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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...
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Baby turtles leave their sandy nest on a Florida beach, heading to the ocean.
HEADLINE: Turtle hatchlings leave nest, head for the sea
CAPTION: Baby turtles leave their sandy nest on a Florida beach, heading to the ocean. (Sept. 5)
[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]
[Notes:VO night vision footage of turtles on beach, heading...
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Six held on charges of selling turtle eggs
1. Top shot of sea turtle eggs in bags
2. Close-up of eggs
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Humberto Perez Cano, representative from PROFEPA (Attorney General for Environmental Protection) in Oaxaca:
"(We found) 58,684 turtle eggs, and because...
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Wildlife centre treats Toronto's injured wild annimals and birds
AP Television
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - December 6, 2011
1. Mid of wildlife rescue worker Andrew Wight trapping fox in net, lifting it in the air
2. Mid high shot of rescue worker holding fox as volunteer gives it injection
3. Close of...
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THAILAND: POLICE RAID BACKSTREET SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Thai/Nat
Thai authorities have raided and closed a backstreet slaughterhouse that was
supplying the illegal market in exotic foods.
The vast haul of animals included pythons, monitor lizards and turtles.
But, the police concede, it was...
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HONG KONG: 4TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PET SHOWCASE
Cant/Eng/Nat
With more than six (m) million people in Hong Kong vying for limited space, there isn't much room left over for wildlife.
But a pet showcase is bringing the world of nature into the city -- and, organisers hope, into more...
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2 albino alligators go on show at their new home in the tropical aquarium of Paris
Two extremely rare residents - a pair of baby albino alligators - were put on public display for the first time at their new Paris home on Thursday.
The two youngsters arrived at the Porte Doree aquarium from Florida a few months ago,...
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Zoo exhibits stuffed animals to cut cost of feeding live ones
1. Close-up of stuffed lion''s face seen through gate of cage
2. Boy walking past stuffed lion in cage
3. Mid of children looking in cages
4. Mid of children looking at stuffed lion
5. Close of lion in cage, children outside looking...
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SOUTH AFRICA: JOHANNESBURG: 3 BABY "DASSIE RATS" ARE BORN
English/Nat
At the Johannesburg snake park in southern Africa, three baby "dassie rats", born last week, are proof of the only breeding programme of its kind in the world.
The rarely seen "dassie rat" is related to neither the dassie...
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Mexican Navy and NGOs release 4000 turtles
1. Wide of small turtles as they run towards the sea, people looking on
2. Various of children with turtles
3. Various of turtles going back to the sea
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Aurelio Vicente Cruz, vox pop:
"It's good that the navy...
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The story of the world's most lonesome tortoise
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador - January 8, 2009
1. Wide panning shot of Lonesome George in his pen in the Galapagos National Park
2. Medium wide shot of Lonesome George walking slowly across a section of his pen
3. Medium shot of Lonesome George...
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Saving El Salvador''s turtles
AP Television
Playa Amatecampo, La Paz ( 53 Km south of San Salvador) - January 2010
1. Close of turtles walking into water
2. Wide of turtles walking into water as they are taken away by a wave
3. Wide of former turtle egg vendor Tomas...
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South Africa - New reptile park opens
On the banks of the Crocodile River near Nelspruit in
north-east Johannesburg a new park has been opened dedicated to
exhibiting one of the largest collections of reptiles in the
world.
Besides the glass tanks is a pond which has been...
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Musician Clayderman serenades tortoises at London Zoo
1. Wide of pianist Richard Clayderman playing "Ballad pour Adeline" on grand piano next to London Zoo's giant Galapagos tortoise enclosure
2. Close-up Clayderman
3. Mid shot Clayderman playing with giant tortoises in background
4. Wide...
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Search for missing animals after devastation caused by cyclone Larry
1. Cyclone victim Margaret Tabone holding wallaby
2. Close-up of wallaby (wallaby's name is Zoe)
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Margaret Tabone, cyclone victim:
"Yeah, I've got one that I reared up, she was a little pinkie, and her mother died...
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VENEZUELA: CAYMAN CROCODILES RELEASED INTO WILD
English/Nat
In Apure State in Venezuela, researchers have been busy releasing Orinoco cayman crocodiles back into their natural habitat.
It is part of a project set up ten years ago by Venezuelan environmentalists to save the most...
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COLOMBIA: COUNTRY PLAGUED BY ILLEGAL ANIMAL TRADE
Spanish/Nat
Colombia is famous for its dominant role in the international trade of illegal drugs.
But the South American country is also plagued by the illegal animal trade.
An estimated seven (m) million animals are taken from...
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A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of is enclosure and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said
HEADLINE: Officials: Escaped pet python strangled child
CAPTION: A 12-foot pet Burmese python broke out of is enclosure and strangled a 2-year-old girl in her bedroom Wednesday at a central Florida home, authorities said. (July...
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Animal lovers take their pets for a special St Francis day blessing
1. Various of Father Michael Martin, Parish Priest of Malate Church, blessing pet snake
2. Close of pet tarantula spider inside plastic container
3. Mid of priest blessing tarantula
4. Mid of priest blessing dogs
5. Close of boy holding...
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South Africa - Mobile zoo
South Africa's latest zoo is one with a difference - it's on wheels so people who have never before had the chance to see wild animals will be able to examine them close up. The mobile institution will visit schools, other education...
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Authorities carry out raids to rescue exotic animals
1. Lima market where exotic animals are sold
2. Pan of Iguanas
3. Various birds and cages
4. Caged animals
5. Parrots
6. National Institute for Natural Resources employee taking away birds
7. Market with cages
8. Monkey in bag
9....
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If you've ever wanted to feed a Komodo dragon Zoo Atlanta can make that happen. The Georgia zoo has started a new program that allows visitors to get closer than ever to some of the exotic animals.
HEADLINE: Zoo Atlanta lets visitors feed the exotic animals
CAPTION: If you've ever wanted to feed a Komodo dragon Zoo Atlanta can make that happen. The Georgia zoo has started a new program that allows visitors to get closer than ever...