--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Science be praised!
>
> If the proposed genetic manipulation proves
> successful
> at making pigs that don't mind their imminent doom
> quite so much next steps might involve attempts to
> bring DNA imposed tranquility to an even more
> troublesome animal.
>
>
> .d.
>
>
>
>
> via Boing Boing...
>
>
>
> The Daily Mail has an article about "farmyard
> freaks"
> -- livestock that has been genetically engineered to
> make them totally docile.
>
> Factory farming techniques, most commonly used with
> pigs and chicken, often involve keeping animals
> confined in cramped conditions.
>
> For pigs, who are highly intelligent, these
> conditions
> can lead to stress and aggression.
>
> 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".
>
> [...]
>
>
>
> Link to article -
>
>
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=427963&in_page_id=1770>
>
> Permalink to Boing Boing post -
>
>
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