problems and prospects of the animal breeding industry?
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Well, the problems are that some people have "puppy mills," which is pretty sad. These animals aren't taken care of properly, but the owners just want to make money. \n\nThe prospects are that if you are a legitament breeder, the animals are cared for very well, and the breeder can make extra income. Most reputable breeders also have animals that have a champion bloodline. Breeders are proud of the animals, and make sure that their puppies or whatever animals they breed, go to good homes that won't create a mill with one of their animals.
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Can you show me where in the article it says anyone wants to create an embryo which is half cow and half human? I only see it mentioning that they plan to insert human DNA into cow ova from which the DNA has been removed, to create embryos that are 99.9% human. I don't have a problem with that, and I think it's actually rather sensible as far as being cost-effective and providing sufficient testing material goes.\n\nHalf cow half human, maybe not. I'm not sure you could even 'fuse' cow and human DNA to create an embryo.
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All countries do it, its a big project, stockbreeding is creating food for the whole.  An interesting point, there is a guy making cows on one of the aleution islands, he makes enough cows out there to support a large percentage of Japan.  Thats a lot of cows.
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There are lots of online ag education resources that deal with this. See sources for links.
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Its not a problem of the US, its a problem of vested interests in the high polluting energy sector.  Unfortunately most politicians are in the back pocket of these people and others who were the first major industries of the world.  It is a problem with all governments.  In Australia farmers interests are massively over represented in government, out of proportion to other sectors.  This is because farming is a primary industry.  If the world embraced renewables and spent the money to develop the industries the problem will be solved.
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It's become more than a little ridiculous, hasn't it?\n\nUnfortunately, the only thing the people in government, academia, and management have to say about this is that we need to be even more competitive.\n\nHonestly, I'm not overly worried about that happening, I'm worried about what will happen when people finally get so sick of this stuff that they do something about it.\n\nYou can try being a sustenance farmer, but I'd look into it before taking the plunge. I've been told that independent farmers are having a lot of trouble staying out of debt.
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here are some ideas that i hope will help... to girls and boys, you said?\n\nthe life of an animal/insect/bird, something historical from any country (war or dressing fashions or food that people eat last time or living conditions in a certain country in a certain year), the procedure involved in making some kind of food (canned foods, drinks, chocolate), something cultural (Japanese, Chinese, Indian, etc), or some cautionary info (cigarettes, pre-marital sex, drugs, etc)
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Most likely the land is not suitable for sustaining cows, and/or advanced technology (e.g., milking machines) are not available/affordable there.
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I agree with the above post in that if any research is being done, then it's still in the works, so it hasn't been announced yet. And genetically altering things, especially something as complicated as poultry, is a lot harder than most people seem to think. I would seriously doubt that anyone is working on genetically altering an entire species just to raise resistance to this strain of avian influenza. Any mutation in the flu and the genetic alterations would probably end up useless.
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I think that's an excellent idea.  To an extent.  I'd go more with saying who's not aloud to breed and spaying them.  Click the link below for an example that proves my case.
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Try joining PETA.com.  That's a good place to start.
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I think a great deal more needs to be done in animal cloning before humans get involved. Besides the ethical issues, there are real physiological difficulties that seem to erupt in cloned organisms. It seems that having two sets of genetic material really is important.
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It's much easier to start with Vet Techs at Research Facilities on University Campus. Animal research these days is more about curing diseases and genetics, so there's no animal testing with products you'll have to worry about. But whatever the case, depending on the size of your university, you may be able to get an internship right there on campus. They are in great need of help. Try asking your Administration if there is, and if they can put you in contact with the Animal Resources dept. on your campus. They will be able to help you find an internship whether they have an opening for you or not. Hope that helps!
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Well the BBC tells us, in the UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs.   That's interesting.\n   National Public Radio has an interesting article on the value of pomegranates, in which I learned new data.  NPR's All Things Considered program had an article called "Does Red Wine Fuel the Fountain of Youth?"  regarding testing wine consumption on mice.\n  The way sunshine changes human's lives is a subject newsworthy as well as well documented.  SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) affects a huge population and is especially newsworthy now due to the change from daylight savings time.  I've attached a link from the National Mental Health Association, but a dogpile.com search brought up lots of credible sources.  Good luck - if you have internet or library access you have the path to a paper with "Excellent" written in red across the top!
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http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/g101ilec/samer/smd/smphys/smdphyfr.htm\nhttp://www.dowslane.org/animal.htm\n\nIf these web sites don't help just email me and I will try to find you something different.
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Boy, did you get some stupid answers!  "Dog breeding is just mating dogs--nothing changes."  Sheesh.  They should watch a dog show sometime....
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I believe that testing on animals for medical reasons is an unfortunate necessity. We all want advances in science to cure terrible diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Cancer, HIV etc, and without the use of animals for this purpose we will never be able to achieve this.\nAnimal testing will continue until a new model could be found. The use of Cell and Tissue culture is used for drug testing, but medicinal drugs are not allowed on the market until animal testing has been completed. This is then backed up with human testing once the drug is deemed safe. This does fail, and people can get hurt (eg thalidomide) but without the animal testing these cases would occur more frequently. \nAlso laboratories for testing on animals have to work to highly stringent guidelines, and are frequently checked by officials that the animals are not being mistreated. In the UK at least.