***must Read!***

[Catsnclay]

I thought I have heard of everything, until my husband told me of this!

I cannot believe that someone, a medical scientist, would even think to do something like this! Sick, sick, sick!!


http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=10042



Unbelivable!!!! - -

[Catty1]

Yes, I heard this on CBC the other day...the 'glow' gene shows that they can put other genes into cats, and make them have the chronic illnesses that humans do, for RESEARCH!

Going to see if there is a petition anywhere yet....

ETA:

From Korea.net: "'The ability to manipulate the fluorescent protein and use this to clone cats, opens new horizons for artificially creating animals with human illnesses linked to genetic causes,' a government official said. This, he said, can speed up efforts to find treatment and drugs by allowing scientists to study animals and conduct experiments that are not possible with human patients."

EEEK!

I would be happy to set up a petition, but to whom would it go????

[Catty1]

U.S.A
Science Counsellor .
Embassy of the Republic of Korea .
2450 Massachusetts Avenue. N.W.
Washington. D.C. 20008, U.S.A.

Tel : 1-202-939-6479
Fax : 1-202-387-0402

UK

First Secretary for S&T
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
60 Buckingham Gate
London SW1E 6AJ
United Kingdom
Tel : 44-20-8715-3707
Fax : 44-20-7227-5523

Other nations - this link: http://www.korea.net/search/director....asp?menu_no=1

[Catty1]

I emailed Avaaz and Care2 to see if they could help with contact info.

Meanwhile, found this thought-provoking post on a comments section following the glow-cats article:

Craig

Ottawa

If you ask me, it is cruelty animals to create breeds of dogs and cats that have chronic health problems, which lots of breeding enthusiasts have done. There is no indication that is the case here.

Posted December 14, 2007 04:04 PM

[Medusa]

I saw this on Yahoo and on TV. It infuriated me!

[catmandu]

The Sad Thing Is That Theses Tests Have Been Done For Years And They Keep Doing These Incredibly Cruel Tests On Animals Not Because They Need The Data, But Because The Labratories Make A Lot Of Money From Government Grants And Busuries From Different Companies.
I Have Raed That Almost All Of This Can Be Done On Computers Down With Virtual Animals, Yet Every Year Thousand Of Animals Are Killed Needlessly.
I Pray These Scientists And Foundation Ceos Rot In Hell.