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The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food: Pigs whose DNA makes them resistant to a virus could be the first big consumer product using gene editing. (www.technologyreview.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by BaylorSwift3 to c/futurology

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[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

our opinions of appearance and their perceived 'intelligence' have no bearing on their ability to suffer; nor the unfathomable harm the animal agriculture industries are doing to the environment and our health.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I get my chickens from local farmers. They live a good life.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The natural life span of a chicken is ten years or more. Your chickens don't have a good life, they have at best a shitty childhood where they are not able to express their instinctive behaviours.

That you are able to lie to yourself despite so much evidence being available to you speaks to the power of carnism, denial, and self delusion.

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

let's say they do, then what happens?