PHILIPPINES: WHALE SHARKS ARE BEING SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER BY TOURISM IN THE TINY FISHING VILLAGE OF DONSOL

Record ID: 990752

  • Title: PHILIPPINES: WHALE SHARKS ARE BEING SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER BY TOURISM IN THE TINY FISHING VILLAGE OF DONSOL
  • Date: 16th April 1999
  • Summary: DONSOL, PHILIPPINES (RECENT) 1. CU/SV BOAT GOING OUT TO SEA (2 SHOTS) 0.15 2. SV "SPOTTER" STANDING AT BOAT'S BOW 0.22 3. SLV ANOTHER PUMP BOAT GOING ON WHALE SHARK TOUR 0.30 4. SV SPOTTER SITTING ON BOAT'S BOW 0.37 5. SLV SPOTTER CLIMBING SAIL 0.52 6. LV OF PUMP BOAT AT SEA 1.04 7. SV SPOTTER SPOTS A WHALE SHARK, BOAT SLOWS DOWN, PANS TO SHADOW FIGURE NEAR THE BOAT (2 SHOTS) 1.25 8. SV TOURISTS WEARING SNORKELS PREPARING TO JUMP IN THE WATER 1.35 9. SLV TOURIST HANGS BY THE BOATS BALANCE, HOLDING A CAMERA 1.38 10. CU WHALE SHARK SWIMS BY, WITH ROPE ATTACHED TO ITS WOUNDED TAIL 1.53 11. SV DIVER APPROACHES A WHALE SHARK THEN SWIMS AWAY 2.20 12. SV SPOTTER LOOKING 2.28 13. GV WHALE SHARK TOUR PUMPBOATS AT SEA 2.35 14. SV YOUNG TOURISTS ON BOARD A PUMPBOAT (3 SHOTS) 2.54 15. MCU (ENGLISH) LOUIE BARRIOS, DIVER AND TOUR OPERATOR "The people do not hunt them, the people have seen the tourism aspect which has, a tourism economy has now flourished. The boats are being used for this butanding (Whale sharks) interaction, the locals make t-shirts and various products about these "butandings", the locals have more money than before and like this resort setting we are in right now is owned by a local, and it caters to people who come to see the "butandings". 3.33 (AMATEUR VIDEO) 16. DIVERS APPROACHES A WHALE SHARK (7 SHOTS) 4.11 17. MCU (ENGLISH) DIVER RALPH ALEJANDRINO "My first experience I couldn't forget that. When the spotter told me, there's a whale shark, when I went into the water I couldn't see where the whale shark was, when I was swimming suddenly, it came towards me head-on, I was sort of scared because it was coming towards me and it was wider than a truck, so I said to myself, I know this is not harmful, I know they do not eat people so I let it just pass under me". 4.45 18. SLV OF FISHING BOATS ON WATER 4.53 19. LV OF BAY 4.59 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: DONSOL, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Reuters ID: LVA89I6ONXG0D1K9M55ACY81ZTAW
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