Monkey’s Brain Controls Robot Arm

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BBC News:

Monkeys have been able to control robotic limbs using only their thoughts, scientists report.

The animals were able to feed themselves using prosthetic arms, which were controlled by brain activity…

Jane Goodall’s Animal Plea

Daily Echo:

Bournemouth’s renowned chimpanzee expert Dr Jane Goodall has urged Europe to end all research experiments on live animals…

Dogs Hurled From 80mph Car On M25

The Sun: 

Sick thugs hurled two dogs on to a busy motorway from a car doing 80mph.

One was killed when it was hit by another car.

But the other miraculously survived after being plucked from the hard shoulder of the M25 by a caring motorist.

The RSPCA is hunting the louts responsible. But they have so far drawn a blank…

Plan To Halt Non-Native Species

 The Press And Journal:

Grey squirrels and other alien invaders are to be targeted in a new action plan to protect Scotland’s native plants and animals.

The strategy sets out how to stop foreign species from threatening the native environment, and looks at ways of preventing future overseas intrusions…

The Non-Native Species Strategy for Britain was launched by the Scottish Government, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the Welsh Assembly Government.

‘Rapid Response’ Plan To Tackle Threats To Our Native Wildlife

 icWales:

New measures were launched yesterday by the Government to tackle the threat that invasive foreign plants and animals pose to the country’s wildlife and economy.

Non-native species such as the purple Himalayan balsam plant and the American mink are claimed to do enormous damage to native wildlife in Wales and the rest of the UK and cost an estimated £2bn a year to tackle…

Help Raise Funds For Orangutans

BOS UK:
Help us raise funds for BOS UK & view a clip from the new series on Animal Planet, Orangutan Island.

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You can catch Orangutan Island every Monday evening at 9pm on Animal
Planet.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Calls on Tesco Shareholders To Protest Over Cheap Chickens

The Telegraph:

The television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has called for Tesco shareholders to protest over the sales of cheap factory farmed chickens…

Bats Help Measure State Of UK Wildlife

 Journal Live:

Data on scores of bat roosts in the North East will be used to measure the health of the UK’s wildlife…

Visitors Flock to Wildlife Festival

The Arran Voice:

The sun has been shining down on the Arran Wildlife Festival this week as the 2008 Festival got underway. Visitors have been flocking to the island to take part in over sixty wildlife events, many for their third year in a row…

North-South Divide For Birds

The Telegraph:

The RSPB has warned of a north-south divide in the fortunes of England’s birds after the Government published statistics which show how the UK’s wildlife is doing…