Ethics of Transgenic Pets

I don't see a problem with it, so long as it is monitored, maybe some sort of regulatory board to ensure that legitimate engineering is being done.

Genetic engineering is here to stay, and there will be many many benefits of it (and some side effects as well. But that's with anything really).

I love the Enviropig concept. Wow; that is ingenuity at work. it is doing something to cut down on algae and improve the environment.. how is that bad?

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Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls

I've had the tank since Thrusday. One of the Green fish today started not looking so good. All of the others look very healthy. And are vibrantly swimming about the tank. I tested the ammonia levels and it was a bit high so I did a quick water change. I'm hoping too avoid "New Tank Syndrome" as best as I can. I still pretty new to this...but Danio are pretty good starter freshwater tropical fish. Right now in PA its warm, so I will also soon have to buy a small heater for the tank.
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FYI,,,they are all doing well now.

Almost forgot.....GFP won the noblel prize in chemistry today!

See

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=95517508

I don't like it.

i see no issue with it. We've been doing supposed "genetic engineering" on plants for hundreds of years. it isn't some new thing. yeah people can say "i've never eaten anything that has been genetically engineered!" but the fact is, they are lying. If you have ever eaten a banana, you've eaten a genetically engineered plant.

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Originally Posted by AndrewGeibel

Spider pig spider pig does whatever spider pig does.

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this.

I want a ball python with wings. Where can i place my order?

i find it interesting. In fish, i suppose you could own more colorful fish... or maybe fish, that produce better meat?

either way, im not so keen on the animals being fertile. I would not want to see them cross/hybridize with other wildlife, or unaltered animals.

Id own the fish..... probably. they just look neat, and its better than a darn needle injecting dye into their bodies.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

I don't know.
Also, this really bothers me about what it could do to humans. In the future if you decide to genetically modify your baby to be blond, strong, athletic, green eyed, you end up with a super race which instantly forgoes a new reason of prejudice and hate... on everyone that wasn't genetically modified.
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Lay off the Battletech or wh40k LOL. ;)

I live in California so we cannot purchase these fish here, or have them shipped to us. That didn't stop me from buying some in Vegas and bringing them home... ;-) They're pretty cool! I setup a 28 gallon bowfront psychedelic tank with glowing plants. Hardy little buggers just like regular zebra danios.

After seeing the extremes of what "man" already does in the fish world; things like piercings on fish, tattooed mollies, blood parrot fish with their tails cut off, fish that have sores from being pierce with a needle to give it the "desired color", genetic engineering doesn't seem that bad.
I have glofish. And as far as my hobby (tropical fish keeping) is concerned, I would much rather see people paying for an animal that hatches from an egg than an animal that is more or less tortured to make it look "cool" enough for people to buy.