for other animals.nd we deal with other animals like birds and rabbits and you name it. this is more to see in this facility and more to see in the community. and i suggest you go with an animal control person and see what they co, whether rescuing animals in distress or hit by a car or dealing with aggressive animals or wildlife or a variety of things. you can only get that flavor with them and doing it first hand. >> i have been with animal control for about six years, i spent a year in the kennel and then the office came up and i started doing it and it really fit. it's really the job for me. and animals i have to handle and i know what i am doing, i rarely get scared. [whistle]. we do a lot of investigations and most are not as bad as people report but everyone once in a while they are. and i had one and people had moved out and the dog was in the inside and it makes me teary and when the dog is in the backyard, and i can pull an animal out of a horrible environment and feel good. >> where does this

neglected by their owners, the animal animals look for food. they resort to eeth cardboard boxes or starve to death. some are attacked by dogs. but some locals are trying to help. this is the leader of a group rescuing the animals. the group asks the town residents to call them if they spot stray donkeys. they then round up and take care of the animals. he finds a donkey in the center of town. it's a female. the collar indicates she used to have an owner. he calls for a truck and takes the animal into his care. this facility offers protection for abandoned donkeys. volunteers work around the clock to care for about 20 animals, including ones that are pregnant or have been rounded in traffic accidents. more animals are brought to the facility on regular basis. they eat a total of 80 kilos of grass every day and their food alone costs as much as $750 a month. to cope with the financial burden, the group came up with the foster family program targeting tourists. foster families choose an animal and pay its food expenses. in return, they receive mo

the leader of a group rescuing the animals. the group asks the town residents to call them if they spot stray donkeys. they then round up and take care of the animals. he finds a weak donkey in the serpt of down. it's a female. he the collar ind dates she used to have an owner. he calls for a truck and takes the animal into his care. this physician offered protection for abandoned donkeys. volunteers work around the clock to care for about 20 animals, including ones that are pregnant or have been wounded in traffic accidents. more animals are brought to the facility on regular basis. they eat grass and their food alone costs as much as 750 a month. the financial burden, the group came up with the foster family program, targeting tourist. foster families choose an animal and pay its food expenses. in return, they receive monthly updates and photos of the animal they are sponsoring. >> they go through a difficult time and they are not stray, actually. they are owned by someone. i want to save as many donkeys as possible and keep

it's wrong to rate animals above human beings. will not raise animals up above human beings. >> thank you. if two consenting adults want to fight under the auspices of the w.b.a., why not two consenting dogs? i mean, it's a classic cinderellator story. a troubled young dog from a tough neighborhood looking for a way off the street heads down to the gym and then chooses to enter the exciting world of dog fighting. a mentor takes him in, teaches this dog everything he knows. and when that dog feels ready, he enters the ring to prove to the world and to himself that he's got the talented tenacity to be a winner-- or a loser, in which case he is killed. that's how cinderella ends, right? now, sadly, king's words were twisted like the ball sack of a rot rot wiler in a pit bull's jaws. (laughter) he was savaged by the "we don't enjoy animals being tortured for our amusement brigade" at the humane society so congressman king put his defense of dog fights in a true moral context. >> what i said is that we need to respect humans more than

it is a pathetic policy. >> it is not an animal. it is a reptile. >> look, if are you mobile, you adapt to your environment you are an animal. >>> we will go to a real story. how about that? >>> from one kind of turtle to another, the vp plans to visit the paris of america. at the start of the republican national con veption breaking tradition of staying low key during the opposing party's big week. and joe thinks being low key is in a city near tampa. you can see it coming a mile away, the women's issue beats the economy. the committee released a list of female speakers that includes the leaders of abortion rights groups members are making their way to tampa. >> that is actually pretty impressive. >> you have to be really strong to do that. >> strong mentally and physically. the obama campaign are sending biden to tampa to steel the spotlight from the republicans. does that make sense? >> they tune in when he does those things. he know what's they say. >> yes, they do. >> they will have you all in chains and things like that? >> ye

some animal rights groups are concerned there may not be the expertise to care for the animals in their new home. the hippopotamus is one of the big attractions. 146 wild animals being sent as a present from namibia. there are rival will transform the tour. on their way from africa, five young friends for currently the only elephants in cuba. there will be elephants an alliance and rhinoceros. it's going to make the park nice and bring more visitors. one animal welfare group concerned about conditions in cuba, but most of the new arrivals will end up in far less space than they had in namibia, but free to roam. workers were concerned of years ago that the lack of funding and investment could force the place to close. the fact that 146 animals will be brought all the way from given the park a new lease on life. >> ask for animal care, it was a real struggle in the 1990's. cuba is still poor. each alliance now gets 7 kilograms of course meat per day. -- each lion. >> there's a lot of interbreeding among the animals. they're all related. we need new blood. it has been years. >> the develop

it is years since there have been any new animals here. we need new blood. >> it it leaves a new ideas. is even a money spinner, but it is a tall order. >> just maintaining the park as it is is expensive. now, it would cost even more, but to lose it, that would be unforgivable, so it is worth all of the money in the world to keep it going. >> this is permitted with the reforms, and it has increased a visitor numbers by one-third, but it is the animals that they come to see your above all, and soon, there will be plenty more, like this lion cub, to draw a crowd. bbc news, havana. >> and how very cute they are, too. well, that brings our show to a close. you can find more on the website. if you would like to reach me or the rest of the team, you can find us on twitter. i am at katty kay. thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and shell. >> at union bank, our -- at shell, we believe the world needs a broader m

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. >>> are animals suffering at marineland? a former staffer claims things are so bad that video shows -- >> at times skin from these animals peeling off just in the water. >> hear what else he claims that -- >> people would never imagine. >>> members of a wedding party want to make a grand entrance at the reception. >> they had a grand idea. didn't quite work for them. >> the story behind the bridesmaid and the big lug. >>> and meet medusa, a very thirsty -- see which head wins when feeding time rolls around. >>> jake gilam had his bicycle stolen from southeast portland. >> i just saw it on craigslist posted in seattle, washington. >> the bike stolen was worth about $2500, so jake put together a sting. called the guy, set up a meeting. >> okay, so we've identified my bike, it's around the corner. >> i have cold chills. >> i'm scared. >> this is brave of this guy. >> so here's the deal is that i live in portland and you stole my bicycle and this is my bicycle. >> all right. i don't know what you want me to say. >> i would like

when you're a kid you want to help animals.rtunity through this. >> that oil spill had such an impact, didn't it? >> it happens a lot. there are a lot of other effects, too. penguins are found -- do you think these are from the arctic? >> utah? >> they do live -- they are not polygamous. >> that is a completely unnecessary statement. >> they're big colony animals and they love -- they can have all types of relations within their -- >> do you notice how much alike me and kathie lee this penguin looks? >> you dressed perfectly for this spot. >> we've got a lot -- >> wait till you see this. we brought a beautiful example of a wetland animal found right here in north america. come on, emily. bring her right here. this is the largest rodent in north america. kids get to download things off the website. you can visit it and download all information to learn about these animals directly. can i hold her? largest rodent in north america. this is the american beaver. >> i'm not interested in that at all. >> a beaver is best well known fo

first it was a fire and then a case of animal horder -- hoarder. perry hall is pushing for

. >> we had times where some of the animals would get ill and she would get the animal and take it back inside. >> the humane society of harford county is monitoring the animals and holding them until this can be determined to have rabies. the discovery has raised a lot of questions on whether hoarding had placed the animals lives in jeopardy. >> isaac is making its way through new orleans, dumping buckets of rain. this is what it looked like. unbelievable rain and wind gusting up to 80 miles an hour. let's check in with chief meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> for now isaac is anything but history. yes, it's been downgraded but a powerful tropical storm, right at the edge of category one strength. incredible rains a foot of rain, over a foot of rain. some spots could be isolated and a large system. look at the reach, still bringing the rain to florida, georgia, central alabama, mississippi, all being impact the across the area from a very large tropical storm in isaac. the rest of the night here around maryland, clear and cool would be the theme. gorgeous weather overnight. we'll talk ab

