'Lion Whisperer' gets up close with African predators

(25 Sep 2007) SOUTH AFRICA LIONS
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION NEWS
RESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS ONLY
LENGTH 5:50
SHOTLIST :
'White Lion Park' near Johannesburg - August 6, 2007
1. Wide entrance gate
2. Close up sign reading 'Danger - wild animals'
3. Various of Kevin Richardson with male lion
4. UPSOUND: (English) Kevin Richardson, 'Lion Whisperer'
"uh... who's a nice boy... who's a good boy... come on roll, roll, roll... come on, roll over ! Hey Napoli how are things today ? Did you stop mating ? "
5. Close up lion
6. SOUNDBITE : (English) Kevin Richardson, 'Lion Whisperer'
"I spent a lot of time with these guys when they were young, pretty much every day for many many days at a time. And I think it is pretty much a question of how much time you spend with them you they are young, it pays off when they are older you know. I kind of relate it to people and their kids, their offspring. If you are a good father and you spend a lot of time around your child, generally is when your child is older they have a fantastic relationship with you, but if you are one of those fathers who don't, you can not ask they question, why does my child not want to be part of me. And it's the same thing with these guys, if you put a lot time in when they are very young, up to about the age of two. And look they are like this at ten years of age. And at ten years of age in the wild this is a lion that has pretty much been ousted from the pride. He is going to be on his own again."
7. Close up of Richardson and lion, Richardson kisses lion's muzzle
8. Wide of Richardson and lionesses, one white lioness runs up and jumps on him
9. Mid of Richardson and lioness play fighting
10. Mid of Richardson carrying a hyena
11. SOUNDBITE : (English) Kevin Richardson, 'Lion Whisperer'
"This is how we transport our hyenas to the next enclosure."
12. Close up of Richardson opening hyena's jaw to show teeth and pulling its tongue
13. SOUNDBITE : (English) Kevin Richardson, 'Lion Whisperer'
"The movie we are doing is a feature film called 'White Lion' and its basically a coming of age story. About a little white lion born into a tawny lion pride. And his name is Letsasi, which means the sun"
14. Cutaway Richardson
15. SOUNDBITE : (English) Kevin Richardson, 'Lion Whisperer'
"Two male lions come an oust his father, they kick his father out of the pride. And they chase away all the youngsters and basically what happens is that he wants to follow his cousins, but they say 'hey we don't want anything to do with you' and he goes on a journey, basically its his calling, they go on a journey and he meets up with a whole load of different animals and he comes across some near death experiences, but it kind of pushes him forward "
16. Cutaway male white lion
17. SOUNDBITE : (English) Kevin Richardson, 'Lion Whisperer'
"He becomes the lion he is meant to be. He becomes this big white lion and at the end of the movie there is a little bit of twist, cause this trophy hunter has heard about this big white lion and he has come to obviously shoot him and Letsasi has got to take on a pride of his own at the same time, so there's a bit of a three way battle that goes on. And I am not going to reveal how it ends".
18. Various of Richardson interacting with lions
19. SOUNDBITE : (English) Kevin Richardson, 'Lion Whisperer'
20. Various of Richardson with hyenas
21. Various of lions
22. Close up of leopard
23. Close up of lioness
24. Wide of lioness
25. Mid of lion
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STORYLINE:
Kevin Richardson is known as the 'Lion Whisperer'.
Richardson says it is a classic tale of 'comming of age'.

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