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October 21, 2009 19:24 PM
Sabah's Wildlife To Go On US TV
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- Sabah's wildlife is to be featured in American television wildlife advocate Jack Hanna's show "Into The Wild."
The eight member crew, including Hanna and his wife Suzi and youngest daughter Julie, would be filming the orang utan, pygmy elephants and sun bears in the wilderness of Sepilok and Kinabatangan over six days.
"This is my first time in Sabah and I am really excited to be here especially to see the orang utan.
"Of all the shows I have done on the orang utan, this filming would be the first I will be doing of orang utan in the wild.
"I have waited all my life to see orang utan in the wild," he told reporters upon reaching here on Wednesday.
Hanna, 62, who is also Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, said the objective of filming the animals was to educate and assure people that where ever he goes to look at animals, other people could do the same too.
"We are really glad that Tourism Malaysia kindly brought us here which is not only good for us, but good for your country too.
"You see, when we go to places and film there, these places have the rights to all our footage. Most companies do not do that.
"Malaysia will have the rights to show my show to get people to come here. You have all the rights to use what we have filmed here for your promotions," he said.
Hanna, whose show 'Into The Wild' that received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series last year, has appeared on shows such as Good Morning America, The Late Show with David Lettermen, Larry King Live and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
After Sabah, Hanna and his crew would fly to Sarawak to film animals in the wild there.
-- BERNAMA
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