hundreds of animals are suffering.are in washington state where a makeshift relief center has been set up for those who have been displaced. >> reporter: from sheep to alpacas to turkeys to pigs. the washington fairgrounds turned into a giant animal refuge center. it started when people were forced to flee their homes. they went to shelters and the animals needed a place to go. the county said they could come here. since the fire broke out, it's been a temporary home to as many as 400 animals. how big of an event has this fire been for the community? >> it's a -- i can't put it in words. i have never seen anything like it in my nearly 50 years. people have asked me, have you ever done this before? i have gone through training and simulated exercises. doing it is a different learning process. >> reporter: mark is the lead veterinarian. his skills became vital in saving some of the injured animals. >> we had reports of a large number of burn victims coming to triage. we set up a triage center. i had to take a walk and re

can you think of any other animals that build their own homes? at my house, we have an ant farm, and the ants go into little holes. right. ants build their houses underground, where it's safe. caves, nests, and underground tunnels-- they're all homes built by animals or insects. pretty cool, don't you think? to do this at home, ask an adult to find sid the science kid's "big bird nest" game at pbsparents.org. hey, miss rosa! i can build a cave, too. ha ha ha ha! hee hee! (george chattering excitedly) this program was made possible by: [ female announcer ] fun for everyone makes a family strong. chuck e. cheese's proudly supports pbs kids. for over 90 years, stride rite's been there, from the first wobbly walk to the first day of school, helping you choose the right shoes. stride rite is a proud sponsor of curious george. can fuel a lifetime of learning. abcmouse.com early learning academy, proud sponsor of pbs kids and curious george. funding for curious george is provided by contributions to your pbs station... ooh. ...and from: ) ♪ you never do

>> animal planet host and trainer shows no fear. >> hey, hey! get out of here!orter: from getting dangerously close to a lion's cub. >> where is your mommy? >> reporter: to taking the own cut of a lion. he walks a fine line of curiousness and terrify. he was cool, calm and utterly in control. the consummate predator whispererer. >> to keep myself safe is reading the animal. you're always watching the posture, what they're saying to you. >> reporter: are you ever not scared? >> i'm never scared. >> reporter: i'm definitely scared. i'm 100% scared. but he has tested fear. terror, in fact. 13 years ago, when he was just starting out, a 500-pound lion turned on him. >> as he came up on my throat, i gave him my forearm to block him. he tried to drag me to the ground to kill me. >> reporter: were you terrified in. >> yes. the first time i ever feeling true fear. >> reporter: it's a harsh lesson and one learned repeatedly by animal trainers. thousands of people have watched the attacks on youtube. from kangaroos to rampaging elephants. two years ago at a hotel in las v

authorities believe many, possibly hundreds, of animals died in the fire.ome owners racing to cut their fences to give their livestock or pets a fighting chance. >> hi, hanna. >> reporter: at the local animal hospital, veterinarians are tending to these cats and dogs with burn wounds. >> we're watching for signs of stress, especially in the larger animals, because they tend to get stressed a little bit easier at times. >> reporter: facebook has helped reunite some of the animals here with their owners. elsewhere, authorities believe some are still roaming. >> there are probably still a large number of animals, horses and cattle, running around the county. there's a lot of good samaritans that are finding the animals just out in the field or out in the -- the road. we send crews out to get them. >> reporter: kim just moved to town two weeks ago. and was frantic to get her horses to safety. also at stake, her livelihood, raising goats. >> we're with them from the time they're born. then we milk morning, noon and night. >> reporter: the county says the animals

that's why you see so many animals. they're vital to the local economy.of them have been able to go home. as some of the evacuation olds get lifted. others will remain at that shelter as it were till, you ow, their owners are able to get the green light and go home as well. before we leave you, i want to give you a quick update on the fire. you can see some of the smoke behind me. crews continuing to dump water on it. they seem to be getting an upper hand on it. they haven't lost any homes in the last couple of day. lightning strikes could happen this weekend so crews will watch it closely. >> dan simon. thank you. >>> gary tuchman now with a "360" news and business bulletin. >> south africa's president jacob zuma says he's launching an inquiry into the shooting deaths of 34 striking miners. the violence broke out about two hours from johannesburg. tensions over a union dispute have been mounting. plus claim they were acting in self-defense. >>> progressive insurance offering a settlement. a legal battle that played out over social media. it started with

