Animals Hit Headlines (1961)

Animals hit headlines. Australia. L/S judges examining sheep for the Stonehaven cup at sheep show. C/U judges hands parting the wool on one of the sheep’s backs and examining it. M/S judges talking together L/S the state governor Sir Eric Woodward walking towards camera with the winners Sash. M/S pan as he places the sash on the back of the winning sheep at. M/S the winning five Merino sheep. L/S crowds gathered round the leopard cage at Ashton’s circus. M/S as Sonya leaps growing at the bars of the cage and then goes back to her cubs. M/S the trainer Captain Schultz tries to calm Sonya down. C/U Sonya laying and watching her cubs, she snarls at camera. L/S crowd. M/S Sonya lying on a table drugged by a vet. C/U as one of the pets moves her mouth. M/S zoom back as the vets lets the cubs feed from their mother. M/S as Mrs Schultz picks up one of the cubs puts into her lap and starts to feed it from small bottle. C/U the cub feeding from the bottle. C/U small child watching pan to CU the three cubs