Comment Re:Food (Score 1) 744
I really don't like this idea at all, to be honest. Yes, it's hard to let go of pets, but the world already has enough unloved cats and dogs as it is. Once there are genetically modified designer pets out there the proplem will only be worse.
These thoughts make me sad: that one day perhaps you'll have the choice to buy a normal cat, or if you pay a few hundred dollars more, a cat that will be extra healthy, or live longer. Maybe you can't afford it, so you buy the normal cat, and 15 years later you look at your sad, ailing cat and think "Fluffy might not be dying now if I ponied up the cash." Terrible.
I actually would be curious to see what the slashdot community says about what we can do to prevent the arrival of genetically modified pets. The thought is really distressing to me, to be honest.
These thoughts make me sad: that one day perhaps you'll have the choice to buy a normal cat, or if you pay a few hundred dollars more, a cat that will be extra healthy, or live longer. Maybe you can't afford it, so you buy the normal cat, and 15 years later you look at your sad, ailing cat and think "Fluffy might not be dying now if I ponied up the cash." Terrible.
I actually would be curious to see what the slashdot community says about what we can do to prevent the arrival of genetically modified pets. The thought is really distressing to me, to be honest.