>> reporter: animal planet host and trainer dave salmoni shows no fear. >> hey, hey!out of here! >> reporter: from getting dangerously close to a lion's cub. >> where is your mommy? is she going to come bite me? >> reporter: to taking his own cut of a lion kill. he walks a fine line of courage and craziness. he took me into a tiger enclosure even though i was petrified. >> he knows you're nervous of them. >> reporter: he was cool, calm, and utterly in control. the consummate predator whisperer. >> the best strategy i use to keep myself safe is reading the animal. you're always watching the posture, what they're saying to you. because they're always communicating. >> reporter: are you ever not scared? >> i'm never scared. >> reporter: i'm definitely scared. not even partly scared. i'm 100% scared. but he has tasted fear. terror, in fact. 13 years ago, when he was just starting out, a 500-pound lion named bongo turned on him. >> as he came up on my throat, i gave him my forearm to block him from getting to my throat. then he tried to drag me to the ground to kill me. i

and the animals that humans eat have shot up nearly fifty percent leading to a situation similar to two thousand and eight when food shortages forced hundreds of millions of people around the planet to the brink of starvation and sparked civil unrest in twenty eight different countries so this is our future if we choose to accept it or we can try something else like reforming our diets eating a lot a little less meat each week right now and having better trade policies between food surplus nations and food deprived nations this planet is going to be very crowded soon we can prepare for it or not i know he's hoping that we make the right decision. just. it's the good the bad of the very very rebarbative really ugly good code pink today all the pundits are talking about the rousing foreign policy speech connelly's or rice gave at the r n c ones in which she called for endless war in the middle east but no one is talking about her associations with known war criminals in the bush administration who dragged our nation into two illegal wars and threw american values out the window when t

doing things that you don't normally see animals doing. >> there's more than one. >> yeah.e're going to russia for the second video. we have got a little cat. how often do you see a cat enjoying a bath the way he is? >> cats don't like to do this. this is not a cat thing. >> if warner brothers cartoons taught us anything growing up, cats hate water. >> right. >> and they will do anything to not be in the water. >> they prefer to clean themselves. but this cat is like, it's like a personal massage. >> he's like all into it. >> is this video from 1996? >> the cat wanted mama and mama wraps him up like a little egg roll. >>> that's going to do it for this edition of "right this minute." we do have one more video for you. this is what happens when a horse head makes its way into the office. enjoy. we'll see you next time. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com blazing fast internet. the best tv picture quality. but you're still sitting on the fence. so they're making it as easy as possible. now, you can switch to fios without an annual contract. they'll even set up your whole ho

this is terrible case of animal cruelty to tell you about this morning. said they were about 20-pound underway. they nursed those dogs back to health the pit bull have permanent homes this is the picture. >> couple drowned in a pawn while trying to save the family dog. husband and wife were on the boat when the abmall -- animal jumped in the water. he jumped in to save the animal but struggled. she jumped in trying to save them. neither were wearing a life jacket and the dog survived. >>> our 63rd birthday endurance athlete diana now resting comfortably. she was pulled from the water after trying to become the first person to swim 103-miles from cuba to florida without a shark cable. she was pulled out early tuesday morning. she was about halfway there. but this was her third attempt to compete this swim inless than a year. >>> a school in kentucky say they want to get tough on trueness. they plan to fine parents 75 bucks every time their kid doesn't go to school. the new superintendent has only been at it for about a month. he's going after this problem

. >>> plus, two things animals usually don't do, and one thing humans should never do with a bug zapper. >>> utah police got a call for a reckless driver on the roads. this is the dash cam from that incident. that minivan that just blows by the police is the car they're trying to locate. they do manage to pull over the car once, but then he takes off. here's the second time they get the car to pull over. they get driver robert hills out of the car. he has his hands up and he complies, but he's not the only one in this minivan. >> please don't hurt my wife and kids. >> his wife is also riding with him. >> please don't hurt my kids. >> don't move. we're not going to hurt your kids, man. >> he also had four kids in the van as well. you heard the kids say they thought they were going fishing. >> hey, buddy, are you going? >> we're going fishing! >> yeah? you're going to go fishing? >> this chase got up to speeds of 100 miles an hour. >> why was he running, though? why would he run from the cops? >> he was more afraid of people chasing him than the safety of his own kids going 100 miles an h

