AP Television News Wuhan, Hubei Province, China - February 8, 2012 1. Wide shot of breeding pool 2. Wide underwater shot of breeding pool with porpoises 3. Tilt up from porpoise surfacing to trainers feeding them 4. Wide shot of Chinese Academy of Sciences researcher Wang Ding 5. Close up of porpoise's head coming out of water 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Ding, director, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: "They have some water out of their mouth, spitting to your body. It kind of connects between you and the animals, so you can feel their happiness, and it can help you to feel happiness." 7. Mid shot of Wang getting a kiss from a porpoise 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Wang Ding, director, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: "So, it's still pretty much in danger, and based on our analysis, it will go extinct in the next 15 years. So the next 15 years is a very much critical time for us to try to help this animal." 9. Mid shot of trainer with porpoise 10. Close shot of trainer's hand feeding porpoise 11. Mid of porpoise getting blood sample taken and then being fed UPSOUND: (English) Wang Ding, director, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences: "This is kind of training for collecting blood samples. For example, if we want to monitor the status for reproduction, we need to collect samples very frequently. We used to have to drain all the water, and then get them to lie down on some kind of foam. And it takes time, and also a lot of money, because of water and electricity and it's also not good for the animal." 12. Wide shot of trainer feeding porpoise 13. Tilt down from trainer to animal AP Television News Shishou, Hubei Province, China - February 9, 2012 14. Wide shot of lake with fishing boat crossing 15. Wide shot of fishing boat by harbour 16. Mid shot of fisher woman tying a knot 17. Wide shot of fishermen working 18. Tilt up from catch to fisherman 19. Wide shot of WWF's campaigner Lei Gang talking to fishermen 20. SOUNDBITE (English) Lei Gang, WWF Yangtze Programme officer "A lot of illegal fishing activities were going on here. So every year we found animals that were injured. But since the nature reserve was established, especially after the year of 2003, because of the relocation of the fishermen, (which) found new livelihoods for the fishermen, we found less human disturbance, less illegal fishing activities going on here. That's why the population here is increasing all the time." 21. Wide shot of men walking on gangway 22. Mid shot of Lei Gang and reserve official pointing out to horizon 23. Wide shot of water enclosure 24. Close shot of hand with fish and porpoise eating it 25. Zoom in from wide shot of Lei waiting for animal to mid shot of porpoise catching fish 26. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Ding Zelan, local fisherman: "When they stand up, especially in the evening, when they come out of the water, you can hear the sound of their breathing. It's really nice to listen to it." 27. Wide shot of empty boats and nets 28. Close shot of fishing nets 29. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Tang Zengkun, local fisherman: "We don't receive any salaries for protecting them, it's only those people that are getting the salaries that need to protect them. We are fishermen, so we just make sure not to hurt them while we do our jobs." 30. Close shot of porpoise catching fish 31. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Lei Gang, WWF Yangtze Programme Officer 32. Wide shot of water enclosure with visitors 33. Pan from left to right of Tian-e-zhou reserve 34. SOUNDBITE (English) Lei Gang, WWF Yangtze Programme Officer AP Television News Wuhan, Hubei province, China - February 8, 2012 35. Close up of researcher Wang 36. Pull out from mid shot of trainer to two porpoises LEADIN You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1402bb39d3734b87ad2fabe2071f705a Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

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