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Teri Tacheny, a harpist, has a loyal following of fans who appreciate her soothing music. Every month, gorillas, orangutans and monkeys amble down to hear her play at the Como Park Zoo in Minnesota. (Sept. 25)
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SOUNDBITE (English) Terri Tacheny, Harpist:
"I would see the primates laying around and I often thought, gee I wonder if anybody's ever played live music for them and how would they react?"
SOUNDBITE (English) Terri Tacheny,...
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India - Animal trainers protest for licences
A hundred animal trainers demonstrated in New Delhi recently to demand government licences to practise their profession. India's Wildlife Protection Act prohibits the capture of bears, monkeys and birds from the wild for any purpose....
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ANIMAL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATION
Russian/Nat
Animal rights campaigners have turned Moscow into an open air circus in one of the most colourful demonstrations ever seen in the Russian capital.
They took to the streets Sunday with animals ranging from bears to camels....
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Zoo trying to keep animals warm in freezing temperatures
1. Various exteriors of Rome Zoo
2. Rhesus Monkey enclosure
3. Close up of monkey
4. Close up of monkey touching icy water with his hand
5. Wide of monkeys
6. Warmly dressed visitors looking at monkeys
7. Zoo keeper looking at tiger
8....
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USA: EBOLA VACCINE BREAKTHROUGH
Zaire, Africa, Washington DC- 30 November, 2000 & file
Zaire, Africa 1995
1. Various of bodies unloaded off truck into pit
2. Close up masked medical workers
3. Body taken in sheet into pit
4. Close up medical worker
5. Sheet...
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PHILIPPINES: NEW STRAIN OF EBOLA VIRUS FOUND
English/Nat
The Philippine government has quarantined about 15 thousand monkeys in breeding farms across the country on the advise of American health experts.
The three-man U-S team is helping to investigate the Ebola virus found in...
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Animals in poor condition at regional zoo
AP Television
Kampot Province - 24 April, 2013
1. Various of tiger pacing around cage
2. Wide of monkey cage
3. Mid of monkey in cage
4. Wide of monkey cage
5. Pan of monkey
6. Wide of crocodile enclosure
7. Pan of crocodile entering...
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Preserving an endangered monkey population
Niteroi, Brazil, 21 April 2013
1. Niteroi ocean beaches, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pan showing forest and houses below.
2. Nearby forest with cloud
3. Golden headed lion tamarin monkey on electrical cable near bamboos (Leontopithecus...
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Sacred forest where man and monkey live in harmony
LEADIN:
There is a village in the heart of a forest in the Ivory Coast where monkeys are considered sacred.
Locals feed and protect the primates, and bury them in a shroud when they die.
...
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CLEAN : Indian state looks for a way out of its monkey problem
Kuldeep Chand Sood used to spend his evenings reading on his terrace overlooking the pristine Indian Himalayas, but not anymore (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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China Approves Tests For COVID-Vaccine Developed Using Insect Cells
The city government of Chengdu said the vaccine will enter a clinical trial after positive results were shown.
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KENYA: PLIGHT OF THE COLOBUS MONKEY
Swahili/English/Nat
In total there are about 150 species of primates in the world.
Over one third of primate species in the world are in danger of becoming extinct.
Several of the species in Kenya are in this position.
Deforstation for...
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Scores of pets - and their owners - attended a special blessing for animals this weekend at a convent dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, the Catholic patron saint of animals. (Oct. 8)
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HEADLINE: Pets flock to Peru animal blessing
CAPTION: Scores of pets - and their owners - attended a special blessing for animals this weekend at a convent dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, the Catholic...
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Animal campaign group announces Peru is free of animals held for use in circus performances
An animal rights campaign group announced on Friday Peru is free of animals held for use in circus performances.
The President of London-based Animal Defenders International (ADI) Jan Creamer said it was probable that her organisation...
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SALVADOR: ANIMAL WELFARE PROTECTION PROGRAMME PROVES A SUCCESS
Spanish/Eng/Nat
A scheme to help endangered or mistreated animals in El Salvador is proving to be a success.
These animals are now protected under legislation and a special Zoological Foundation has been set-up to care for...
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Researcher treated with experimental vaccine, expert reax
Hamburg, Germany - 27 March 2009
1. Wide exterior of the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
2. Close-up of sign for the institute
3. Entrance of secured laboratory room, where scientist was potentially infected with the Ebola...
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Plan to close country's two public zoos after demands by animal rights groups
1. Close of scarlet macaw (South American parrot)
2. Wide of two scarlet macaw parrots
3. Wide exterior of Simon Bolivar zoo in central San Jose
4. Mid of family looking at animals inside the zoo
5. Close of monkeys
6. Wide of monkey...
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Hot food and treats help London Zoo animals cope with the cold
1. Close up of Colobus monkey in London Zoo
2. Zoo keeper Alison Parbles feeding monkeys
3. Monkey eating a warm potato
4. Wide of monkey behind cage eating potato
5. Tilt up from potato to monkey eating
6. Close up of monkey's hand...
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A rare peek at Rhesus monkeys on Cayo Santiago
Cayo Santiago - recent
1. Medium shot, group of monkeys forages for food.
2. Close shot, baby monkey forages, eats.
3. Wide shot, approach to island's dock with boat.
4. Wide shot of pickup truck with all windows covered in thick metal...
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PHILIPPINES: US SCIENTISTS TO INVESTIGATE EBOLA VIRUS AMONG MONKEYS
English/Nat
U-S scientists have arrived in the Philippines to help investigate how local monkeys contracted the Ebola virus.
The three-man team from the American Centre for Disease Control will be in the Philippines for two weeks.
Their...
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Tokyo zoo puts its director in a monkey cage as an April Fool's Day exhibit.
1. People looking at monkeys at zoo
2. Close up on monkeys in cage
3. Cutaway of child
4. Various shots of Hiroshi Sugaya, Director of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, inside cage
5. People looking at Hiroshi Sugaya in cage
6. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese)...
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Colourful exhibit of frogs at Nat History Museum
1. Wide shot entrance to Frog exhibit at American Museum of Natural History, pan to display case with frogs
2. Close up various "Dart Poison Frogs" in display case
3. Close up "Dart Poison Frog"
4. Close up Golden mantella frog
5. Wide...
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Argentine animal rescue centre teaches conservation
AP Television FILE:
Iguazu, Misiones, Argentina - November 12, 2008
1. Wide of Iguazu waterfall range
2. Wide from above of tourists on waterfall trail
3. Mid of tourists on waterfall trail
4. Wide of park ranger's jeep driving through...
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A crackdown on monkey owners gains steam across the United States, forcing one couple to flee Louisiana with their four monkeys. For now, Jim and Donita Clark are living in an RV, tending to animals they consider children.
HEADLINE: Crackdown turns monkey owners into 'refugees'
CAPTION: A crackdown on monkey owners gains steam across the United States, forcing one couple to flee Louisiana with their four monkeys. For now, Jim and Donita Clark are living in...