(25 Jun 2024)
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Badingilo & Boma National Parks, South Sudan – 19 June 2024
1. Various aerial shots from plane of animals in what conservationists say is the world’s
largest land mammal migration
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry McGillewie, pilot for African Parks: ++COVERED++
"South Sudan is the largest, large mammal migration in the world at this stage. We estimate about 6 million in total, over 4 million White-Eared Kob, a large number of Tiang, Mongalla Gazelle and Bohor Reedbuck."
3. Various of McGillewie flying the plane
4. Various of animals migrating
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry McGillewie a pilot for African Parks : ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“This is a large migration which needs to be protected, which African parks has been mandated to do. Hopefully over the course of the next few years we will put in a lot of effort and manage to conserve this unique migration."
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Bor, South Sudan – 20 June 2024
6. Various of a dead animal on a motorcycle
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Lafon Village, South Sudan – 19 June 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (Pari) Wilson Ubaa, resident of Lafon: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“We kill the animals because the crops have failed (bad planting season). We don’t kill them when the harvest is good, we kill them when the crops fail. We kill the small species and we kill the small ones because the crops fail."
8. Various of women working with grain
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Bor, South Sudan – 20 June 2024
9. Mid of animal vendor Lina Garang with her kids
10. SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Lina Garang, animal vendor: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"We are in crisis. Before everyone had their own survival but now life is very difficult. Before, I used to sell bushmeat but we are being threatened by the wildlife (ministry) not to sell bushmeat. There is nothing to feed my children. How can I feed the orphans? These are children we’re taking care of, if we don’t sell bushmeat how can we take care of the kids."
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Otallo, South Sudan – 19 June 2024
11. Various of woman pounding food
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Lafon Village, South Sudan – 19 June 2024
12. Wide of a man walks around with a gun
13. Various of African Parks site officer David Liwaya walking
14. SOUNDBITE (English) David Liwaya, African Parks site officer in Lafon: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
"Hunting is not bad but too much hunting is bad. Because it will destroy all the species."
15. Various of animal skin on the ground
16. SOUNDBITE (English) David Liwaya, African Parks site officer in Lafon: ++PARTIALLY COVERED++
“We can hunt for consumption but not for market. To reduce this level of hunting, you cannot say to somebody that doesn’t not know the importance of the animals, that you stop. But we need to reengage them slowly to understand about the conservation through that approach."
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Badingilo & Boma National Parks, South Sudan – 19 June 2024
17. Various shots of animals migrating
AP Video by Sam Mednick
Produced by Julián Trejo Bax
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STORYLINE:
Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists say is the world’s largest land mammal migration.
The country’s first comprehensive aerial wildlife survey, released Tuesday, found about 6 million antelope.
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