“We’ve always had strong moral responsibility, or we should have had, to other species,’ says Richard Twine, the British sociologist. ‘We just… — Emily Anthes Character 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,… — Emily Anthes First place 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… — Emily Anthes Dogs 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… — Emily Anthes Dogs 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… — Emily Anthes Health 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… — Emily Anthes Language 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… — Emily Anthes Biology 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.… — Emily Anthes Goals 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… — 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… — Emily Anthes Big heart 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… — Emily Anthes Little time Copy Share Image
“The controversy over pet cloning is a debate over what it means to love an animal, and it involves values and judgments… — Emily Anthes Copy Share Image
“Humans are a force of nature—we are, in some senses, THE force of nature—and we influence animals whether we intend to or… — Emily Anthes Animals Copy Share Image
