Pros:
-Animals can be engineered to require less food, grow quicker, and leave behind less evironmentally damaging waste. -Animals can be engineered to be more resistant to harmful and painful diseases. -Animals can be engineered to produce more omega-3 fatty acids, to provide leaner meat, and to make more milk. -Animals can be engineered so their tissues, organs, and cells can be transplanted into humans. -Animals can be engineered to produce certain substances that offer a new source of medicine. -Animals can be engineered to reproduce much faster. |
Cons:
-It is unethical. -Some food companies have refused to use meat or milk that is from genetically engineered animals. -Some consumers are complaining that the animal drug rules do not regulate genetically modified animals properly. -This process is potentially dangerous and can be very harmful. -When engineering animals the natural ecosystem can be disturbed. -Some animals die in experiments while other are born deformed or huge. -Animals may live in odd comditions that are affect their natural way of life. -Most injected eggs do not end up creating a living animal. |
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"Navigation." Genetic Engineering Short Article. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013
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"Navigation." Genetic Engineering Short Article. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2013
http://www.animallaw.info/articles/ovusgeneticengineering.htm