Families visit Baghdad zoo during Eid

(22 Dec 2007) SHOTLIST 1. People walking into zoo 2. Sign reading (English) Baghdad Zoo 3. Young man dancing outside zoo 4. Families walking past an enclosure 5. Young men watching animals in cages 6. Wolf walking inside cage 7. Bear inside cage 8. Girl trying to feed rabbits in a cage 9. Mountain goats in fenced yard 10. Young men walking through zoo 11. Families and children walking through the zoo 12. Young girls and children buying coloured caps 13. Children carrying sweets in their hands 14. Wide shot of people and families in the zoo’s park STORYLINE Residents of Baghdad packed the capital’s parks and amusement rides on Saturday, taking advantage of a lull in violence and the Islamic feast of Eid al-Adha to venture out of their homes in droves. At the zoo families and their children enjoyed seeing mountain goats, wolves, rabbits and a bear Although there have been far less attacks across the country in recent months, violence has by no means been eradicated. A suicide c