• Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    Thats horrifying. I’m in favor of GMO plants (of course Monsanto and seed patenting is awful) but I didnt consider GMO animals. Thats particularly evil, of course factory farming with antibiotics and all that is already fucking evil, but damn.

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      10 months ago

      We’ve been genetically modifying animals for millennia. Every animal that has been domesticated didn’t start that way. We bred them, with genetics.

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      10 months ago

      Would it be evil to genetically engineer a cow that can produce milk without having to get pregnant? Seems much less evil to me than the current state of things.

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        10 months ago

        Wow U didnt even consider this. We can’t just like give the cow progesterone to synthesize a milk environment? Or I guess making more dairy cows is also part of the business.