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Millionaire banker shoots lion for fun

BRITAIN: Sir David Scholey, a British millionaire banker, who is an ex-Bank of England director and BBC governor, shot down a lion on a "trophy-hunting" holiday. He also posed with the corpse of the wild animal.

The 76-year-old man has told The Sun that he doesn't think he has done "anything wrong".

The daily also quoted the hunter as saying: "All the animals I hunt are wild beasts. And I have felt threatened by them at times.

"The lion I killed certainly wasn't an endangered species where I was hunting it."

Furious animal welfare groups described his trips as "sadistic and selfish".

Dancing policeman is new YouTube sensation

BRITAIN: The video clip of a policeman's impromptu dance routine at the Notting Hill Carnival has gone viral on the internet. The dance has earned him the nickname ‘the Skanking Policeman’, says Daily Mail.

 The tabloid discovered the name and details of the so-far unnamed police officer. Daily Mail says: "50-year-old PC Simon Lawrence, whose colleagues nickname him ‘Bullitt’ because he has driven fast police cars like Steve McQueen, star of the 1968 movie."

Lawrence can hardly believe the response his hilarious dance moves have generated worldwide. He had danced midway through a 15.5-hour shift.

The video clip shot by ‘Turtus Maximus’, and uploaded on YouTube shows Lawrence swaying from side to side, gyrating and waving his arms before temporarily removing his helmet as three young women join in.

Scientist stakes life on plants in stunt

BRITAIN: A geologist has volunteered to spend 48 hours in an airtight chamber relying on the oxygen produced by plants to survive.
Iain Stewart, a professor at the University of Plymouth, will share the 12 square metre chamber with dozens of specially chosen plants on September 16 and 17, as well as a hammock, a laptop and an exercise bike.

Specialist lights both inside and outside the clear perspex chamber will operate continuously to provide the energy the plants need for photosynthesis.

The levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide produced will be closely monitored and Stewart will be attached to medical sensors which monitor his vital signs.

"This experiment has never been done before with a human - it seems a fascinating challenge to see if plants really could keep a person alive," Stewart said.

It echoes an experiment first tried by scientist Joseph Priestly in the 1770s, when he showed how a mouse could survive in an airtight chamber full of plants, but not in a box without them.

The stunt will take place at the Eden Project, an environmental visitor attraction in Cornwall, southwest England, and will be filmed for a BBC documentary series.

"We often overlook the role of plants in sustaining life on Earth. We hope this will bring home to viewers in a compelling and revelatory way just how crucial they are to our existence," said TV producer Andrew Thompson.

Dolphins beat swimming champ

ITALY: National swimmer Filippo Magnini once ruled the pool in the 100-metre freestyle, but now he's met his match dolphin-style.

The captain of the national swimming team raced a pair of dolphins - King, 19 years old, and Leah, nine years old - at a specially arranged event in a swimming pool in Torvaianica, south of Rome.

The dolphins had to swim about twice as many lengths as Magnini, but they overtook him to win in the last few metres.

"I never had such tough opponents," joked the two-time world champion. But he said he "fell a bit in love with dolphin Leah" and hoped to see her again.

Magnini - nicknamed Superpippo - won gold in the 100-metre freestyle at the 2005 world swimming championships in Montreal and at the 2007 event in Melbourne.

Drunk moose found stuck in tree

SWEDEN: A Swedish man discovered an intoxicated moose that was entangled in an apple tree. The sight stunned the man and he said that the animal probably got drunk by feeding on fermented apples.

The 45-year-old man managed to set the moose free in part by sawing off tree branches, reported Herald Sun.

The animal appeared confused and wandered into the man's garden, where she appeared to be resting.

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