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More than 60,000 turtles were released in Mexico, in hopes of preserving endangered species. Illegal trafficking of turtle eggs, which are considered a delicacy in the country, remains a major problem.
HEADLINE: Turtles crawl to freedom in Mexico
CAPTION: More than 60,000 turtles were released in Mexico, in hopes of preserving endangered species. Illegal trafficking of turtle eggs, which are considered a delicacy in the country,...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Israel rescue centre releases sea turtle back to sea
The Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Centre releases sea turtles that were injured back to sea, following treatment and full recovery, in Beit Yanai in central Israel (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bridgeman Arts
German U-boat sinks British ship, takes British POWs on board, 1916
German U-boat sinks British ship, takes British POWs on board, 1916
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist today told wildlife officials he wants to ban the harvesting of wild freshwater turtles, which are served as delicacies in Asia.
HEADLINE: Fla. governor calls for ban on turtle harvesting
CAPTION: Gov. Charlie Crist has told wildlife officials he wants to ban the harvesting of wild freshwater turtles because the worldwide demand for them has grown so much. But...
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New French exhibition celebrates the night
All things that go bump in the night are being revealed at a special exhibition to raise our awareness about nocturnal creatures.
Curators at Paris' National Museum of Natural History say their aim is to get everyone interested in the...
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Controversy on freshwater turtles being harvested in Florida
Tallahassee, Florida - 19 November 2008
1. Wide of Wildlife Biologist Matt Aresco next to picture showing harvested turtle
2. Zoom into picture showing hook through turtle's head
3. Aresco holding softshell turtle
4. Close of turtle's...
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Exhibition of two-headed animals aims to set record
1. Wide of World Aquarium
2. Medium of City Museum sign
3. Wide pan of aquarium
4. Medium of boys looking at two-headed albino rat snakes
5. Medium of rat snakes one called "We" and the other one "Golden Girls"
6. Close up of "Golden...
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Hundreds of endangered baby Kemp's ridley sea turtles dragged through the sand on Monday heading for a new home in the Gulf of Mexico despite the threat of oil some 400 miles away.
HEADLINE: Biologists release endangered turtles into Gulf
CAPTION: Hundreds of endangered baby Kemp's ridley sea turtles dragged through the sand on Monday heading for a new home in the Gulf of Mexico despite the threat of oil some 400...
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WRAP Turtle release on beach as climate conference continues; ADDS bite
1. Wide of people carrying basins of water with baby turtles inside
2. People looking at turtles
3. Close up of turtles in water
4. Turtles in basin
5. Wide of beach
6. Close up of turtles
7. Various of people holding turtles
8....
Bloomberg
The Wine Market Moves to Mobile With Drync App
Dec. 5 -- Brad Rosen, co-founder and chief executive officer of Drync, discusses his mobile app that helps consumers scan and drink their favorite wines. He speaks with Bloomberg's Trish Regan and gossip columnist Cindy Adams on ""Street...
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Inauguration of conservation facility for one of rarest freshwater turtles
1. Various of Cantor's giant soft-shell turtle being measured
2. Local officials cutting red ribbon to inaugurate the turtle conservation centre
3. Giant turtle being held prior to release into pond
4. Wide of Buddhist monk blessing...
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Turtle release on beach as climate conference continues
1. Wide of people carrying basins of water with baby turtles inside
2. People looking at turtles
3. Close up of turtles in water
4. Turtles in basin
5. Wide of beach
6. Close up of turtles
7. Various of people holding turtles
8....
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Conservation efforts to save green turtles
Karachi - 20th October 2008
1. Wide shot of WWF worker removing sand around the pit while female turtle laying eggs at Sandspit beach, Karachi
2. Close shot of WWF worker removing sand around the pit while female turtle laying eggs
3....
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Turtle population still suffering more than a year after cyclone
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION / AuBC
AP Television - Technology Clients Only
Townsville, Queensland - 4 June 2012
1. Mid of large 134kg (295-pound) rescued turtle in tank at hospital, zoom into close
FILE : AuBC - Technology Clients Only / No...
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String band Trampled by Turtles amps their sound up
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES AMPS UP ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
Minnesota-based band Trampled by Turtles is not your average string band. With a background playing in rock and punk clubs, the sextet from Duluth decided early on that they...
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CITES: Conservationists battle to save critically endangered turtles ++REPLAY++
The Vietnamese pond turtle (Mauremys annamensis) is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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SRI LANKA: TURTLE CONSERVATION PROGRAMME
English/Nat
Conservationists are worried that Sri Lanka's programme to save seven endangered species of turtles is in fact aiding their extinction.
Sri Lanka has set up a series of turtle hatcheries along the coast, but - by prolonging...
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Rare turtles smuggled to Hong Kong are returned home
1. Various of critically endangered pond turtle that where returned from Hong Kong to the Philippines government being presented to media
2. Wide of officials with pond turtles on their hands
3. Close of turtle
4. Mid of Philippine...
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WWF to pursue rogue developers building on land destroyed by fires
Athens - 27 September 2007
1. Wide of press conference
2. Medium of banner reads (Greek) "For a living planet"
3. Close-up of screen showing map of forests (red) and burnt areas (grey)
FILE/RECENT: Southern Peloponnese
4. Various of...
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Experts say there appears to be no good way to stop the oil that's streaming into the Gulf of Mexico. More than 200,000 gallons of oil a day are spewing from the site of the rig and a solution doesn't appear to be imminent. (April 30)
HEADLINE: Scientist: Oil cleanup methods a lose, lose
CAPTION: Experts say there appears to be no good way to stop the oil that's streaming into the Gulf of Mexico. More than 200,000 gallons of oil a day are spewing from the site of the...
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Sea turtles lay their eggs along the beaches of Ostional
Climate change is making it difficult for some sea turtle species along Costa Rica's Pacific Coast to survive, according to local biologists.
As many as 600 sea turtles travel each year to lay their eggs along the beaches of Ostional in...
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Thailand: WWF: Campaign to halt the trade in wildlife souvenirs
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Thousands of tourists every year take home wildlife souvenirs from Thailand without realising that they're speeding the decline of its protected animals.
Items made from ivory, snake skin, turtle and sea-shells are...
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Nativity figures are lowered into shark tank in Madrid's aquarium
1. Wide shot lake with flamingos at Madrid Zoo
2. Wide shot divers starting to prepare nativity scene in shark filled tank
3. Shark swimming past
4. Divers setting up nativity scene
5. Shark's shadow
6. Shark swimming past nativity...
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Florida is seeing a jump in the number of softshell turtles being trapped and exported overseas. That has caught the attention of state wildlife officials. The turtles are used for food and medicine in China where they have been hunted to the point of extinction
HEADLINE: Scientists fight to save Fla. turtles
CAPTION: Florida is seeing a jump in the number of softshell turtles being trapped and exported overseas. That has caught the attention of state wildlife officials. The turtles are used for...