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AUSTRALIA: OIL SLICK PENGUINS RELEASED BACK INTO WILD
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Free at last.....
A group of penguins have been released again into the wild after zoo workers rescued the mammals from an oil slick in Australia.
Taronga zoo in Sydney cleaned and cared for the penguins during their...
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ANTARCTICA: FROZEN CONTINENT SUMMIT
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Several artefacts that were stolen from a hut used by famous South Pole explorer Robert Scott have been returned to the Antarctic by a visiting British government official.
Environment Minister Michael Meacher returned the...
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Belgian zoo animals endure high temperatures
1. Zoo keepers hosing down Asian elephants
2. Baby elephant being hosed down
3. Zoo keeper hosing down elephant whilst scrubbing it with brush
4. Visitors watching elephants
5. Zoo keeper hosing down elephant
6. SOUNDBITE (English)...
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SOUTH AFRICA: CAPE TOWN: PENGUINS SAVED AFTER OIL SPILL
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Hundreds of penguins - victims of an oil spill off the coast of South Africa - have been saved by a remarkable air-sea rescue mission.
The country's air force picked up the flightless birds and flew them to an emergency ...
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Namibian penguins head home after oil spill
Cape Town, 25 April 2009
1. Medium shot of penguins in a line
2. Tight shot of penguins in a line
3. Tight shot of penguin looking through fence.
4. Medium shot of woman feeding penguin.
5. Medium shot of two women feeding penguin....
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RR8213PENGUINS IN PERIL
Background to Story: If a group of Argentinian
businessmen have their way, thousands of penguins
will be culled off the southern coast of their country,
starting this year. The businessmen want to sell
penguin meat and skins. They say...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PERCY THE PENGUIN RETURNS HOME
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After swimming 800km with a satellite tracking device on his back Percy the Penguin is back home on Dassen Island off Cape Town.
On Friday he was freed once again into the wild after having the device taken off his back....
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Female penguins form close attachment and build nest together
'Safari' zookeepers at the Ramat Gan Zoo in Tel Aviv were sure they were dealing with yet another penguin couple, but in a routine blood exam they realised that the two penguins were both in fact female.
"After we realised that they are...
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Emperor penguin found on NZ beach ready to return to wild
1. Close of emperor penguin, named "Happy Feet"
2. Mid of penguin in enclosure
3. Close of Happy Feet
4. Close of webbed feet
5. Mid of Dr. Lisa Argilla, manager of veterinary science at Wellington Zoo, wrapping penguin with blanket
6....
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SOUTH AFRICA: BIRDS AFFECTED BY OIL SPILL IN CAPE TOWN HARBOUR
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Conservationists say four times as many birds have been affected by an oil spill in Cape Town harbour than originally estimated.
The South African National Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) says 500...
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Huge winter ice festival
1. Wide exterior of Japanese-styled snow palace in park
2. People walking in front of snow palace
3. Woman sledding down snow run on inflated tube
4. Point of view shot, moving down ice flume
5. Pull out of man person moving down ice...
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South Africa - Penguins take to the air
It is well-known that penguins cannot fly, but thanks to a recent
mission by the South African air force, 15 oil-soaked birds made a
life-saving trip by air out of their breeding ground at Bird
Island in South Africa. The penguins were...
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Female penguins form close attachment and build nest together
'Safari' zookeepers at the Ramat Gan Zoo in Tel Aviv were sure they were dealing with yet another penguin couple, but in a routine blood exam they realized that the two penguins were both in fact female.
"After we realized that they are...
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Zookeepers at the Ramat Gan Zoo in Tel Aviv were sure they were dealing with yet another penguin couple, but in a routine blood exam they realized that the two penguins were both in fact female. (Dec. 22)
'Safari' zookeepers at the Ramat Gan Zoo in Tel Aviv were sure they were dealing with yet another penguin couple, but in a routine blood exam they realised that the two penguins were both in fact female.
"After we realised that they are...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PENGUINS RESCUED FROM OIL SPILL
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Thousands of stricken penguins evacuated from Dassen Island after an oil spill continue to be cared for by local and foreign volunteers in Cape Town.
The good news is that these flightless birds mate for life and will...
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Animal keepers at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium are giving their Rockhopper penguins some treats that should help them pair up for mating season.
HEADLINE: Rocky nest, key to Penguin love
CAPTION: Animal keepers at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium are giving their Gentoo and Rockhopper penguins some treats that should help them pair up for mating season. (April 12)
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First penguin hatched in Jerusalem
1. Bobby the penguin standing in grass
2. Various of close up Bobby the penguin
3. UPSOUND (English) Zookeeper (no name available):
"He's the first penguin that's ever been hatched in Jerusalem, his name is Bobby. He is a baby. As you...
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Scientists say giant penguins roamed Peru 40 million years ago
1. Wide exterior of Museum of Natural History
2. Medium of museum
3. Pan of Palaeontologist Rodolfo Salas showing penguin fossils
4. Zoom into two fossil samples, the larger one belonging to the new species and the smaller, to the...
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Belgium - The penguin man
Alfred David loves penguins. So much so, he often dresses like them, make the same noises and even eats the same food. The eccentric Belgian even believes that when he dies he will be reincarnated as his favourite bird and will be found...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PENGUINS RELEASED AFTER OIL SPILL
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It's been a long journey back to freedom for the penguin victims of last month's oil tanker spill off the coast of South Africa.
On Friday, 900 penguins were ferried back to Robben Island, off Cape Town after being cared for...
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SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNET PENGUINS
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Last month's oil tanker spill off the coast of South Africa caused an environmental catastrophe off the coast of Cape Town.
It took an unprecedented rescue project to save the lives of thousands of penguins who lived...
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Latest after 500 penguins found dead on beaches
Tourists aren't the only ones bathing in the sandy shores of Rio de Janeiro anymore, penguins are now found daily on the beaches of the city.
In the only veterinary rehabilitation centre prepared to take care of the species, more than...
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Keepers count the animals at London Zoo's annual stocktake
1. Sunrise over penguin colony at London Zoo
2. Various of penguins waiting to be counted
3. Penguin keeper Tim Savage, with clipboard, walks towards penguins
4. Various of Savage counting penguins
5. Zoo official hunched beside...
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SOUTH AFRICA: PENGUINS HIT BY OIL SPILL
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A stretch of pristine coastline in Cape Town, South Africa, was coated in thick black sludge after a tanker sank, discharging 13-hundred tons of fuel into the ocean.
The ecological disaster prompted a massive operation to...