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EU Backing Cloned Animal Products

Critter News

If this policy is adopted, European farms could be populated by cloned supersize animals used as breeding stock for cows, pigs and sheep that are reared for food. Tags: europe cloning farm animal welfare. Clones themselves can suffer a range of painful conditions, including malformed organs and gigantism.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 4 of 13

Animal Ethics

Suppose there was a breed of sheep that became very ill when the sheep’s fleece was removed; they did not function normally. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. Would we still wish to say that the amputated limbs were products rather than parts of the animals? KBJ: Ditto. KBJ: Bingo.