Cloning opens door to ‘farmyard freaks’
However, GM scientists are actively investigating ways to remove the stress and aggression gene from animals, effectively turning them into complacent zombies.
The professor said it might become technically possible to produce “animal vegetables” - beasts which are “highly prolific and oblivious to their physical and mental status”.
DAMN IT. Seriously. When will we stop acting like idiots trying to invent sentience-free animals and just, you know, stop eating animals that don’t want to be eaten?!
(via BoingBoing)
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Lazurii
13|Jan|2007 1Doesn’t it remind you of Douglas Adams’ “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe” where they’ve bred cattle that WANT to be eaten?
It’s just awful. How would humans feel if scientists started fiddling around with OUR genes to make us more complacent in high-stress situations? Why would anyone want to give up their agency like that?
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