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Comments on the reintroduction of wolves in the Scottish Highlands. Wolf population in Norway in the mid-1990s; Confidence of Ben Panaman, founder and director of the Wolf Trust, in the defeat of local opposition; Role of wolves in the ecosystem according to Martin Gorman, curator of the Zoology Museum at the University of Aberdeen. INSET: Landowners lead the wolf campaign.

Focuses on a report by an international group of scientists, released in 2003, which predicted the total cost of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease by the time it has disappeared in 10 years' time. Factors influenced by the epidemic; Cost of BSE in Canada; Percentage of BSE cases that appeared in Great Britain; Economic impact of the disease on beef producers in Europe.