Dolly: The world’s most famous sheep

In July 1996, scientists at the Roslin Institute created the world’s first animal cloned from an adult cell. Dolly the sheep was created in a laboratory using an adult cell taken from one sheep to fertilise an egg from another. The fused cell was then implanted into a foster mother. It was a breakthrough in the history of genetic engineering. Researchers hoped it would enable new ways of treating debilitating diseases, but critics were worried it opened the door to human cloning.
Sir Ian Wilmut led the team of scientists. You can watch Witness a these times on BBC World News. Witness the stories of our times told by the people who were there.

Visit Jambi this Halloween at Edinburgh Zoo

Here’s a short promotional video for the Tiger Tracks enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo. Jambi is a male Sumatrian tiger and in the wild they’re found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. In 2008 as the population was estimated at 441 to 679 individuals. The population suffers because they require natural forest area, and tend to use areas closer to forest centres – which are in decline due to human agricultural – largely palm oil plantations – destroying their natural habitat.

Through the RZSS – a conservation charity on my doorstep – Edinburgh Zoo are taking practical action on the ground to study and protect wildlife.

 

http://www.rzss.org.uk/conservation/

conservation information