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MEXICO: HURRICANES CAUSE MASSIVE DAMAGE TO SEA TURTLE CENTRE
Spanish/Nat
In the last month two hurricanes on Mexico's Pacific Coast have caused massive damage to the world's only centre for the study of sea turtles.
Millions of turtle eggs have been destroyed on some of the central American...
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SOUTH AFRICA: NEW ARRIVALS AT JOHANNESBURG ZOO
English/Nat
Visitors to Johannesburg Zoo are being treated to more than the usual number of inhabitants lately following a flurry of births among the animals.
New arrivals range from the rhinos to the tortoise - but the most popular...
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DR Congo - Kinshasa Zoo battles to keep going
Kinshasa Zoo in the Democratic Republic of Zaire is battling against all odds to find the money to keep going. Without the help of one woman in particular, namely Claudine Minesi, it might not have survived.
WS exterior Kinshasa...
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4:3 Famed Galapagos tortoise 'Pepe the Missionary' dies aged 100
A giant tortoise known as 'Pepe the Missionary' has died at his home in the Galapagos National Park, the park's ecosystems director said.
Pepe, who was from the rare Chelonoidis Becki species, died of natural causes on Thursday, said...
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Snake festival in central Italy has ancient originis
Cocullo (Abruzzi Mountains), Central Italy May 08th, 2006
1. Wide shot of Cocullo town
2. Road sign: Welcome to Cocullo - town of snake people
3. Wide shot of square crowded with people
4. Wide shot of band playing
5. People holding...
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BP Managing Director at turtle rehab facility, Pelicans released
New Orleans, Louisiana - 23 June 2010
1. Wide of Bob Dudley, BP Managing Director and head of company's oil response, talking to staff at Audubon sea turtle rehabilitation facility
2. Mid of Dudley talking to staff
3. SOUNDBITE (English)...
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A new law helps protect engangered turtles
San Juan Del Sur, October 28 & November 15
1. Wide of sign and entrance to the marine turtle's reserve
2. Wide of driving down road
3. Sign on beach
4. Various, turtles on beach (one close shot of face)
5. Various, turtle laying...
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Thai customs officials seize a truck full of deadly cobras
1. Wide of snake handler showing a cobra to media (It was one of about 600 cobras seized from a truck which was stopped at a checkpoint)
2. Close of cobra
3. Pan of plastic containers with the snakes inside
4. Close of snakes seen...
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Animals recovered frrom smugglers returned to zoo
1. Wide exterior of National Institute of Natural Resources (INRENA)
2. Pan of interior display of wild animals
3. Mid shot of snake
4. Close up of snake in box
5. Close up of snake, zoom out to box
6. INRENA workers displaying...
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Wonderful waterfall nominated for global award
Iguazu, Misiones Province - 12th November, 2008
1. Various large panoramic shots of Iguazu waterfall range
Foz de Iguacu, Parana, Brazil - 11th November, 2008
2. Wide tourists taking picture of waterfall range
3. Medium tourists and...
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USA: UNDERCOVER OPERATION BREAKS WILDLIFE SMUGGLING RING
Washington, DC, USA, 15 September 1998 and file
US Fish and Wildlife
1. Close-up views of Plowshare Tortoises recovered from smugglers
2. Close-up views of baby Komodo dragon recovered from smugglers
Washington, DC, 15 September...
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CHINA: FIRST STAGE OF THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT IS COMPLETE
Mandarin/Nat
It's being called China's biggest construction project since the Great Wall.
The first stage is almost complete the giant Three Gorges Dam which will supply huge amounts of energy and displace more than a million.
On...
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Draft doc on global pact at climate conference
1. Wide of conference hall with delegates
2. Tilt down of draft document
3. Wide of press conference of Climate Action Network, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO)
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jennifer Morgan, Climate Action...
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Team finds tiny pterodactyl fossil in China, comments
1. Various exteriors of National Museum of Brazil
2. Wide of news conference announcing discovery of dinosaur fossil
3. Close-up of screen
4. Pan of news conference
5. Various of palaeontologist, Alexander Kellner, explaining...
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Sea turtle washed ashore in Europe returns to Gulf of Mexico
1. Various of people carrying "Johnny" the Kemp's ridley turtle towards the surf
2. Mid ground shot of turtle on the sand
3. Various ground shots of turtle on the beach
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Tucker, Manager of Sea Turtle...
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Philippines seizes boat, detains 11 Chinese crew on fishing charges
The chief of the Philippine National Police said on Thursday they had arrested 11 Chinese fishermen for catching endangering turtles on Tuesday, angering Beijing and further exposing regional strains.
The boat was loaded with more than...
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Limited turtle egg harvest allowed in order to preserve species
As thousands of Lora turtles arrived at their breeding ground in western Costa Rica on Sunday, scores of local residents moved in to harvest their newly laid eggs as part of a controlled conservation and community project.
Approximately...
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A 6-foot alligator believed to be the elusive 'Reggie,' who lurked in a Los Angeles lake for two years, was wrestled into captivity Thursday and rushed to a zoo.
HEADLINE: Raw Video: Urban alligator captured in LA (urban-alligator)
CAPTION: A 6-foot alligator believed to be the elusive 'Reggie,' who lurked in a Los Angeles lake for two years, was wrestled into captivity Thursday and rushed to a...
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GUAM: BROWN TREE SNAKE RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTINCTION OF 5 SPECIES
RUSHES FOR THIS STORY ON TAPE GEN1906 (approx 25 mins)
& GEN1907 (approx 10 mins)
Guam, 23rd September 1996
1. Wide shot beach
2. Medium shot same
3. Close up snake
4. Wide shot snake
5. Two crows in cage
6. Close up crows
7....
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A Thai snake farm makes venom to save lives
Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, December 8th, 2008
1. Various of snake handlers and king cobras
2. CU snake
3. Various of snake handler inching his hand on top of a Thai cobra while another snake hisses at him.
4....
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EL SALVADOR : SERIOUS POLLUTION CRISIS
Spanish/Nat
Environmental groups in El Salvador have warned that pollution in the country is rising out of control.
With rapid deforestation and the ever increasing number of vehicles in
the large cities, pollution levels are said to...
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A rehabilitated green sea turtle returns to Florida waters with the help of a long-distance swimmer. Pearl flapped her fins excitedly as swimmer Ben Lecomte placed her on the beach off a state park in Key Biscayne, Florida. (May 15)
A rehabilitated green sea turtle is returning to the wild off the Florida east coast.
Pearl was found in December in the Bal Harbour area dehydrated, lethargic and with parasites. It was taken to Miami Seaquarium where it spent months...
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Hundreds of shoes, handbags made out of endangered species confiscated
1. Environmental protection agency (PROFEPA)
2. Tilt down from building to animal skin and head
3. Various of animal skin, head, horn
4. Pan left from wild cat to boxes and boots
5. Close boots (made from turtle's skin)
6. SOUNDBITE...
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Cobra attack helicopters fire rockets into Kurdish rebel positions
1. Attack helicopter firing missiles toward mountain range, explosions
2. Attack helicopter firing missiles
3. Attack helicopter flying
4. Attack helicopters firing toward mountain range
5. Various of helicopter flying at dusk
6. Various...