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(9 Jun 2013) SHOTLIST
1. Safari staff moving anesthetised tiger onto treatment table
2. Holistic therapy specialist, Mor Mosinzon, giving tiger's ear acupuncture treatment
3. Tilt from Mosinzon to acupuncture needle being inserted
4. Wide of tiger being treated by several staff
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mor Mosinzon, Holistic therapy specialist at Ramat Gan Safari:
"Pedang has chronic ear problems. In the Chinese traditional medicine we know that it's just a symptom."
6. Close specialist placing acupuncture needles on tiger's body
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mor Mosinzon, Holistic therapy specialist at Ramat Gan Safari:
"(What) we did today is acupuncturing points that also should help him, eventually should help him to deal with his own medical issues by himself, to strengthen his immune system, to help the Qi circulation in the body to open the ear canals so when they give him antibiotics so all antibiotics go to the right places."
8. Close specialist putting acupuncture needles on tiger's leg
9. Zoom-out from tiger's face to specialist checking tiger's ear with instrument
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mor Mosinzon, Holistic therapy specialist at Ramat Gan Safari:
"Usually to treat animals we should do it more rapidly (frequently) but because to take care of Pedang we have to put him to sleep, so we won't do it again soon. We hope that the time that it's going to take until the next treatment will be longer. That will be our way to really see that the acupuncture work(s)."
11. Various zoo specialists performing acupuncture treatment on tiger
12. Wide zoo specialists moving tiger after treatment
STORYLINE
A tiger in an Israeli animal park suffering from an ear infection has been treated with acupuncture, specialists said on Sunday.
The 10-year-old tiger called Pedang lives in the Ramat Gan Safari park in Tel Aviv and suffers from a chronic ear infection.
On Sunday, staff decided to perform acupuncture on the animal in the hope it will improve its condition and increase its susceptibility to treatment.
Mor Mosinzon, a holistic therapy specialist at the park, said she believes the acupuncture would help Pedang "to deal with his own medical issues by himself, to strengthen his immune system," and aid in opening the ear canal, making the antibiotics treatment more efficient.
Pedang was under a general anaesthetic during the acupuncture session.
Acupuncture, a traditional Chinese practice, treats patients by manipulating thin, solid needles that have been inserted into acupuncture points in the skin.
It is based on the belief that health is determined by a balanced flow of Qi, which the Chinese believe is the life energy, both vital and present in all living organisms.
The energy is believed to circulate in the body along 12 major pathways, called Meridians, each of which is linked to a specific internal organ and organ system.
Acupuncturists believe that these pathways become blocked when parts of the body ceases to function properly.
Mosinzon said there would be a significant break until Pedang's next treatment, permitting staff to "really see that the acupuncture work(s)."
Acupuncture, however, remains controversial among medical researchers and clinicians about its scientific basis and therapeutic efficacy.


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