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South Africa - Reptile smugglers
Three German visitors were arrested in Cape Town on Saturday
(1/11) for attempting to smuggle endangered South African
reptiles out of the country.
The police closed in on two German men and a woman while they
were at the Cape town...
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Four suitcases full of reptiles seized at airport
1. Close of an Indian Star tortoise being held up during news conference at Customs Department
2. Media at press conference
3. Wide of Indian Star tortoises in a plastic container
4. Close of an Indian Star tortoise in container
5....
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A look at the impact of the tsunami on turtle colonies
Phuket, Thailand
1. Various of turtles in pool
2. Various of turtle being lifted from water
3. Various of microchip being injected into turtle
4. Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong carrying turtle to sea and letting it go
5. SOUNDBITE (English)...
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Blessing of animals marks feast of St Francis
1. Wide shot of man and woman having their pet cats blessed
2. Mid shot of priest blessing dog
3. Wide shot of people with pets lined up
4. Priest blessing caterpillar and bird
5. Wide shot of crowd in church
6. Crowd watching
7. Dog...
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Zoo animals blessed in St. Francis ceremony
1. Wide shot of the ceremony inside zoo, priest giving blessing to the animals
2. Tight shot of snake getting blessed
3. Medium shot of priest blessing snake
4. Tight shot of visitor attending the ceremony
5. Tight shot of tiger cub...
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Indigenous Nicaraguans hunt endangered green turtles
Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, 24 August 2010
1. Green sea turtle being pulled up from from bottom of boat
2. Various of green sea turtle hunters being offloaded from sailboat by indigenous Miskito turtle hunters
3. Various of turtles being...
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Optimal conditions help endangered captive crocodiles to breed
AP Television
San Manuel, San Pedro Sula, Honduras - 25 January 2013
1. Close up of crocodile
2. Crocodile attempting to bite stick
3. Various of crocodiles walking towards water
4. Wide of crocodile farm equipped with domed indoor...
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Fears cane toads will wipe out a breed of snake in Australia
Darwin, Recent
1. Close up snake
2. Wider of snake moving through leaves and sticks
3. Chris Peberdy picking up snake with hook
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Peberdy, Snake Wrangler: "They bite these cane toads - the cane toad is upset -...
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Australian stars pay tribute to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin
AP Entertainment
Los Angeles, 13 January 2006
1. Wide of logo sheet and photo backdrop
2. Poster featuring Irwin family
3. Bindi Irwin poses for photos on shoulders of a team of people
4. Wide of arrivals line
5. Wide of Bindi Irwin...
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Residents of a village in northern Thailand make their living from what they call boxing matches with snakes. Trained snake fighters go eye-to-eye with venomous king cobra snakes.
HEADLINE: Snake 'boxing matches' draw tourists in Thailand
CAPTION: Residents of a village in northern Thailand make their living from what they call boxing matches with snakes. Trained snake fighters go eye-to-eye with venomous king...
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Shortage of antivenom serum to treat snake bites say medics
Restrepo - February 11, 2010
1. Various of coral snake moving on the ground
2. Man horseback riding
3. Wide of Los Llanos Orientales
4. Wide of peasants walking while carrying tools on their shoulders
5. Tilt up of Hernan Gomez with...
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Florida issues permits to hunt pythons to reduce numbers
1. Various of men pulling python out from vegetation
2. Men measuring snake
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Halleck, Biologist:
"This is a serious problem, and as you know the Everglades has a number of threatened and endangered species,...
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Germany - Fossils Discovered In Mining Area
A former coal mining area which industrialists wanted to turn into a chemical waste dump has proved a valuable source of fossils, following its rescue by environmentalists. The Pit Messel, which has yielded many fossils of scientific...
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Authorities have ordered swamp boat tour operators in the South Louisiana community of Jefferson Parish to stop feeding alligators after video of a tour guide doing so went viral. (June 13)
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Barataria, Louisiana - June 3, 2014
1. NATSOUND of tourist from California showing a picture of another tourist feeding an alligator
New Orleans - June 13, 2014
2. SOUNDBITE: John Fortunato,...
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Anti-venom saves a great grandmother bitten by a deadly spider
Umina Beach, NSW, Australia, March 6 2009:
1. Wide pan up of Mavis Tanner pushing her walker
2. Wide rear shot Mavis Tanner walking
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mavis Tanner, oldest survivor:
"They're talking about putting me in the...
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Pet owners have their animals blessed
1. Various shots of animals being blessed by a priest
2. Wide shot of church
3. Various of people with pets wait for church service
4. Close up of a man with snakes
5. Close up of Iguana
6. Wide shot of owners showing their pets
7....
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Officials at Zoo Atlanta say a female tiger rattlesnake discovered missing from its cage last week has been found dead.
HEADLINE: Venomous snake found dead after Ga. zoo escape
CAPTION: A female tiger rattlesnake discovered missing from its cage last week at Zoo Atlanta has been found dead. Zoo officials say a resident living nearby killed the venomous...
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RR0237/C USA: Wild Animals
Everglades, Florida, USA (recent):
Bob Freer of Everglades Outpost charity, feeding crocodile and alligators; Freer with bear; Freer sot in English; deer and bison; wolf; parrot; Freer sot in English; Freer feeding alligators; Freer...
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Wildlife shelter offers a refuge for indigenous animals in need
A South African shelter seeking to help indigenous creatures is on a mission to save those that stray into city suburbs.
An orphaned water mongoose, dozens of meerkats handed in by people who tried keeping them as pets and several bats...
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Two-headed tortoise with six legs, two hearts, one tail
1. Various of tortoise on mat inside enclosure surrounded by pieces of carrot
2. Wide of zoo minder checking enclosure
3. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Oleksander Denusenko, zoo minder:
"She has two hearts, one stomach, two bowels. Also two...
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USA: 50-THOUSAND ACTIVISTS EXPECTED AT W-T-O MEETING (2)
English/Nat
As an estimated 50-thousand protesters gear up to lobby the World Trade Organisation summit in the American city of Seattle, U-S President Bill Clinton has said the demonstrators have a right to be heard.
He told reporters...
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The Coast Guard has taken 20 endangered sea turtles rescued from Cape Cod beaches to Orlando, Florida for rehabilitation. The turtles will be released back into the wild if the staff at Sea World can nurse them back to health.
HEADLINE: Coast Guard takes 20 stranded turtles back to Fla.
CAPTION: The Coast Guard has taken 20 endangered sea turtles rescued from Cape Cod beaches to Orlando, Florida for rehabilitation. The turtles will be released back into the...
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Poisonous snakes invade Brazilian city
1. Wide aerial shot of the city of Niteroi, across Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro
2. Zoom out to reveal city surrounded by tropical forest
3. Various Jararaca - the most poisonous snake in Brazil (Scientific name: Bothrops Jararaca....
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March by environmentalists and indigenous to highlight "water crisis"
1. Zoom out from protester on stilts wearing pig mask (symbolising business) and leading woman by chain wearing blue water-drop mask (symbolising water), to wide of march by environmental organisations and indigenous groups to protest...