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Nik Barratt, 56, from Leicester, and his neighbours sat on their driveways to enjoy a beer every Saturday afternoon for 65 consecutive weeks, sometimes with umbrellas or torches.

Other people walking past would say hello, and Nik says that the sense of community is still strong five years later.

“As human development has significantly enhanced the well-being of our communities, it has simultaneously taken a toll on wildlife and their natural habitats,” Oakland Zoo CEO Nik Dehejia said in a statement.

“There simply aren’t enough roofers and drywallers and all these other skilled trades in this country,” said Nik Theodore, a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago who studies disaster recovery in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy.

But Nik acknowledges that, though MND has robbed him of his active body, he is not enduring constant pain like Elise and some other terminally ill people.