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NAME: POL ZOO 20100106Ex TAPE: EF10/0014 IN_TIME: 10:09:55:04 DURATION: 00:02:04:00 SOURCES: TVN DATELINE: Wroclaw - 5 Jan 2010 RESTRICTIONS: No Access Poland SHOTLIST: TVN - NO ACCESS POLAND Wroclaw - 5th January 2010 1 Mid of Siberian tiger walking in enclosure, ground covered by snow 2 Various of tiger in snow-covered enclosure 3 Mid of wolf walking in enclosure on snow-covered ground 4 Various of wolves in snow-covered enclosure 5 Mid of zoo keeper and South African fur seal 6 Zoo keepers feeding seals 7 Mid of seals swimming 8 SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Pawel Borecki, Zoo Keeper: They feel good in this temperature They swim without any problem 9 Various of seals playing under water 10 Mid of reindeers eating 11 Close of reindeer 12 SOUNDBITE: (Polish) Jaroslaw Piasecki, Zoo Keeper: The reindeers were born in Wroclaw and Vienna Zoo so they didn''t live behind the Polar Circle, although they are adapted to these temperatures 13 Pan down from winter sky to reindeer enclosure 14 Various of reindeers STORYLINE ANIMALS FACE THE BIG FREEZE IN POLAND As many struggle to cope with the freezing temperatures gripping Europe, others have had a different reaction to the severe winter weather In Wroclaw Zoo, in western Poland, the inhabitants appear to be enjoying the low temperatures, and zoo keepers say they seem more lively than in warmer seasons While the zoo''s bear remains in hibernation, others such as the reindeers, wolves and the Siberian tiger are spending more time outdoors, unperturbed by the thick snow covering the ground Even the South African fur seals are enjoying the winter snap, frolicking and cavorting in the cooler water, zoo keeper Pawel Borecki said For reindeers in the wild long winter spells can be deadly, with the animals having to seek winter forage under impenetrable sheets of ice Wroclaw''s reindeers, unused to temperatures more akin to polar bears, penguins and artic foxes, have adapted to the colder climate, according to another keeper