A California lawmaker said on Wednesday he would introduce a bill this week to ban sales of cloned pets, a move that could end a California company's plans to replicate beloved domestic animals.
A ban is necessary because the technology is unregulated and animal shelters are filled to capacity with potential pets, Assembly Member Lloyd Levine said in an interview.
"If you were to use animals for experiments, for agriculture, for all sorts of things, there are all sorts of regulations ... Who knows what's going to happen if these things get released into the wild?" Levine said.
Funnily enough, the 'amusingly' named Genetic Savings and Clone don't see his point.
"The proposed ban is based on myths and science fiction and would neither improve animal welfare nor serve the interests of consumers," said Ben Carlson, a spokesman for Genetic Savings & Clone. "I have the impression Levine is pandering to animal rights advocates."
At least one evil genius is rumoured to be very worried about continued production of his army of winged monkeys.
I thought said company was based out of California....
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almostfamous
NEWSWIRE
United Kingdom
FEB 10, 2005 10:36 AM
Thought_Police said:
I thought said company was based out of California....
from their website
Genetic Savings & Clone has multiple locations: our headquarters in Sausalito, California, and our research & production facilities in other areas. If you wish to visit our headquarters, please request permission by e-mail. Sorry, for security reasons we cannot accept "drop-in" visitors. We do not allow visitors to our research & production facilities under any circumstances.
almostfamous
NEWSWIRE
United Kingdom
FEB 10, 2005 08:10 AM