UNITED STATES: NEW YORK CITY'S PARKS DEPARTMENT RE-INTRODUCE THE LUNA MOTH TO CENTRAL PARK
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UNITED STATES: NEW YORK CITY'S PARKS DEPARTMENT RE-INTRODUCE THE LUNA MOTH TO CENTRAL PARK
- Title: UNITED STATES: NEW YORK CITY'S PARKS DEPARTMENT RE-INTRODUCE THE LUNA MOTH TO CENTRAL PARK
- Date: 17th July 1998
- Summary: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JULY 20, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV TRAFFIC ON OUTSKIRTS OF CENTRAL PARK WEST 0.10 2. SLV ROLLER BLADERS AND CYCLISTS IN CENTRAL PARK 0.18 3. PAN HORSES IN CENTRAL PARK 0.28 4. CU FAMILY IN PARK ZOOM OUT TO VIEW OF MANHATTAN SKYLINE 0.36 5. CLOSE-UP OF MOTHS 0.44 6. SV VIEW OF PARK RANGER WITH MOTHS IN PETRIE DISHES 0.52 7. CLOSE-UP OF MOTH IN PETRIE DISH 0.57 (JULY 17, 1998) 8. VARIOUS OF BRAM GUNTHER LOOKING AT NATURAL HABITATION (2 SHOTS) 1.08 9. GUNTHER SAYING "THE ANIMAL USED TO LIVE HERE IN THE EXACTLY SURE WHY IT WENT AWAY, BUT IT'S NATIVE FORTIES AND THE FIFTIES AND THE SIXTIES . WE'RE NOT TO THIS AREA, NATIVE TO THIS PARK, AND WE ARE RETURNING ONE OUR SORT OF LOCAL ANIMAL RESIDENTS TO ITS HOME." (ENGLISH) 1.26 10. SV CUTAWAY GUNTHER TENDING WILDLIFE 1.34 11. GUNTHER SAYING; "MOST PEOPLE IN THE CITY ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR CAREERS OR CITY THINGS, YET THE PARKS EXIST FOR PEACE OF MIND AND THE PARKS ALSO REMIND US OF OUR NATURAL YEARS AGO, HOWEVER, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING BEHIND ME NOW, HAS HISTORY. THERE WERE NOT WORLD TRADE CENTERS FOUR HUNDRED EXISTED HERE FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER. SO, IT'S A LOOK INTO OUR HISTORY AND IT'S ALSO A CONNECTION TO NATURE WHICH IS VITAL." (ENGLISH) 2.07 12. SCU MOTHS IN ICE BOX CONTAINER 2.14 13. CLOSE UP HICKORY TREE 2.22 14. WIDE SHOT ZOOM INTO SCREECH OWL BOX 2.35 (JULY 20, 1998) 15. NEW YORK RESIDENT COLIN FREW SAYING: "LIVING IN MANHATTAN, THERE'S CENTRAL PARK, SO TO HAVE SQUIRRELS RUNNING AROUND ABSOLUTELY NO SIGN OF NATURE OR ANYTHING APART FROM AND OWLS AND ALL THESE BIRDS AND THINGS, IT SORT OF PUTS SOME SANITY BACK INTO THE CITY." (ENGLISH) 2.48 16. SV BRAHM GUNTHER PASSING OUT MOTHS TO CHILDREN 3.00 17. CLOSE UP OF MOTH EXITING PETRIE DISH 3.09 18. MEDIUM SHOT OF ISABELLA ROSELLINI RELEASING MOTH 3.16 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Story Text: On the 29th anniversary of the lunar landing, New York City's Parks Department has released the first of several hundred Luna moths into Central Park.
They are being reintroduced to the city as part of an effort to return native species to the urban landscape; The lunas, giants among moths have a wing span of four inches or more.They are being re-introduced as part of an experiment by the City's Park Rangers.
Bram Gunther , director of the Urban Park Rangers, says New York City has 28,000 acres of parkland, 8,000 of those are natural lands.He's hoping the re-introduction of species once common in the area will help educate New Yorkers and make them understand the importance of a natural eco-system.
The lunar moths are only one species of the project of releases, screech owls and wood frogs are also being re-introduced.
So far, unobtusive species are being chosen, lunar moths and screech owls come out at night and are thus less likely to be bothered by the hundreds of visitors to Central Park.
The park is surrounded by an 'inner road' used by heavy car traffic during the day, but also used by hundreds of roller bladers, runners and cyclists on 'off' hours.
Colin Frew, a runner, feels that nature in Central Park plays an important role in the 'sanity'of Manhattanites.
Construction work and exhaust fumes have played a big part in scaring off the wild life from the inner city areas.
The moths have been kept 'on-ice' for several weeks to stop them from aging too quickly before the release.Gunther hopes the young adults will seek out natural habitat like the hickory trees and lay eggs.
Park Rangers were given help in releasing the fragile, lunar creatures by some of New York City's children and celestial actress and naturalist Isabella Rosellini.
The rangers say they will continue to introduce more native plants and animals and are on the lookout for good candidates for next year.They hope, however, that not every species once found in the city will have a shot at coming back; black bears, rattlesnakes and native cockroaches have not made the list.
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