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The sky’s the limit attitude may not save the lemur, conservationists warn Branson
Sir Richard Branson is used to making headlines. His maverick approach to business catapulted him into the big league and secured his status as one of the world’s most influential entrepreneurs. But his latest idea to help save the lemurs of Madagascar has sparked controversy. The British tycoon admits it’s “a radical idea” but wants […]
There’s no such thing as bad publicity
April 18, 2011
Six minutes in a swanky hotel suite with a Hollywood A-lister pretty much sums up the quality time you get with a star during celebrity junkets. I can hear some of you groupies now, “that’s all I need…!”. Trust me it feels like a bad love affair, it’s over before you realise and you spend […]
Natives’ beef with cattle firm leads to law suit
April 13, 2011
Over the last few weeks I’ve been trying very hard to get some revision in every day. My end of year exam is fast approaching and I don’t want to have to resort to my childhood technique of cramming the night before. I’m too old and I’ve lost too many brain cells through alcohol abuse to even […]
Is racism part of an evolutionary process?
April 12, 2011
Last night I was invited to the premiere of a British film, Everywhere and Nowhere in central London. My friend Frankie came with me and being Polish I was interested to hear what her point of view was after the screening. (She was less than impressed, if you’re wondering). The story is about a voyage […]
Beaten into submission
April 11, 2011
It’s an image that would stir emotion in even the most hardened of hearts. What on earth would possess someone to do this to another living organism? This photograph was printed in yesterday’s UK newspaper News of the World, and is a clear example of man’s capacity to harm in the most primitive way. I […]
Bolivian gang causes a stir at London Zoo
April 8, 2011
Any self-respecting fashionista will know that an outfit on a bright sunny day just isn’t complete without a pair of shades to keep you cool. Yes ok and the obvious reason – to stop you squinting like Mr Magoo! The one-size-fits-all rule however, does not apply to these mischievous black-capped (or Bolivian) squirrel monkeys at […]
Planet of the Apps
April 1, 2011
I would love to take credit for this headline and this story, but I can’t! A great piece in The Sun newspaper, about scientists giving gorillas at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent a new toy. Animal behaviour experts handed out iPads to five great apes in an experiment to test cognition and to keep […]
Goodall joins campaign to ban UK imports of monkey off-springs for research
March 30, 2011
Tomorrow a petition signed by some of conservation’s heavy-weights will be handed into the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, calling for the UK to ban imports of young monkeys born to wild-caught parents for scientific research. The campaign, led by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) has been endorsed by world renown Primatologist Dr […]
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