animal shelters are almost always on the lookout for good owners.orts, there's a lot more to becoming a friend to man's best friend. >> so, you want to adopt a dog, but you don't exactly know how to properly care for one. here's a way to learn how. >> volunteering at an animal shelter is a wonderful thing to do. there's a lot of benefits that come with it. being a volunteer here at the animal shelter is very -- like, it's a good experience. >> you know, cleaning the kennels -- pretty basic, you know -- feeding them, taking the dogs for walks. and same deal with the cats, but they're slightly less maintenance. >> think of volunteering at a local shelter as on-the-job-training for when you become a pet owner. >> kids learn -- first and foremost, the basic needs of animals 'cause they will see ner basis, and they'll also see that the needs of animals are very similar to the needs that they themselves have. >> odds are, there's a shelter near you that offers teen-volunteer or internship programs. you just need to know where to look. >> the best thing to

phil and his co-workers would have to move these animals into dry colenclosures. these two, baker and sandy, waddling around with his eyes closed. that's a bucket of fresh water. you see him continually come over and dunk his head into the water. they move baker back into the water. he didn't want to. he barked and his eyeball lens popped up and blood started to stream from baker's eye socket. >> if this is true, it sounds like abuse. >> we reached out to marineland for a comment. they didn't get back to us by our deadline, but john huller is the owner of marineland. he's been the owner for 51 years. and in an article in the "hamilton spectator" they report that john denies there are problems with water quality at the park and that unhealthy water has harmed marine animals. he was also quoted in saying all our facilities are legal. >>> people should know by now that cameras are pretty much always rolling, especially if you're in russia. >> in here too. >> that's true. >> this is footage shot by a customer, a patron, in russia. these guys are at a clothing store. p

not humans but animals and those crops require a lot of water and will require more water when there's an extra two billion people on the planet expecting to eat more meat in fact as the report shows it will require more water than the planet is capable of producing this isn't just bad news several decades from now it's bad news to day to already there are nine hundred million people around the planet who hungry plus another two billion who are malnourished and we're seeing right now the devastating effects of water. of the lack of water thanks to a historical drought in the united states this summer alone the prices of corn and wheat diet staples for both humans and animals and the animals humans eat it shot up nearly fifty percent leading to a situation similar to two thousand and eight when food shortages forced hundreds of millions of people around the planet to the brink of starvation and sparked civil unrest in twenty eight different countries so this is our future if we choose to accept it or we can try something else like reforming our diets eating a little less meat each week

chinese medicine that uses animals. we want to focus on the critical habitats that they need to survive and on the issues that you might not even realize that are disappearing. how can we protect it if we don't even see it as existing food for many of the songbirds we knew as children -- how can be protected if we don't see it as existing? many of the songbirds that we knew as children are disappearing. we will start this thing up in a second. or will read to you the beginning intro, every 20 minutes the peace repeats with the same intro and the same conclusion with a different sound and a different background. it starts with what is missing. pieces that have gone extinct, species that will go extinct in our lifetime, the species that we will never know. on average, any 20 minutes, a species will disappear from the planet. in the time that it takes you to view this film, when species will vanish. what is missing, the ability of animals to migrate freely. the ability of animals to hear and see under water. air, mountaint

animal activists and workers at. shelters are concerned. >> for our shelter and other shelters, we are inundated. full to capacity. we will be taking in a higher volume. probably less adoptions. what does it mean? more euthanasia of animals who would otherwise have a home. >> pit bulls supporters are asking the maryland court of appeals for a motion of consideration -- reconsideration and the court is expected to meet later today. >> governor martin o'malley signs and expand it bill to allow a sixth casino and allow table games at all of the gambling sites and significantly reduced tax rates of gaming revenue for all casino operators except for rocky gap. >> this bill incorporates suggestions from the general assembly. if it is a fair compromise to put forth to merrill lenders who will ultimately have the final say. >> the governor says the bill will create 2300 jobs and generate hundreds of millions of jobs a year for the state. >> opponents of the referendum of same-sex marriage gathered in east baltimore. members