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S21 Ep12

Lost World of the Holy Land

Premiere: 4/13/2003

Animals are a formidable presence in the Bible, which makes reference to more than a hundred species, some metaphorically and others literally. But many of those creatures are gone from the Holy Land today, or on the verge of extinction there.

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Endangered biblical animals are poised for a comeback in NATURE’s Lost World of the Holy Land.

Animals are a formidable presence in the Bible, which makes reference to more than a hundred species, some metaphorically and others literally. But many of those creatures are gone from the Holy Land today, or on the verge of extinction there.

The fleet-footed Nubian ibex, for example — the wild goat of the Bible — has been all but hunted out of existence. The Arabian oryx is relatively rare, as are Persian fallow deer. Ostriches once common to the deserts of the Middle East have vanished completely, and the vulture is in danger of following soon.

In a land rife with acrimony and violence, can there be hope of finding a commitment to wildlife preservation?

In fact, vigorous and inventive programs by Israeli and Arab conservationists are underway to stabilize and restore endangered animal populations, as NATURE highlights in Lost World of the Holy Land.

Production Credits

Television Credits

Narrated by
JOE MORTON

Producers
GAIL WILLUMSEN
JILL SHINEFIELD

Director and Writer
GAIL WILLUMSEN

Editor
BETH SPIEGEL

Original Music
MARK ADLER

Associate Producer
STEPHANIE ITO

Cinematographers
GIL DOMB
CHRIS OPENSHAW
JOHN DAVEY

Additional Camera
EITAN HARRIS

Sound Recordists
TULLY CHEN
AMIR BALABAN

Additional Sound
AMIR BOVERMAN
AMOS ZIPURI

Assistant Camera
ANDREW THOMPSON
LAWRENCE DODDS

Production Services in Israel
BD PRODUCTIONS LTD.

Production Managers in Israel
BILL DACKMAN
ALAN REICH

Wildlife Consultant
AMIR BALABAN

Field Advisor
AMIZUR BOLDO

Production Assistants
JODIE MYERS
ANGELA OAKHILL

Re-recording Mixers
MARK LINDEN
TARA PAUL

Sound Editing
MARK LINDEN
TARA PAUL
MARK KORBA
MIKE MARION

Symphony Editor
BILL ADMANS

Dailies Colorist
JOE HATHAWAY

Colorist
BRIAN HUTCHINGS

Smoke Artist
JON D. VAN WYE

Post-production Facilities
MATCHFRAME VIDEO
STAGE TWO AUDIO

Film Lab
FOTOKEM

This film was made with the cooperation of
The Israel Nature and National Parks
Protection Authority

Special Thanks:
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
Children for the Protection of Nature in Palestine
Neot Kedumim
The Biblical Landscape Reserve in Israel
Hasmonian Village
Albatross Aerials
Shirli Bar-David
Ofer Greenstein
Avinoam Lourie
Emmanuel Mairesse
Igal Miller
Ifat Schulman
Bill Woodley

Voice of the Bible
RICHARD CANSINO

Performers
ASI ALON
GAL CHEN
MICHELLE DACKMAN
ZACHRIA BEN MOSHE
ITZIK NAKASH
DAVID SCHULTZ

Costumer
DANIELLE SHENBERUM

Stock Footage:
ABC News VideoSource
Afikim Productions — Moshe Alpert
Benya Binnun — Talia Productions
Getty Images/Image Bank Film
Granada Wild
Israel Air Force
Wish You Were Here Film and Video

For National Geographic Television

Executive Producers
KEENAN SMART
CHRISTINE WEBER

President
TIM KELLY

For NATURE

Series Editor
JANET HESS

Supervising Producer
JANICE YOUNG

Producers
JILL CLARKE
PATTY JACOBSON
SUSANE LEE

Associate Producer
GIANNA SAVOIE

Production Assistant
IRENE TEJARATCHI

Production Secretary
AUSTIN RIPLEY

Manager
EILEEN FRAHER

Production Manager
JULIE SCHAPIRO THORMAN

Online Editor
BARRY GLINER

Sound Mixer
ED CAMPBELL

Series Producer
BILL MURPHY

Executive In Charge
WILLIAM GRANT

Executive Producer
FRED KAUFMAN

A Co-Production of Thirteen/WNET New York and National Geographic Television in Association with Trebitsch Produktion International, GMBH by Gemini Productions

This program was produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, which is solely responsible for its content.

Web Credits

Producer
RONNIE GODEANU

Art Director
SABINA DALEY

Designers
LENNY DROZNER
KAREN MATTSON
RADIK SHVARTS

Pagebuilding
BRIAN SANTALONE

Writer
DAVID MALAKOFF

Production Artist
RUIYAN XU

Technical Director
BRIAN LEE

Content Consultant
GIANNA SAVOIE

About the Writer

David Malakoff is a journalist covering research discoveries and the politics of science for SCIENCE MAGAZINE in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in a wide range of venues, including THE ECONOMIST, THE WASHINGTON POST, and ABCNews.com.

Thirteen Online is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York’s Kravis Multimedia Education Center in New York City. Dan Goldman, Executive Director, thirteen.org. Bob Adleman, Business Manager.

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