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Human/Nonhuman Chimeras: Saving Our Bodies, Losing Our Souls

Posted by Lori Marino On January 27, 2017 in The Blog | 0 comments

A new paper details the creation of a human/pig chimera.

The goal of the research program is to generate pigs and cows who would become, essentially, living containers for human organs.

The possibilities have many researchers giddy with excitement. But they also raise serious ethical dilemmas regarding the moral status of these part-human animals.

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Earth is Not a Disposable Planet

Posted by Lori Marino On January 5, 2017 in The Blog | 0 comments

Steven Hawking argues that transporting the human population to other planets will save us from the problems we’ve caused here on Earth.

Not only is this notion wildly unrealistic as a panacea for our problems; it is dangerous.

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Human-Nonhuman Chimeras: Do We Really Want to Go There?

Posted by Lori Marino On September 3, 2016 in The Blog | 0 comments

Proposed changes by the NIH to its research guidelines regarding human-nonhuman chimeras will result in things like pigs being implanted with human stem cells to create hearts, livers, pancreases and kidneys to then “harvest” and place in human beings.

The pigs will become, essentially, living growth chambers for human organs.

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Superpod 5: Scholar-Advocacy at Its Best

Posted by Lori Marino On July 31, 2016 in The Blog | 3 comments

This year’s “Superpod” gathering was attended by scientists, filmmakers, authors, journalists, former trainers, naturalists, orca advocates and lay people.

A new feature, the Scholar-Advocacy Day, featured outstanding talks by students and young people applying their education and professional skills to marine mammal protection.

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Sanctuaries for Captive Cetaceans

Posted by Lori Marino On May 10, 2016 in The Blog | 4 comments

The Whale Sanctuary Project has been met with enthusiasm and relief by animal advocates, scientists and people everywhere who understand not only that it is impossible for orcas and other marine mammals to thrive in concrete tanks, but that it is fundamentally immoral to use them in this way.

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SeaWorld’s Announcement: A Good Start, but …

Posted by Lori Marino On March 18, 2016 in The Blog | 9 comments

SeaWorld’s announcement that it will stop breeding captive orcas is a step in the right direction.
But sooner or later the company is going to have to bite the bullet and admit that coastal sanctuaries are the only practical and ethical solution to its dilemma.

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Sites We Like

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  • Earth in Transition
  • Elephant Voices
  • Farm Sanctuary
  • Nonhuman Rights Project
  • Orca Aware
  • Save Japan Dolphins
  • TerraMar Research
  • The Inner Lives of Animals
  • Think Tank for Kangaroos
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