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NAME: INS TIGER 20100107I TAPE: EF10/0019 IN_TIME: 10:26:47:06 DURATION: 00:01:05:08 SOURCES: WWF DATELINE: Sumatra - Unknown date RESTRICTIONS: Non AP Television News material SHOTLIST 1. Tiger cub walking straight up to camera and sniffing before moving off, second cub walking through camera, followed by a third STORYLINE: The environmental group World Wide Fund For Nature says it has captured rare images of Sumatran tiger cubs in the wild, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species. The video taken from a camera trap in the Sumatran jungle shows three, healthy cubs approaching and sniffing the device before moving on. The cameras were installed five years ago and the WWF says this was the first time that cubs have been captured on video in the wild. Images of a male Sumatran tiger and its prey, wild boar and deer were also captured by the camera, the WWF said. Sumatran tigers are on the brink of extinction because of rapid deforestation, poaching and clashes with humans. Their numbers have dwindled to about 400 from about 1,000 in the 1970s, the WWF estimates.
Footage Information
Source | ABCNEWS VideoSource |
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Title: | Indonesia Tigers - WWF releases rare images of Sumatran tiger cubs in the wild |
Date: | 01/07/2010 |
Library: | APTN |
Tape Number: | VSAP632530 |
Content: | NAME: INS TIGER 20100107I TAPE: EF10/0019 IN_TIME: 10:26:47:06 DURATION: 00:01:05:08 SOURCES: WWF DATELINE: Sumatra - Unknown date RESTRICTIONS: Non AP Television News material SHOTLIST 1. Tiger cub walking straight up to camera and sniffing before moving off, second cub walking through camera, followed by a third STORYLINE: The environmental group World Wide Fund For Nature says it has captured rare images of Sumatran tiger cubs in the wild, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species. The video taken from a camera trap in the Sumatran jungle shows three, healthy cubs approaching and sniffing the device before moving on. The cameras were installed five years ago and the WWF says this was the first time that cubs have been captured on video in the wild. Images of a male Sumatran tiger and its prey, wild boar and deer were also captured by the camera, the WWF said. Sumatran tigers are on the brink of extinction because of rapid deforestation, poaching and clashes with humans. Their numbers have dwindled to about 400 from about 1,000 in the 1970s, the WWF estimates. |
Media Type: | Summary |