have been released into the sea off Thailand in a campaign to ensure their survival.
It comes less than two weeks before an American law will penalise Thailand for allegedly failing to protect...
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Pet owners bring animals to church to be blessed on day of St Anthony
Hundreds of animals were brought to the Vatican on Friday to be blessed during the feast of Saint Anthony the Great - their patron saint.
Farmers with cows, horses, chickens and other animals filled the area in front of Saint Peter's...
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Rescue workers search for animals injured in recent forest fires
1. Wide of burnt forests in Penteli, smoke rising
2. Smoke rising from burnt foliage
3. Close of burnt tortoise
4. Wide of animal organisation worker checking the dead tortoise, zoom in
5. Close of hands holding dead tortoise
6. People...
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More than 700 people turned out for the first-ever Florida Python Challenge to help rid the Everglades of the Burmese Python. The snake, an invasive non-native species, is decimating wildlife like rabbits and deer.
HEADLINE: Hundreds Hunt for Invasive Pythons in Everglades
CAPTION: More than 700 people turned out for the first-ever Florida Python Challenge to help rid the Everglades of the Burmese Python. The snake, an invasive non-native species,...
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610 smuggled turtles returned home having been seized in Hong Kong
1. Wide of customs officials opening cover of box containing smuggled turtles
2. Close of turtles inside plastic container
3. Officials pick up plastic containers to show to media
4. Official taking out turtle from plastic container
5....
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Customs intercept illegal shipment of tortoises
1. Close of densely packed Indian star tortoises crawling over each other
2. Close of a tortoise lying on its side
3. Pan right of tortoises pen in section of Customs area
4. Mid of journalists looking at tortoises
5. Wide of tortoise...
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A look at the region on the first anniversary of the devastating oil spill
AP Television
FILE: Gulf of Mexico - April 2010
1. Tilt down from smoke plumes over the Gulf of Mexico to flames where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded
2. Close-up of red, oil slicked water in the Gulf
3. Oil floating on top of water...
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THAILAND: CARGO OF COBRA SNAKES INTERCEPTED
Thai/Nat
Thai authorities have intercepted a cargo of a thousand cobras bound for restaurants in Vietnam.
They were hidden in boxes underneath a legal consignment of turtles.
Southeast Asia is one of the centres for the criminal...