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2007-05-09 | permalink
Taiwan animal rights group protests ”fluorescent pigs”
An animal rights group on Monday protested Taiwanese scientists’ genetically engineering two pink fluorescent pigs, calling the project ”absurd” and ”meaningless.” ”If they are doing it for the happiness of human beings or animals, then maybe it is worthwhile. But I don’t see any proper purpose for breeding fluorescent pigs,” Chu Tseng-hung, director- general of the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan. ”If the experiment is only to create sensation and attract media attention, then it is meaningless and should not be encouraged,” he said.
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2007-05-09 | permalink
Taiwan animal rights group protests ”fluorescent pigs”
An animal rights group on Monday protested Taiwanese scientists’ genetically engineering two pink fluorescent pigs, calling the project ”absurd” and ”meaningless.” ”If they are doing it for the happiness of human beings or animals, then maybe it is worthwhile. But I don’t see any proper purpose for breeding fluorescent pigs,” Chu Tseng-hung, director- general of the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan. ”If the experiment is only to create sensation and attract media attention, then it is meaningless and should not be encouraged,” he said.
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