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Garut, 17 March 2012 1. Various of sheep fighting in ring Garut, 16 March 2012 2. Various of sheep being fed in a barn 3. Name board, tilt down to sheep's face Garut, 17 March 2012 4. Wide of sheep breeder Deden Rohim (on screen left) at fight talking to another sheep owner 5. Close up of Deden's sheep 6. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Deden Rohim, Sheep owner : "We give the sheep additional nutrition, vitamins, eggs, herbal medicines and we also give them a massage before the fight. The sheep will get exhausted during the fight, thus it needs a strong stamina through intensive treatment." Garut, 16 March 2012 7. Wide of men pushing sheep into pool 8. Close up of sheep swimming 9. Various of man trimming sheep's fur Various of sheep being massaged Garut, 17 March 2012 10. Wide of truck full of sheep driving past 11. Tent, tilt down to a group of sheep 12. Mid of sheep in decorative collar 13. Close up of sheep with decorative collar 14. Wide of sheep fighting 15. Wide of crowd cheering 16. Wide of sheep fighting 17. Crowd, pan to fighting arena 18. Sheep fighting one another 19. Mid of judge watching 20. Sheep fighting in ring 21. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Deden Rohim, Sheep owner : "We admit that there is a physical contact between the sheep, but to be honest, we have made a set of rules to prevent these physical contacts to be harmful to the animal." Garut, 16 March 2012 22. Head of Department of Culture and Tourism in Garut, Warjita (known by one name only) at desk, tilt down to book 23. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Warjita, Head of Department of Culture and Tourism in Garut : " As long as we continue the tradition of sheep fighting, the sheep farmers will remain motivated to care for their sheep because of promising economic benefits. " Garut, 17 March 2012 24. Wide of man examining a wounded sheep 25. Close up of wounded sheep Jakarta 13 March 2012 26. Coordinator of Jakarta Animal Network, Benfika (known by one name only), tilt down to laptop 27. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Benfika, Coordinator of Jakarta Animal Network : "This is a form of violence against animals because they are intentionally trained to fight each other until they become injured, bleeding and sometimes dead. This is clearly a crime against animals." Garut, 17 March 2012 28. Wide of sheep fighting 29. Children dancing to fight music LEADIN Horned sheep on the Indonesian island of Java are prized creatures that have been carefully bred to take part in fights. The fights generate enormous excitement in the town and are a lucrative source of income for those involved. STORYLINE : These are the fighting sheep of Garut, and their tournament has been a long-held tradition in this town since the early 1900s. The sheep are a source of pride for the people of the Indonesian island of Java. Locals believe that a district chief started sheep fighting in Garut in 1915, and it became popular from the 1930s through to 1970 because of its association with gambling. From 1970 onward, tournament officials stemmed the gambling and cleaned up the image of sheep fighting in this devout Muslim community. This has made sheep fighting even more popular. There are strict rules of how a sheep can take part in the tournament. It has to be at the age between two and a half and five years old. The sheep receives special treatment in the days leading up to the tournament. Owners feed them with good food, vitamins and herbal medicines to keep them in good shape, as sheep owner Deden Rohim explains. "We give the sheep additional nutrition, vitamins, eggs, herbal medicines and we also give them a massage before the fight. The sheep will get exhausted during the fight, thus it needs a strong stamina through intensive treatment." You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/0416b48c6ffe4425e89529e219b15bde Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork