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VOICED: Dinosaurs, Humans Coexist at Creation Museum
VOICED: Dinosaurs, Humans Coexist at Creation Museum
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Madagascar - Efforts to save shrinking rainforest
Intensive efforts are being made to save the unique but rapidly shrinking rain forest of the island of Madagascar, home to some of the greatest bio-diversity in the world. Only 15 per cent of the forest is now left, after a 35-year...
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THAILAND: POLICE RAID BACKSTREET SLAUGHTERHOUSE (V)
Thai/Nat
VOICED BY: Vera Frankl
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...
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Philippine authorities say a woman tried to smuggle hundreds of poisonous reptiles from Manila to Thailand.
snakes
HEADLINE: Sharp-eyed tech spots slithering contraband
CAPTION: Philippine authorities say a woman tried to smuggle hundreds of poisonous reptiles from Manila to Thailand. (Nov. 22)
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Canal engineers in the Fergana Valley. Uzbekistan, 1970
Clip 6 from the 1970 documentary 'Maitre de L'Eau' (Masters of Water) about water and irrigation in Uzbekistan's Fergana Valley and Karakum Canal. Canal engineers look at plans by the canal. Forklift operators dig the ground in the arid...
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Conservation project to save rare giant lizards
AP Television
El Hierro Island (Canary Islands), November 26, 2011
1. Various shots of lizards
2. Various shots of landscape
3. Pan across valley to Tibataje cliff
4. Various shots of Tibataje cliff
5. Various shots of giant lizard in...
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HUNGARY: ILLEGAL CROSS BORDER TRADE IN LIVE ANIMALS
Hungarian/English
The illegal cross-border trade in live animals is booming, and Hungary's position between Eastern and Western Europe makes it a popular transit point for smugglers.
From lizards to rare parrots, the animals are...
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UK animal smuggling threat to reptiles
AP Television
Broadford, Isle of Skye, UK - July 15, 2011
1. Various snakes at serpentarium
2. Mid shot conservationist speaking to visitors
3. Various Mangrove Monitor lizard
4. Alex Shearer in cage with mangrove monitor lizard
5....
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Alligator-size lizards invade Bangkok park
AP Entertainment
Bangkok, Thailand, August 2009
1. Wide of Lumpini Park
2. Joggers in park
3. Low angle of water monitor lizard in foreground, jogger in background
4. Close up of lizard's head
5. Wide of lizard walking behind group of...
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Prague zoo exhibits rare lizard
Prague Zoo on Tuesday presented to local media a rare earless monitor lizard that it managed to breed sucessfully earlier this year.
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Dogs employed to track down illegal animal smugglers
1. Dog sniffing luggage, trainer leading dog along suitcases lined up ready for checking
2. Trainer adding a suitcase containing an iguana to the row of cases
3. Dog is led along the row of suitcases for a second time, finds the...
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Lizards and snakes on show at the American Museum of Natural History
New York, 21 June 2006
1. Close up water monitor lizard on display
2. Medium of water monitor lizard on display
3. Wide of display case for water monitor lizard
4. Tilt down of lizard
5. Wide of display case for Eastern Green Mamba...
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Rare animals seized by customs
1. Wide of confiscated plastic crates containing endangered animals at Royal Thai customs headquarters
2. Close-up of turtle
3. Wide of monitor lizards in cage
4. Close-up of monitor lizard
5. Wide of plastic crates containing...
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US answers criticism, adds file of charged chaplain
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - 9 October 2003
1. Wide shot from moving boat of US military base at Guantanamo Bay
2. Pull out on military ferry unloading vehicles while docked at Guantanamo Bay
3. Wide pan across Camp Delta, where most of the...
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MUSIC: "AFRICAN DREAMS II" and "DESERT" by A.MARCELLI; "CREEPY
CRAWLIES" by SMITH/HERON
STORY: Chile has experienced unusual weather patterns during the past year
and these have produced a most rare occurance in the Atacama desert,
the...
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BOTSWANA: GABORONE: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT
English/Nat
The natural wonders of the Botswana bush have prompted U-S President Clinton to push for new environmental laws at home.
Speaking in a game reserve Clinton said he would ask the U-S Senate to approve an international treaty...
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BOTSWANA: GABORONE: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT UPDATE
English/Nat
Experiencing the natural wonders of the Botswana bush has prompted U-S President Clinton to push for new environmental laws at home.
Speaking in a game reserve Clinton said he would ask the U-S Senate to approve an...
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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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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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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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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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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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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...