16/06/2011 Newsround


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Evening news fans! You're with Ore and Ricky for tonight's Newsround.

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Plenty on the way, including all this. We meet the woman who's spent

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her life caring for baby elephants. Plus, did you see it? The longest

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lunar eclipse for more than 10 years. First tonight, the story of

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the stray dog in Afghanistan and the soldier who promised to bring

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her back to Britain. But sadly, Private Conrad Lewis was killed

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before he could carry out his wish. Now though, an animal charity's

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worked with his family to help get Peg out of harm's way. Private

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Conrad Lewis arrived in Afghanistan last September. He was sent to one

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of the most dangerous parts of the country. As well as helping the

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locals, he also made friends with a three-year-old stray mongrel,

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Pegasus. Pegasus settled into army life, keeping the soldiers company

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and even joining them on patrols. There are loads of stray dogs in

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Afghanistan and the risk of them stepping on, and being killed by

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hidden explosives is high. really loved the dog. He has

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written about her in his letters. When he came on leave, he said he

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would have liked to have brought her back. But in February, Private

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Lewis was shot and killed while on patrol. His dad said Peg meant so

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much to his son that they wanted to keep his promise of looking after

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her. Peg was there from the day that they arrived at the checkpoint.

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She stayed with him and gave him comfort. She is our link to him.

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She was with him throughout that period. With the help of the Nozad

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animal charity, Peg has made it the -- to the UK. She's got to stay in

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quarantine until November, but Peg's new family visit her whenever

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they can and they're looking forward to taking her home. We want

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to take her home, but it will be worth it. You think of the life she

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could have had and the life she will have from now on. She will be

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well loved. Well it looks like Prince Harry could be sent out to

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Afghanistan to help fight in the war there. It's being reported he

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could be deployed as an Apache helicopter pilot. And it wouldn't

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be his first trip. Three years ago, Harry spent 10 weeks in the country,

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directing fighter jets on where to drop bombs. It was meant to be top

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secret to protect him and the troops around him. So the news got

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out and he had to be brought home earlier than planned. Since then,

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Harry's done loads of work to help soldiers who've been injured

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fighting including joining a team of wounded servicemen on a trek to

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the North Pole. Back in 2008, he said he'd love to return to

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Afghanistan. It was something that I loved to do. I got into it.

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you join the army, you expect to go on operations. Next to extreme

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floods that have swamped the north coast of Australia. At least 3,000

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people have been forced to leave their homes after days of heavy

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rain. Others have been left stranded. Lots of animals have been

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trapped in the waters too and emergency services have been sent

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in to feed them. Rivers reached their highest level for 30 years

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but at the moment it looks like the worst is over. We have about 250

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kilometres under water at this time. We have sent a request to get feed

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for the livestock, but the waters are still running. Now, where is

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Leah? Her Wild Five was big time. We are to speak about endangered

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animals. 19 species of am fibbians have been added to the at-risk list.

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Like this har Quinn frog from Peru. The Siau tarsier. And this oryx

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which its numbers are now going back up as it's been introduced to

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the wild. Now, it is time to meet a woman who has spent her life

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looking after animals. Th the new film is "Born To Be Wild". I am Dr

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Daphne from Kenya. I've been working with elephants and other

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animals for the last 50 years. For a baby elephant, the worst thing in

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the world is losing its mother and family. The elephants become

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offeraned through human problems. The poaching as there is demand for

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the tusks. We have to understand that the elephants are a very human

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animal. They have a family, they love them like we do. They are

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fragile, they get sun burnt easily. They have terrible ear damage. So

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it entails umbrellas and sun block on the ears and you have to replace

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the elephant family with a human family. They are with them every

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night for three years. Sleeping with them and feeding them every

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hour. The baby elephants must be fond of the keepers and the keepest

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must be fond of the elephants. The hardest thing is when they don't

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live and they die. After you have known that animal and been with it

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every day and night for ten years, and then it dies that is difficult

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to cope with. They can understand and feel what you think about them.

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They can read your heart. That is the easiest way to say it. If you

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stayed up last night you might have caught a glimpse of a rare lunar

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eclipse. It happens when the moon passes behind the Earth so it

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blocks out the sun's rays. It was the longest full eclipse in nearly

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11 years and lasted for well over an hour. The sky was clear for

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millions of people around the world. Here is what is looked like above

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Moscow in Russia where the eclipse made the moon glow. Most

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spectacular was the view in Australia and China. Here the ash

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from the Chilean volcano made it look red. So that's what you could

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see by gazing up in the sky but have a look at this amazing view

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looking down on Britain from space. This was taken by an astronaut on

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the International Space Station. You can see major cities including

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London, Birmingham and Manchester all lit up at night. Last up, my

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nomination for the bravested to letter on the planet. The hungry

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lion thought thised to letter looked like a tasty treat. If I

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were a little boy, I would be terrified, but this little boy was

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not bothered at all. He said it was really great fun. He loves the lion.

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Now, there is only one person that is braver than thated to letter.

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