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Added on the 25/05/2020 13:11:38 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Zoo of Copenhagen has released footage of a baby elephant which was born last week in captivity as part of a European breeding program for Asian elephants. The mother is 16 year old Maha Kumari and the fathers name is Fahim. The name and gender of the baby elephant aren't known yet. Calves weight in beetween 70 and 90kg at birth after spending 22 months in their mothers wombs, the longest gestation in the animal kindom. Elephant births in zoos are relatively rare with a total number of 18 worldwide in 2023 IMAGES
Crates containing two endangered giant pandas are loaded onto a plane as they return to China after 12 years in the United Kingdom at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. It had been hoped female panda Tian Tian ("Sweetie") and male Yang Guang ("Sunshine") would breed while at the zoo, but they did not produce a cub. The pair are flying back to Chengdu where they will live at a wildlife sanctuary. IMAGES
Guadalajara, Oct 9 (EFE).- Four endangered bengal tiger cubs have become the center of attraction for human visitors at the Guadalajara Zoo.Nadya Herran, a veterinarian and caretaker of the tigers, explained that the cubs, two males and two females, now weigh 12 kilos and were born in July 2021. (Camera: JOSE LUIS GONZÁLEZ).SHOT LIST: BENGAL TIGER CUBS (PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS), ARE SEEN AT THE GUADALAJARA ZOO, JALISCO STATE, MEXICO.
Estepona (Spain), May 20 (EFE) (Camera: Esther Gómez) .- With the opening of the hotels and the return of tourists, the summer season 2021 unofficially begins and, although far from the record numbers of visitors from previous years, the occupancy data for these first days paint an optimistic landscape and suggest that this "will be a good summer."FOOTAGE OF HOTELS IN MALAGA, SPAIN
Lisbon, Apr 10 (EFE), (Camera: Andrea Caballero).- Portugal has already entered the second phase of its de-escalation plan towards normality. Bars and restaurants terraces, shops, gyms and cultural spaces have reopened to the public. Although Portugal shows a very low Covid-19 death rate, the country does not forget the third wave, when it would record over 300 daily deaths in a population of ten million people. The country has registered a total of 826,327 Covid-19 cases and 16,904 deaths since the pandemic began. FOOTAGE OF THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION IN LISBON
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).