12:30 PM LRN Newscast Oct 8

This weekend Animal Planet will be airing Louisiana Law: In The Eye Of Hurricane Ida. Ed Pratt with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries tells us it’s a broad stroke look at what wildlife agents did during the storm to help victims and Ida’s impact on them too.

Cut 3 (08) “….rescue other people.”

 

The show, which follows the agents’ missions before and after Ida’s landfall, airs Sunday at 8 p.m. and will also stream on Discovery+.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the beginning of the pandemic many had to delay their annual screenings, but Ochsner Health Radiologist Maverick LeBlanc says for the most part patients have returned to their regular breast cancer mammograms.

Cut 6 (11) “…screening mammogram.” 

 

 

After being closed to the public for more than a year Louisiana’s only chimpanzee sanctuary Chimp Haven is holding a series of events so the public can learn more about the unique facility. Communication Specialist Diane Radloff says the sanctuary offers a refuge for more than 300 chimps who were in research laboratories before.

Cut 10 (11)  “…the wild.” 

 

Radloff says the Chimp Chat series is a two-hour event where participants can learn more about the sanctuary and receive an exclusive tour.

 

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