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Title Kangaroo mob / 360 Degree Films in association with ABC Television, Film Victoria, Screen Australia, RTBF, Sveriges Television AB and YLE ; written by Steve Westh, Mark Lewis and Simon Target ; produced by Sally Ingleton ; directed by Steve Westh.

Imprint [Arlington, Va.] : PBS Home Video, ©2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD 599.222 KANGAROO    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Performer Narrated by Chris Morgan.
Language Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); audio described.
Event Originally broadcast by PBS Jan. 11, 2012.
Note Title from container.
Summary Meet the mob of kangaroos moving into Australia's capital city and the ecologists following their every move. After 15 years of drought, Canberra's kangaroos have learned that parks, gardens, and private lawns are a reliable source of juicy grass, but it comes at a price. The life of an urban kangaroo is not easy. It requires learning to negotiate busy roads and avoiding cars and dogs. Over the course of one drought-stricken year, we follow mob leader Black Spot and kangaroo mom Madge as she tries to teach her two young joeys -- mischievous Sonny and tiny pouch-bound Alice -- the skills they will need to make it in the big city. But when the city announces a cull to control the growing numbers of kangaroos, their lives are in serious danger. Public opinion is polarized -- are the kangaroos pests that need to be eradicated, or a protected national icon to be saved at all costs? A local wildlife sanctuary promotes rehabilitation and release as a solution to the problem. And a team of government ecologists hopes to provide some answers with a 12-month study using GPS to track the mob's movements. Here is a look at what happens when human development encroaches on wildlife habitat and two very different species are forced to co-exist.
Subject Kangaroos -- Australia -- Canberra (A.C.T.)
Kangaroos -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia.
Kangaroos. (OCoLC)fst00986007
Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543
Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra. (OCoLC)fst01204562
Genre/Form Documentary television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710387
Nonfiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710270
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01710451
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
Wildlife television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726242
Nonfiction television programs.
Wildlife television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Added Author Morgan, Chris, 1968- Narrator.
Westh, Steve. Screenwriter. Director.
Lewis, Mark. Screenwriter.
Target, Simon, 1962- Screenwriter.
Ingleton, Sally. Producer.
PBS Home Video.
360 Degree Films (Firm)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Film Victoria.
Screen Australia.
Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française.
Sveriges television.
Yleisradio Oy.
Added Title Nature (Television program)
ISBN 9781608836277
1608836274
Standard No. 841887016308
00841887016308 gtin-14
Music No. NAT62905 PBS Home Video
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