(26 Mar 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Various of white tigers pacing
2. White tigers at rest
3. Close-up white tigers
4. Safari tour bus passes, zoom in to passengers watching through window
5. Various of white tiger and lion fighting
6. Medium of white tiger and lion fighting
7. Elephant in neighbouring enclosure, zoom out to white tiger and lion fighting
8. White tigers resting, as seen from safari tour bus
9. Various of white tiger, lionesses in background, as seen from safari tour bus
10. White tigers at rest, giraffes in neighbouring enclose behind them
11. Close-up of white tiger
12. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Park Goang-wall, Manager Zoological Management Department of Resort Division in Samsung Everland
"We have opened the world's first white tiger safari. The white tiger is known to be a sacred and brave animal, but, in one way, it has a timid side. It will take a long time for them to adjust to the environment, but they will adapt well with the lions."
13. Tourist in safari tour bus taking pictures of white tigers
14. White tiger
15. Pan from photo camera screen held by tourist inside safari tour bus to white tiger outside
16. VOXPOP (Korean) Girl, safari tour bus passenger
"It wasn't scary. It was neat, and I wish I can come back and see them again."
17. Tourists in safari tour bus watching white outside
18. Lion and white tiger
19. White tiger
STORYLINE
South Korea's biggest amusement park, Everland, has opened a white tiger safari, which it says is the world's first.
Ten rare white tigers have been moved to an African enclosure already housing a pride of lions at the park in Yongin, outside Seoul.
Visitors are now able to board a special tour bus for a safari through the enclosure, allowing them to see the animals up close.
As you might expect, the inhabitants of the enclosure don't always see eye to eye, with the lions and white tigers arguing over who exactly is in charge.
Lions and ordinary tigers have been living together ever since the park first opened in 1976 - and the lions tended to rule the roost.
But this is the first time the pride has to share their enclosure with white tigers - and the park keepers are interested to see who comes out on top.
The oldest white tiger in the enclosure is a male called "Caesar", who was born in 1995.
The baby of the pack is "Heemang", a female born in 2007.
White tigers differ from regular tigers in their colouring - they have blue eyes and chocolate coloured stripes on white background.
Ordinary tigers have brown eyes and black stripes on a yellow background.
White tigers also outweigh their normal cousins and tend to be taller.
Keyword animals wacky
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