Dr Andrew King's sheepdog research reported widely in the press

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Research conducted by Dr Andrew King shows that sheepdogs use just two simple rules to round up large herds of sheep - to collect the sheep when they’re dispersed and drive them forward when they’re aggregated. The findings could lead to the development of robots that can gather and herd livestock, crowd control techniques, or new methods to clean up the environment.

Read more about the research here.

Andrew King gave broadcast interviews on:

The Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2 (live). Listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dypj2 

Newshour, BBC World Service. Listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0253ht5

World at One, BBC Radio 4. Listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04fcrdm

The research and a pre-recorded interview with Dr Andrew King at Swansea University also featured extensively on the BBC’s nationwide TV and radio regional news:

BBC Wales Today news on breakfast news 8:28 am and bulletin at 9:01am, lunchtime news at 1:38pm, the main evening news at 6:46pm and 7:58pm news bulletin

BBC Radio 5 Live at 9:03am

Networked BBC Ulster, BBC Tees, BBC Northampton, BBC Cambridgeshire, BBC Oxford, BBC Gloucester, BBC Cumbria,  BBC Wiltshire, BBC Three Counties, BBC Somerset, BBC Leicester, BBC Lincolnshire, BBC Kent, BBC Sheffield, BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Nottingham,  BBC Humberside, BBC Berkshire, BBC Essex, BBC Radio Surrey, BBC Bristol, BBC Jersey, BBC Norfolk, BBC Cornwall, BBC Hereford and Worcester,  BBC Devon, BBC York, BBC WM,  BBC Lancashire, BBC Derby, BBC Merseyside, BBC Newcastle, BBC Solent, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Wiltshire news at breakfast lunch and evening bulletins/news

BBC News 24 at 1:24pm, 3:26pm, 4:49pm and 7:52pm.

The research is reported in:

South Wales Evening Post p3
The Daily Telegraph p3
The Independent p18
BBC News Science & Environment 
BBC Wales News
BBC Cymru Fyw 
Radio Cymru
CBBC Newsround 
The Age.com (Australia)
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Western Daily Press 
Northumberland Gazette 
Daily News (USA)
Naharnet (Lebanon)
Catalyst (Australia)
Herald Globe (Australia) 
Truth Dive (India)
ABC Science (Australia) 
Sky News (Australia) 
The Malaysian Times 
Emirates 247 (United Arab Emirates)
Geo.tv (Pakistan) 
News 24 (South Africa) 
Now News (Taiwan)
Irish Examiner
Independent.ie (Ireland)
Bild der Wissenschaft (Germany) 
L'Avenir (Belgium)
RTL.be (Belgium) 
Le Progres (France)
Le Journal (France)
Spiegel Online (Germany)
Uppsala Universitet (Sweden)
Webfinanser (Sweden)
Agence France-Presse (France)
NERC Planet Earth Online
Wales Online
ITVWales Online
Golwg 360
Forskning.se (Sweden)
InfoPortal - RTV.net (Romania)
Telegraf Online (Romania)
Softpedia (Romania)
Agriland (Ireland)
Tierwelt (Switzerland)
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (Italy)
Deutschlandfunk (Germany)
Gooi en Eemlander (Netherlands)