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NAME: CHN CHIMP 260805N TAPE: EF05/0760 IN_TIME: 10:06:18:07 DURATION: 00:00:23:22 SOURCES: CCTV DATELINE: Xi''An - Recent RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST 1 Zoom in to chimpanzee, Ai Ai, smoking cigarette at Qinling Wild Animal Zoo 2 Zoo nurse taking cigarette from Ai Ai and feeding her milk 3 Ai Ai sitting 4 Various of tourists interacting with Ai Ai STORYLINE A smoking chimpanzee in a zoo in northwest China is trying to give up her 15-year-old addiction The 26-year-old female chimpanzee, called Ai Ai - which means love love in Mandarin - lives in Qinling Wild Animal Zoo in Xi''An She has been smoking for 15 years Her mate died recently, which caused her to increase her habit to seven or eight cigarettes a day But now Ai Ai''s keepers are worried about her health as a result of her smoking The zoo is trying to feed her milk instead of cigarettes in a bid to get rid of her addiction Ai Ai started smoking by picking up tourists'' cigarette butts Keyword - Wacky