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Whale watchers gather to see the Southern Right Whale
1. Wide Gansbaai Harbour near Hermanus
2. Whale watching sign
3. Still picture showing whale breeching
4. Whale watching boat out at sea
5. Mid tourists on boat
6. Wide tourist looking through binoculars at whales
7. Whale at sea
8. Mid...
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Nearly 200 eagles are spending the winter at a power plant along the shore of Lake Erie in Michigan. The birds are drawn to the factory's warm water discharge that's teeming with tasty fish as well as the seclusion of the wooded area nearby. (Feb. 19)
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SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Shackelford, Wildlife Biologist, DTE Energy:
"Not many people get to see eagles in the wild. Just seeing one is amazing." (partially covered)
SOUNDBITE (English)...
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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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Buddhist monks in prayer ceremony for the protection of African elephants
1. Wide of monks at temple in Bangkok, throwing petals into air onto 3D chalk drawing of an elephant AUDIO: music played by string ensemble
2. Petals landing on elephant drawing AUDIO: music played by string ensemble
3. Monk throwing...
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Associated Press sports writer Rob Maaddi says wide receiver Plaxico Burress is not in the plans of the Philadelphia Eagles. Burress was released from prison Monday after serving nearly two years for a gun charge. (June 8).
HEADLINE: AP Source: Eagles not interested in Plaxico Burress
CAPTION: Associated Press sports writer Rob Maaddi says wide receiver Plaxico Burress is not in the plans of the Philadelphia Eagles. Burress was released from prison Monday...
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Penguins rescued after oil spill released back into ocean
1. Penguins in cages being brought towards sea shore
2. Close up of penguins inside cage
3. Cages being opened and penguins walking towards sea
4. Various of penguins walking towards sea
5. Various of penguins swimming
6. Pan from...
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A story of the survival of a young sea lion
Punta Negra Beach, near Lima - October 14, 2007
1. Close up of sea lion
2. Tilt up of sea lion
3. Medium shot of sea lion exiting the rehabilitation room
4. Medium shot of sea lion being directed backwards
5. Medium shot of sea lion...
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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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Thai alleged animal trafficker arrested after hundreds of protected species found in warehouse
1. Mid of African albino lions in cage
2. Close of lion
3. Cutaway of media photographing lions
4. Various of lion pacing around cage
5. Wide of residence of Montri Boonprom-on, where protected species were found by wildlife police
6....
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Conservationists celebrate return of the Mexican wolf ++2nd CLIENT REPLAY++
Mexico City, August 2007
1. Close-up wolf
2. Mid of Gerardo Lopez, Coordinator of Preventive and Therapeutic Medicine at San Juan de Aragon Zoo in Mexico City zoo, walking near a wolf enclosure
3. Mid shot of Lopez walking and looking...
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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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Tiger Woods released a statement on his website Friday, admitting to infidelity and saying he was taking time off from his golf career to focus on dealing with his family situation. (Dec. 11)
HEADLINE: Tiger Woods admits infidelity, takes golf break
CAPTION: Tiger Woods released a statement on his website Friday, admitting to infidelity and saying he was taking time off from his golf career to focus on dealing with his family...
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Georgia - Effects Of War On Monkey Zoo
In the war-ravaged region of Abkhazia, Georgia, the Sukhumi Monkey Zoo was once one of the biggest tourist attractions on the Black Sea - and the largest primate research institute in the former Soviet Union. It used to house about 5,000...
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Opening of IWC meeting, Aus, NZ, Japanese comment
1. Various of meeting
2. Close up of sign reading 59th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, Anchorage Alaska 2007"
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malcolm Turnbull, Australian Minister for Environment and Water Resources:
"I'm...
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Japan marks the 67th anniversary of the American atomic bomb attack
The city of Hiroshima marked the 67th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack on Monday with a call for the elimination of nuclear arsenals.
About 50,000 people gathered in Hiroshima's peace park near the epicentre of the...
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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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A huge elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka
1. Pan across river to elephants
2. People standing next to elephants
3. Various, elephants in river
4. Main street outside elephant orphanage
5. Sign reading: Elephant Orphanage
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lanka Dharnadasa, Education and...
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Washington bids farwell to its beloved giant panda, Tai Shan, loaded into a cargo jet with another panda bound for China to join a breeding program. The AP''s Lee Powell says the departure is breaking hearts of panda fans.
HEADLINE: Up in the Air: Giant Pandas jet off for home
CAPTION: Washington bids farwell to its beloved giant panda, Tai Shan, loaded into a cargo jet with another panda bound for China to join a breeding program. The AP''s Lee Powell...
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How wild birds in Alaska are tested for the H5N1 virus
1. Wide of birds in water
2. Close-up researcher looking for birds
3. Wide view of salt marsh area, scientists preparing to catch shore birds
4. Close-up researcher looking for birds
5. Mid view of birds walking on marsh
6. SOUNDBITE:...
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Lions and tigers from circus stuck in cages for two months over customs dispute
An international dispute over paperwork has kept 16 big cats locked up in mobile cages for two months on the Paraguay-Argentina border, an animal trainer said on Saturday.
The nine Bengal tigers and seven African lions belong to an...
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Japanese conference discusses whaling reforms, protester in whale suit
1. Various of Greenpeace protester in whale costume walking with other demonstrators
2. Mid of a policeman
3. Wide of protesters holding banner reading (Japanese): "Not catching whales but preserving whales"
4. Wide pan from the...
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French farmers demand right to shoot protected species
Col de la Colombiere, Haute Savoie - July 30, 2007
1 Various of cattle and young shepherd
2. Sign on hillside reading "94 sheep have been killed by the wolf here"
3. Various cardboard sheep
4. Set-up shepherd
5. SOUNDBITE: (French)...
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1st sea turtle hatchlings evacuated from Gulf oil released into Atlantic
HEADLINE: First Person: Turtle eggs saved from oil hatch
CAPTION: The first sea turtle hatchlings whose eggs were evacuated from the Gulf Coast oil spill to Florida's Kennedy Space Center have been released into the Atlantic Ocean. (July...
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Former US official calls for Syria 'safe zone'
A former senior United States government official on Wednesday called for a safety zone between Syria and Turkey to be established in order to stop the migrant crisis in Europe. David V. Aguilar, who was appointed Acting Commissioner of...