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is that they get into all the corners under the bushes and to parts of the woods we can't reach a machine can't do that the prince grazing on droppings at the turf into the state that nature needs. the sheep of spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepherd karl-heinz can go. into really really generally whenever they're shooting even heavy fire you'd be amazed how fast they adapt if they do get frightened they huddle together. in germany large swathes of the natural environment have been wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed land an army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms. despite the bombs and grenades this unique environment get special protection. a majority of elephants live in captivity there are huge daughters to traction and have to perform tricks on command for the hordes of applauding tourists who visit
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them every year these tricks are often perfected by doctoring them repeatedly but the pandemic is part of the plan of incoming tourists while on the one hand this is good news for the elephants on the other their future their means threatened some of them now have received a new lease on life we accompanied an elephant rescue team to see for ourselves. just one look and she knows exactly which elephant is which she now has 80 of them each one has suffered lect child learn all their stories. until just a few years ago this elephant worked in a nearby riding camp as the conservationist explains he had to carry tourists around every day if he didn't obey his trainer would pierce is thick skin with
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a bull hook the tie activist has been working to protect elephants for 25 years. with her foundation she aims to improve the lives of the packet derms donations unable her to buy up animals who've suffered especially harsh treatment most of the elephants have spent decades being ridden or in showbiz but in china elephant nature park they no longer have to work or be in chains paying guests are allowed to watch the elephants but nothing more. people come and visit they don't discover a friend their death be yours the money to come i've become more and more. again and again like a child learnt has exposed animal abuse using a hidden camera for centuries wild elephants have been subjected to prolonged violent taming methods now there are laws in thailand that prohibit animal cruelty . but china says this has done little to change the taming practice known as
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elephant crushing. and that now is the plan for them to do with the whole. lot of the bribe raiding everywhere. the baby are called bravely you can see the blood when i work. i have the will i have to tell them the 10 that i had ordered i don't care why i don't get that i don't get that from this . but up a whole lot of how i cry i cry with a lot of disappointed about here when. i angry angry a bit rid of people that is. that. today. and her team are once again on a rescue mission. this time the conservationists will collect 7 elephants from this riding camp southwest of bangkok and bring them to the reserve near chain mind the camp owners themselves contacted chandler's foundation and asked for help as hardly
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any tourists are coming to ride the elephants to the coronavirus pandemic. an adult elephant is usually worth about $2000000.00 baht or more than $50000.00 euros but due to the pandemic the animals have become more of a burden for their owners. it costs them nearly a $1000.00 euros a month for food and care. found a pot kyra is happy to at least get $1000000.00 baht per elephant from china its foundation. our situation has been dire since the start of the pandemic we had to close the camp for months a month before that regardless of whether we're open or closed we still have to take care of the elephants and we need to feed them every day. we were allowed to reopen on july 1st but there are simply no visitors. that might make it.
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the convoy sets off in the early afternoon. that little taking. as long as that feeling out of. it i'm hungry and no one. even if i think the journey or kids are. the next morning after a nearly 20 hour drive the convoy reaches its destination the elephant nature north of chainline the team is exhausted lecture i learned has hardly slept but nothing can dampen her mood. all they have because the journey is spliced elephant angry so yeah. i fully believe. once that restraining bars have been removed it's time for the elephants to take their 1st cautious steps into a new life. one.
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look at the newcomers will have to be isolated from the rest of the herd for 2 weeks in order to prevent the possible spread of disease. the rescuers freeze the animals from all their ropes and chains. so beautiful. provided a new home for well over 100 elephants a home where they're no longer forced to put on a show where they can simply elephants. the lives of women in india are changing slowly but steadily more of the women are getting an education and have despite this 20. india the top of the list of countries considered most dangerous for human we met the founder of
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a nonprofit organization in mumbai encouraging women to stand up against sexual violence and gender discrimination this protest of the day to day struggle it's 5 steps forward 2 steps back 5 steps forward 2 steps back and the protest has to be a daily protest you know let the government know that. the fact that you have a child who was brutally gang raped and murdered as a crime of ethnic cleansing that you had political leaders across party lines take to the streets with indian flag and in defense of those rapists it's just something you've never seen before. no child's body should be subjected. no one grounds. a lawyer in
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a social activist back in august or anything. along with a group of fellow young amazing families we started an organization she says which is a new movement in there to fight against all sorts of gender based violence and discrimination and fight for equality. at that point i started receiving extremely. aggressive dead and real threats. if you know i'm following you i have people following you why you know where you live i think the idea of a woman cleaning agency and idea of a woman to sort of be demanding for her rights a sort of these fighting for justice. scares all structures and these weak people the only thing that they can resort to do is going online and threatening us thinking that that is somehow with the sight and sound voices. but while i'm still here i'm still fighting. and it's obviously taking
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a toll on them but haven't credibly support a family my family's realizes that the walk we do. has a significant impact on people's lives and. everything and stuff the logic to you being a woman will object to you being young they'll object to your very best and close the object to you varying make up the object you speaking english. object to you. fighting against discrimination based on religion they will object to you for raising your voice too much there's this notion of. there's this notion of speak up and fight for your rights but do so politely you know without offending people too much. like. a dream that we don't pass on these realities to our future generations as accepted be of life that my those
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don't have to tell their daughters marital rape as a view of life you just have to adjust to it i dreamed. you know more children are not being subject to child sexual abuse like so many of the world. i dream. that. equality would be a normal way of life and would then. thing in my dream is do you know the she says do not be needed. now each one of us has access to a new lease on life many junk justify life it comes down to how we grab it and run with it i hope to be as episode has inspired you to take a step in that direction i'll see you again next week until then please stay safe and big care of yourselves and your loved ones about.
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cutting through the noise. where i come from people are known for being tough but fair new york can get loud and people tell it like it it could take all of the concrete jungle the melting pot the city that never sleeps if this energy that makes it feel like old but amid the hustle it's important to listen and pay attention because it's not just the loudest voices who needs to be heard we all have a story this is how i see it is my job as
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a journalist to go beyond the obvious now i'm basing your outlook and my work takes me around the world might get things from a mistake to tell the important stories behind the headlines what is the heart of the story why does it matter who live impacts not just stay focused if you want the answers to cut through the noise to get to the truth. might have a star kelly and i put it to death and. they were forced into a nameless mass of their bodies and they are in tools. the history of the slave trade is africa's history. it just drives home the greed for power and profit plummeted and the entire continent into chaos and violence the slave system created the greatest planned accumulation of wealth the world
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had ever seen up to that moment in time. from its very beginnings until this very day human trafficking has shaped the moral. this is the journey back into the history of slavery and i think we will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history. our documentary series slavery routes starts march 10th on.
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the bus. this is due to be a news live from berlin the un's nuclear watchdog breaks a diplomatic deadlock with iran tehran has agreed to allow limited access for u.n. inspectors for the next 3 months will the time to go shooters enough time to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. also coming up tens of thousands return to the streets in the in march as.
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