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In message , Rita Daggett
writes BTW - anyone know when it was filmed? My bet is October. According to the Radio Times it was September (all of Sept! so there's been some 'constructive editing') I was surprised at amount of rain at that time of year and number of wildebeest - presumably they are on their way back to the Serengeti? The sheer numbers of wildebeest was amazing! It really is the greatest show on earth. I`ve only been to the Mara once, in 1998 and then there were more zebra actually crossing the river than wildebeest. Would you believe whilst we were watching the river crossing, and I was emotionally affected by the whole scene, crocodiles poised etc, the driver tapped me on the shoulder saying, "I`ve got bad news for you, Princess Diana is dead!" Pat -- Pat Anderson |
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Pat Anderson wrote:
Iain has a charity based at Samburu called "Save the Elephants". Saba works there with him when she isn`t working on wild life filming for the BBC, who she joined in 2002. Her sister, Dudu (what a choice of name!) is also involved in the production of films here in Britain. If you do a search on google.com for "Save the Elephants" the information is there. Pat, thanks! Haven't looked at their web site in a while, but looked it up again now. Great site, to be found at www.save-the-elephants.org. They misspelled Timbuktu and I fired off a mail to let them know. Let's see if they correct the spelling. :-) The only member of the family I've ever met was Saba, briefly, in Amboseli. But of course I keep seeing Iain on photos and in films. Would like to meet him one day. A good movie is the IMAX one, Kingdom of Elephants, available on DVD. Recommended. I have it and keep showing it to people. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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Liz wrote:
Tonight's cliffhanger: The pride found the two tiny cubs without the mother and are sniffing them out. Their fate is in the balance... Liz, unless their mother is a member of the same pride, their chances of not being killed are very low. Can't see the series, unfortunately, but it will probably be shown in Germany at some later time. Hans-Georg -- No mail, please. |
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I am not a viewer of this series, but I was wondering.
The people who watch obviously love wildlife. Apparently, there are some lion cubs in danger from baboons and/or another pride of lions. All this is being filmed. What are the feelings? Should these cubs actually be allowed to be killed by other animals when they are being filmed and you would think that the filmmakers could intervene and save the cubs? Just what are the ethics involved in filming endangered wildlife? Not the normal killing of unendangered animals such as lions killing their food, but the happenstance killing of some sort of wildlife that is less common, more endangered while it is being filmed and the filmmakers could interven in some way to alter the end result? |
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Hans-Georg Michna wrote: Liz wrote: Tonight's cliffhanger: The pride found the two tiny cubs without the mother and are sniffing them out. Their fate is in the balance... Liz, unless their mother is a member of the same pride, their chances of not being killed are very low. They said that she was of the same pride, but had been 'exiled' (I don't think that was the exact work they used) because her cubs were so much smaller than the others. I was quite surprised at that. Can't see the series, unfortunately, but it will probably be shown in Germany at some later time. I've been trying to get my pupils interested, but they're more likely to watch that Aussie bloke who holds his children over crocs. :-( Liz -- Virtual Liz at http://www.v-liz.co.uk Kenya; Tanzania; India; Seychelles; Namibia "I speak of Africa and golden joys" |
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In message , Treemoss2
writes I am not a viewer of this series, but I was wondering. The people who watch obviously love wildlife. Apparently, there are some lion cubs in danger from baboons and/or another pride of lions. All this is being filmed. What are the feelings? Should these cubs actually be allowed to be killed by other animals when they are being filmed and you would think that the filmmakers could intervene and save the cubs? Just what are the ethics involved in filming endangered wildlife? Not the normal killing of unendangered animals such as lions killing their food, but the happenstance killing of some sort of wildlife that is less common, more endangered while it is being filmed and the filmmakers could interven in some way to alter the end result? This too could be a great debate. As I understand it filmmakers do not intervene as what happens is part of nature, or the natural order. The trio we have as presenters are all experienced, for instance, both Saba and Simon were born in Kenya, although Simon left in 1964. Jonathan Scott has lived in Kenya for twenty five years. It must be painful for them as they get to know these big, beautiful cats, if anything does happen to them. Pat -- Pat Anderson |
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In message , Hans-Georg
Michna writes Pat Anderson wrote: Iain has a charity based at Samburu called "Save the Elephants". Saba works there with him when she isn`t working on wild life filming for the BBC, who she joined in 2002. Her sister, Dudu (what a choice of name!) is also involved in the production of films here in Britain. If you do a search on google.com for "Save the Elephants" the information is there. Pat, thanks! Haven't looked at their web site in a while, but looked it up again now. Great site, to be found at www.save-the-elephants.org. They misspelled Timbuktu and I fired off a mail to let them know. Let's see if they correct the spelling. :-) The only member of the family I've ever met was Saba, briefly, in Amboseli. But of course I keep seeing Iain on photos and in films. Would like to meet him one day. A good movie is the IMAX one, Kingdom of Elephants, available on DVD. Recommended. I have it and keep showing it to people. Hans-Georg Hans Georg, I met Oria briefly in Nairobi whilst I was with a friend. I send Saba an email now and again and she has me on a mailing list to inform me when something she`s involved with is going to be on TV. Glad you liked the website and I`ve noted about Kingdom of the Elephants. Pat -- Pat Anderson |
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Pat Anderson wrote: I met Oria briefly in Nairobi whilst I was with a friend. I send Saba an email now and again and she has me on a mailing list to inform me when something she`s involved with is going to be on TV. Glad you liked the website and I`ve noted about Kingdom of the Elephants. I'm sure I read that Iain and Oria take visitors on one of the these fantasic-looking but out of my budget homestays? Or was that a while back? I'll see if I can find the book I read it in. Liz -- Virtual Liz at http://www.v-liz.co.uk Kenya; Tanzania; India; Seychelles; Namibia "I speak of Africa and golden joys" |
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"Rita Daggett" wrote: BTW - anyone know when it was filmed? My bet is October. According to the Radio Times it was September (all of Sept! so there's been some 'constructive editing') I was surprised at amount of rain at that time of year and number of wildebeest - presumably they are on their way back to the Serengeti? The greeness was completely fooling me. I suppose that in September, the wildebeest are in the northern sector and north of the park, and head south again in October. Anyway, I'm just off to watch tonight's episode which I taped... Slainte Liz -- Virtual Liz at http://www.v-liz.co.uk Kenya; Tanzania; India; Seychelles; Namibia "I speak of Africa and golden joys" |
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