Ethics of Transgenic Pets

Do you think owning/making a transgenic or genetically engineered pet is wrong?

FYI, in case anyone didn't know, a transgenic organism possesses a gene or genes that have been transferred from a different species using recombinant DNA technology. The transgene(s) can be from very distantly related organisms (different Kingdoms). This is not science fiction anymore-the world's first transgenic pet, Glofish (a transgenic zebrfish), has been on the market since 2003.

For those of you who answer "Yes-For Another reason"....feel free to post that reason if you desire.

I am undecided! :P

Wops I probably should have posted this in the "General Pets" forum. We get so many new forums and subforums here it hard to keep track! :)

The biggest question that will solve most of the worlds problems....

Are pigs going to fly?

Spider pig spider pig does whatever spider pig does.

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

The biggest question that will solve most of the worlds problems....

Are pigs going to fly?

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Or better yet pigs that will help real envirnomental problems such as large algal blooms in lakes, river, etc.....ever hear of Enviropigs?

I think it's okay. In the future it could benefit humans...

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Originally Posted by Mendel's Balls

Wops I probably should have posted this in the "General Pets" forum. We get so many new forums and subforums here it hard to keep track! :)

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Looks like some nice moderator or administrator answered my prayers. Thank you whomever you are!

BTW there is a patent to make transgenic reptiles.


See http://www.google.com/patents?id=ttq...ansgenic+snake

or

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/US20080005807.html