(24 Aug 2023)
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1. Various of London zookeeper weighing penguins during annual weigh-in event
HEADLINE: LONDON ZOO WEIGH, MEASURE ANIMALS FOR STOCKTAKE
ANNOTATION: Zookeepers at London Zoo carried out their annual weigh-in event on Thursday.
2. Various of London zookeeper weighing squirrel monkeys
ANNOTATION: ZSL (Zoological Society of London) is home to more than 19,000 animals, including critically endangered species.
3. Zookeeper measuring giant Asian stick insect
ANNOTATION: From insects to gorillas, animals in different shapes and sizes were weighed and measured as part of their health check-up.
4. Sumatran tigers sniffing curry powder attached on measuring tape
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Angela Ryan, head of zoological operations at London Zoo:
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"Weight is a key indicator for us. It indicates good health, indicates bad health as well. Also, some positive things like maybe we've got pregnancy, maybe an animal's finished a molt or is about to molt and it's really good for us to to know the weights of our animals. We have critically endangered animals here. It's absolutely vital that we are managing them, managing their health, that we're breeding them and breeding them well and we're having healthy offspring that can breed on again because they're critically endangered, most of the species we have here."
6. Gorillas playing and eating around measuring tape
7. Various of zookeeper weighing meerkats
8. Various of Sumatran tigers
ANNOTATION: London Zoo is the oldest scientific zoo in the world.
STORYLINE:
Zookeepers at London Zoo carried out their annual weigh-in event on Thursday.
ZSL (Zoological Society of London) London Zoo is home to more than 19,000 animals, including critically endangered species.
Animals in all sizes - from insects to gorillas - were weighed and measured as part of their health check-up.
London Zoo is the oldest scientific zoo in the world.
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