”Borneo has done two amazing things for me: it has overcome my trepidation about scuba-diving and emboldened me to willingly swim in shark-infested waters. Being claustrophobic, as well as having had a bad experience the last time I tried to learn scuba, I’ve been quite happy to putter along on the surface admiring the pretty fish below” writes Nicole Johnston
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/ 29 November 2007
Four rare gorillas at the centre of a five-year international tussle are due to fly from South Africa just after midnight on Friday to a wildlife sanctuary in Cameroon. Tinu, Izan, Oyin and Abbey were all lightly tranquillised as they were loaded into giant wooden crates on Thursday for the 18-hour journey to their new home.