Swallowtail butterfly making a comeback in Britian
Posted by Jonathan Palmer on Aug 05, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The rare Swallowtail butterfly is making a comeback in certain areas of Britain, it has been revealed.
After a century of decline, the butterfly, once a common sighting across the entire country, can now only be seen in the Norfolk Broads and at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire.
Conservationists have reported that its numbers are now on the rise, and butterfly watchers have backed this up by saying they have seen increasing...
UK Selling Cloned Meat?
Posted by Craig Ainscough on Aug 05, 2010 | Leave a Comment
It has recently been reported that cloned meat of a slaughtered bull entered the UK food chain. Two bulls have been identified as having the genetic make up of a US cloned cow.
Nutritionally, there is no significant difference in eating cloned meat to eating normal meat but to sell such meat, there are certain legal requirements needed. Before such meat could be fully passed for human consumption, it would need to...
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