“Humans are a force of nature—we are, in some senses, THE force of nature—and we influence animals whether we intend to or not. So the real question, going forward, is not WHETHER we should shape animals’ bodies and lives, but… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“We’ve always had strong moral responsibility, or we should have had, to other species,’ says Richard Twine, the British sociologist. ‘We just haven’t exercised… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“… To many biologists, cloning is all sizzle and no substance, a high-tech spectacle that fails to address habitat loss, poaching, pollution, and the… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“Take tail docking…in which the last several inches of a puppy’s tail are removed, usually without anesthesia, sometimes with extremely crude instruments such as… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“Over the generations, we have bred and inbred our canine companions to the point of disease and deformity. One analysis of popular dog breeds… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“The important thing is that we do not throw the genetically modified baby out with the bathwater. We spend so much time discussing the… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“Linguists have long debated the links between language, culture, and cognition. The theory of linguistic relativity posits that language itself—the specific tongue that we… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“As Rollin put it in his book The Frankenstein Syndrome, ‘It is simply false that all genetic engineering must harm animals. Unless one assumes… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“Though the ostensible goal of engineering pain-free animals is to minimize other species’ discomfort, what it’s really doing is alleviating our own. if we… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“For the vast majority of us who reside in the troubled middle, there are no easy answers to the ethical dilemmas that biotechnology can… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“The troubled middle is…a place where it’s possible to truly love animals and still accept their occasional role as resources, objects, and tools. Those… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“The latest, greatest cyborg critters may come not from state-of-the-art labs, but the minds of curious kids and individual hobbyists. Though scientists will continue… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
