:00:00. > :00:09.I'm Leah with Thursday's top stories, including...
:00:10. > :00:12.The kids seeing animals in the wild for the first time.
:00:13. > :00:15.The treasure hunter who struck gold...
:00:16. > :00:27.And this elephant's trip to the dentist.
:00:28. > :00:31.Now you might be heading for a day in the classroom,
:00:32. > :00:34.but in South Africa some kids from cities and poor areas have been
:00:35. > :00:39.It's part of the fight against animal poaching and gives
:00:40. > :00:42.kids who've never experienced the wild side of Africa a chance
:00:43. > :00:45.to learn why the environment and wildlife is so important.
:00:46. > :00:54.One, two, three! Respect yourself,
:00:55. > :00:58.respect each other! Here in South Africa,
:00:59. > :01:04.these kids are learning to respect their environment
:01:05. > :01:07.and the animals that live in it. It's part of a special
:01:08. > :01:13.project to teach kids more about African wildlife
:01:14. > :01:15.and the effects of poaching. In this country, elephants
:01:16. > :01:20.are poached for their tusks and at least one rhino is killed
:01:21. > :01:24.every day for their horn. Poachers take them because they can
:01:25. > :01:28.be sold for huge amounts of money to Asian countries like China and
:01:29. > :01:31.Vietnam. Some people living there use
:01:32. > :01:32.the tusks and horns to make ornaments and belief
:01:33. > :01:36.they have special powers, which scientists say isn't true.
:01:37. > :01:43.The programme is about inspiring kids to care. It's everything that
:01:44. > :01:47.we're trained to do is bring kids out into the bush and give them an
:01:48. > :01:51.opportunity to experience wildlife in order for them to start to
:01:52. > :01:56.develop a relationship with them in order for them to care about them.
:01:57. > :01:59.Kids taking part play sports and have special lessons to learn about
:02:00. > :02:07.animals and most importantly get to spot them in the wild. I really want
:02:08. > :02:13.to see a lion because I want to see their teeth, they're really sharp. I
:02:14. > :02:18.wish to see the beautiful take animals, I've never seen the big
:02:19. > :02:23.animals in the world. I want to see the white rhino because it protects
:02:24. > :02:28.animal Senate defence. These kids are heading out on their first
:02:29. > :02:44.Safari. Many have not seen animals like elephants or rhinos before.
:02:45. > :02:50.Normally we don't see Mayans and part of our areas. Ring back it's
:02:51. > :02:56.exciting, I've never seen a rhino before so it's exciting. I've never
:02:57. > :03:01.seen a giraffe before. It's hoped this experience will be inspire kids
:03:02. > :03:02.to take an active role in protecting animals and the environment in the
:03:03. > :03:06.future. Now, it's bigger than a ten pence
:03:07. > :03:09.but that gold nugget found off the coast of North West Wales
:03:10. > :03:14.is actually worth around Vincent found it four years ago
:03:15. > :03:18.but has only just revealed details The area where it was found has been
:03:19. > :03:23.searched again in case there's any more gold because it's thought
:03:24. > :03:25.it was part of a ?120 million He can't keep the gold
:03:26. > :03:39.though as it's being put I was hanging five or six feet above
:03:40. > :03:45.it in the water with my diving cat and I looked down and I remember
:03:46. > :03:52.thinking, wow, it was glowing in the sunlight like a Faberge egg and
:03:53. > :03:55.never member looking at it, I was thinking, remember this, I've never
:03:56. > :03:57.seen anything like it except for in a museum.
:03:58. > :04:00.Going to the dentist is never fun for us but treating elephants
:04:01. > :04:03.for tooth decay can only be described as a mammoth task.
:04:04. > :04:05.Experts at a zoo in Bedfordshire realised something was wrong
:04:06. > :04:07.with Looka when she wasn't eating her food.
:04:08. > :04:10.A human dentist was called in to help and he removed the tooth.
:04:11. > :04:13.Looka was asleep while the operation was carried out and she's
:04:14. > :04:20.It's the second semi-finals for Eurovision today in Sweden.
:04:21. > :04:22.The UK's entry, Joe and Jake, are already through
:04:23. > :04:26.Hayley met up with them to challenge them with her special
:04:27. > :04:31.And you can find out who won that quiz online.
:04:32. > :04:36.And finally Blue Peter fans watching will know that today Iggy is leaving
:04:37. > :04:40.to start life as a full time Guide Dog.
:04:41. > :04:54.Iggy joined the show two years ago when she was just a pup and she's
:04:55. > :04:56.now going to start doing the job she's been trained
:04:57. > :04:59.to do since she was born, being a Guide Dog.
:05:00. > :05:02.And we'll be speaking to Iggy's new owner Callum on the show
:05:03. > :05:04.That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half an hour.