Male pill in a decade hope
Ripping open Xmas prezzie Sniffing gift GRIM Mirror exposed how tigers were kept SANTA must have feared getting sleighed... as he dropped off this prezzie for Mondo the tiger.
He need not have worried. The treat of straw scented with perfume, which tigers love, was just another reason why this was Mondo’s best Christmas. A year ago, Mondo along with pals Natasha, Antonella, Zoppa and Girona, who also got gifts from Santa, were in a squalid cage, performing in circuses.
They were saved from Spain by Charlotte Corney, founder of the Isle of Wight Zoo’s Wildheart Trust, and her partner, TV’s Chris Packham. Mirror readers raised £20,000 to bring the tigers to the UK. Charlotte said: “Thanks to the readers, our tigers enjoy a loving and comfortable home.”
■ Donate to their upkeep at www.justgiving.com/campaigns/charity/wildheart-foundation/heartsfortigers SCIENTISTS who found a way to stop sperm swimming say it could lead to a male contraceptive pill within the next 10 years.
British experts temporarily prevented human sperm from moving by targeting the protein that gives it mobility.
Past attempts at a pill for men led to permanent changes in hormone levels.
Prof John Howl and Dr Sarah Jones, of Wolverhampton University, said their research could lead to a male pill “in 10 years”.