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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Cicada

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1. A genetics scientist is searching for a genetic fix, cows without horns

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Nov 25, 2018, 08:38 PM

Nov 2018

He grew up on a farm and hated the pain of dehorning. One of his research interests is trying to find a genetic splice to produce cows born without horns. Some occur in nature.

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Swiss voters reject proposal to end dehorning of cows [View all] Eugene Nov 2018 OP

A genetics scientist is searching for a genetic fix, cows without horns Cicada Nov 2018 #1

re hornless cows intelpug Dec 2018 #2

There is something really sick about changing an animal's genes athena Mar 2019 #3

People change their genes every day Cicada Mar 2019 #4

No, they don't. athena Mar 2019 #5

I am a vegetarian for ethical reasons. I support genetic engineering. Cicada Mar 2019 #6

With all due respect, you know nothing about me. athena Mar 2019 #7

Removing horns on dairy cattle hurts them, genetically removing them is a good thing Cicada Mar 2019 #8