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(5 May 2003) 1. Wide entrance to zoo 2. Sign saying Baghdad Zoo 3. Close up man signing for wages, tilt up to man giving wages to zoo worker 4. Close up money in hands 5. Men outside holding sheaf of notes showing the wages they just received 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lawrence Anthony, Zoo Administrator "This is the zoo staff. When I arrived there were only three and we're back up to 35 which is the full complement of staff. We have everybody back at work which I'm very pleased about." 7. Zoo worker brings meat to lions 8. Cheetahs 9. Lion cubs 10. Wide shot lions in cages 11. Closer shot of lions as they eat meat 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lawrence Anthony, Zoo Administrator "When we first got here it was a very different situation. The animals were looking terrible, there were no staff, there were looters everywhere. I mean three days ago we captured 30 looters - they were just everywhere, they've stolen everything, I mean there's not a screwdriver, not a door lock, no electrical equipment, no plumbing, everything, all the medical supplies, everything, was stolen, all the animals, hundreds and hundreds of animals and birds were stolen." 13. Gardener tending flower bed at zoo 14. Wider shot gardener at work 15. Various of zoo and empty cages 16. Lioness comes through doorway in her cage STORYLINE: Staff at Baghdad Zoo were paid proper wages on Monday for the first time since the beginning of the war. The 35-strong staff received 20 dollars each as an emergency payment from the ORHA (Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance) to ensure they remain as workers at the zoo. Zoo Administrator Lawrence Anthony and his staff are trying to get the zoo back to normal, with the assistance of the ORHA and coalition forces. The water supply has been back on for two days and a generator provides them with electricity but it's still difficult to find food for the animals. During the war and in its aftermath, the zoo was completely ransacked. More than 600 animals were taken by looters and all they left behind were four lions, two bears, and a tiger. Many of the animals that are in the zoo now belonged to Saddam Hussein's son Uday, who kept them at his private zoo. When they were discovered, they were in a piteous state and hadn't been fed for three weeks. With the addition of Uday's stock, the zoo now has two cheetahs, 11 lions, two tigers, two bears, and some ostriches. The zoo is now trying to buy animals from the black market, where it is suspected many of those originally stolen from the zoo ended up. And they are also seeking donations of money and animals to keep the zoo running. Anthony was invited by the ORHA to run the zoo, together with the local staff, until it is up and running again and then he will leave. He is from South Africa where he owns a game park. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...