Ukraine Lions Evacuations USAGM
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- Ukraine Lions Evacuations USAGM
- November 7, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: TV Ukraine Lions Evacuations – Kovalenko HEAD: 9 Lions From Odesa, Ukraine, Find New Life in United States TEASER: PUBLISHED: 11/07/2022 at 8:10am BYLINE: Oleksii Kovalenko DATELINE: Washington CAMERA: Oleksii Osyka VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; VIDEO FROM: VOA TYPE: TVPKG TRT: 2:39 VIDEO APPROVER'S INITIALS: KE UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)): [[It’s not just people and pets that have become victims in the war in Ukraine. In some cases, wild animals have been forced to evacuate as well. Oleksii Kovalenko looks at some lions that were rescued from the Odesa Biopark Zoo and flown to safety. Anna Rice narrates the story.]] ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) When Russia invaded Ukraine, ten lions in a small private zoo became unwitting victims of the war in Ukraine. The war ended its funding, and the owners had no way to feed the big cats or keep them warm in winter. ((End courtesy)) ((Dmytro Oleksandrov, Odesa Biopark Zoo Director)) ((Skype)) ((IN RUS)) “We need some 800 kilos of meat a week. So due to supply chain problems and a lack of funding, we found ourselves in a tough situation.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Lionel de Lange/Warriors of Wildlife)) The nonprofit Warriors of Wildlife stepped in to help. The organization has been helping animals in Ukraine since 2014. ((End courtesy)) ((Lionel de Lange, Warriors of Wildlife Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “So, we started to put our plan together, getting all the permits in place, so that we could go and fetch the lions.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) De Lange says only one place agreed to take the whole pride: the Wild Animal Sanctuary in the U.S. state of Colorado. ((End courtesy)) ((Pat Craig, Wild Animal Sanctuary Executive Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “When we got contacted by the zoo in Odesa, they said they’d rather the lions just go to a good permanent home, and at that point we agreed to rescue the lions.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) Wild Animal Sanctuary paid to transport the nine lions to the U.S. Other expenses were shared between the sanctuary and a number of other animal rights groups, including Animals Australia. The big cats finally arrived at the sanctuary on October 5th. ((End courtesy)) ((Pat Craig, Wild Animal Sanctuary Executive Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “It’s amazing how intelligent lions and tigers and large carnivores are. I think right away most of these animals learned pretty quickly ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) that they were going somewhere, and most of the time they read the people who are moving them and realize they are safe.” ((NARRATION)) In late October, all nine lions were released from their cages into the sanctuary. Their new home is as large as 40 football fields. ((End courtesy)) ((Pat Craig, Wild Animal Sanctuary Executive Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “They’re actually going to live in a 65-acre ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) Habitat, they’ll be able to free roam, live as a pride… We are looking forward to having them live in a forested habitat that’s a completely natural environment for them!” ((NARRATION)) Odesa Biopark Zoo Director Dmytro Oleksandrov says that because of the war, many animals in Ukraine — in zoos and the wild — suffer from constant shelling and lack of electricity, food and clean water. But for nine lions from Odesa, their hardships are behind them, and a new and happy life in Colorado awaits. ((For Oleksii Kovalenko, Anna Rice, VOA News)) ((End couretsy))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((TITLE: TV Ukraine Lions Evacuations – Kovalenko HEAD: 9 Lions From Odesa, Ukraine, Find New Life in United States TEASER: PUBLISHED: 11/07/2022 at 8:10am BYLINE: Oleksii Kovalenko DATELINE: Washington CAMERA: Oleksii Osyka VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; VIDEO FROM: VOA TYPE: TVPKG TRT: 2:39 VIDEO APPROVER'S INITIALS: KE UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)): [[It’s not just people and pets that have become victims in the war in Ukraine. In some cases, wild animals have been forced to evacuate as well. Oleksii Kovalenko looks at some lions that were rescued from the Odesa Biopark Zoo and flown to safety. Anna Rice narrates the story.]] ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) When Russia invaded Ukraine, ten lions in a small private zoo became unwitting victims of the war in Ukraine. The war ended its funding, and the owners had no way to feed the big cats or keep them warm in winter. ((End courtesy)) ((Dmytro Oleksandrov, Odesa Biopark Zoo Director)) ((Skype)) ((IN RUS)) “We need some 800 kilos of meat a week. So due to supply chain problems and a lack of funding, we found ourselves in a tough situation.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Lionel de Lange/Warriors of Wildlife)) The nonprofit Warriors of Wildlife stepped in to help. The organization has been helping animals in Ukraine since 2014. ((End courtesy)) ((Lionel de Lange, Warriors of Wildlife Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “So, we started to put our plan together, getting all the permits in place, so that we could go and fetch the lions.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) De Lange says only one place agreed to take the whole pride: the Wild Animal Sanctuary in the U.S. state of Colorado. ((End courtesy)) ((Pat Craig, Wild Animal Sanctuary Executive Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “When we got contacted by the zoo in Odesa, they said they’d rather the lions just go to a good permanent home, and at that point we agreed to rescue the lions.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) Wild Animal Sanctuary paid to transport the nine lions to the U.S. Other expenses were shared between the sanctuary and a number of other animal rights groups, including Animals Australia. The big cats finally arrived at the sanctuary on October 5th. ((End courtesy)) ((Pat Craig, Wild Animal Sanctuary Executive Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “It’s amazing how intelligent lions and tigers and large carnivores are. I think right away most of these animals learned pretty quickly ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) that they were going somewhere, and most of the time they read the people who are moving them and realize they are safe.” ((NARRATION)) In late October, all nine lions were released from their cages into the sanctuary. Their new home is as large as 40 football fields. ((End courtesy)) ((Pat Craig, Wild Animal Sanctuary Executive Director)) ((Skype)) ((ENG)) “They’re actually going to live in a 65-acre ((Mandatory courtesy: Wild Animal Sanctuary)) Habitat, they’ll be able to free roam, live as a pride… We are looking forward to having them live in a forested habitat that’s a completely natural environment for them!” ((NARRATION)) Odesa Biopark Zoo Director Dmytro Oleksandrov says that because of the war, many animals in Ukraine — in zoos and the wild — suffer from constant shelling and lack of electricity, food and clean water. But for nine lions from Odesa, their hardships are behind them, and a new and happy life in Colorado awaits. ((For Oleksii Kovalenko, Anna Rice, VOA News)) ((End couretsy))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date November 7, 2022 08:10 EST
- Byline Oleksii Kovalenko
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America