''The Chances of the World Changing'' is a 2006

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''The Chances of the World Changing'' Official Site
accessed 01-13-2010 about Richard Ogust's efforts to save

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turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...

species from

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. It was directed and produced by Eric Daniel Metzgar (Merigold Moving Pictures) and produced by Nell Carden Grey (Pigeon Post Pictures). Other credits include Eric Liebman (original music),

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(additional music and voice-over engineer), and Faun Fables (contributor of the song "Live Old"). The film follows Ogust's efforts to establish a "

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," or

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and research institute, in order to preserve the animals until such time that they can be returned to their

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s, which are being wiped out by

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destruction and

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- the problem that conservation biologists have dubbed "the Asian turtle crisis".A Conversation at the Museum of Natural History
filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar, the creator of the film The Chances of the World Changing, talks to George Amato, the director of conservation genetics at the American Museum of Natural History about turtle conservation and the relationship between evolution and extinction ''Chances'' premiered at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and was aired on the Public Broadcasting Service series

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beginning July 17, 2007. It was also nominated for the Axium Truer Than Fiction Award as part of the 2007

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