Greg, Liz, and Tom run down the latest ACT Radio headlines.
The University of California at Berkeley has found a link between the bovine leukemia virus and human breast cancer. The virus is found in dairy & beef cattle blood cells and mammary tissue. Read more at http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/09/15/bovine-leukemia-virus-breast-cancer/
Bulgaria has banned circus animals, and the country's last 2 circus lions, Jora and Black, are discovering freedom in the African wild. Read more on The Dodo's website: https://www.thedodo.com/ex-circus-lion-brothers-freed-1378612032.html
The World Wildlife Fund is reporting that the population of marine wildlife has been halved in the last 4 decades - humans have been catching fish faster than they can reproduce. A mass extinction of coral reefs is also possible by 2050. WWF's Living Blue Planet 2015 report can be downloaded here: https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/living-blue-planet-report-2015