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March 4, 2011

Strange But True!

Q. What sorts of wildlife film “fakery” might be coming to a TV screen near you?

A. More than most people suspect, says wildlife program producer Chris Palmer in New Scientist magazine. For instance, the IMAX film “Wolves” pictured them roaming freely across the landscape. “In reality, we rented the wolves from a Montana game farm and released them from cages just before we shot each scene. Although a warning was included in the credits, probably few people saw it. A lot of the supposedly wild animals you see on TV live in game farms, which charge photographers over $5,000 to take an animal to a local beauty spot.”


 
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