Vegan News 11.11.09

Published On: 11 November 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017By Charleen Angle

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British scientists are inserting human DNA into nonhumans for “science.” They’ve given mice the Down’s Syndrome gene to study how the disease evolves, and grew a human ear onto the back of a mouse in hopes of one day growing human replacement organs in nonhumans. One researcher said, “It sounds yucky.”

An update to the Sharon McDonough animal cruelty case in New York has McDonough’s son, Douglas, as the one who alerted police. “It was a concentration camp for the animals.”

A man such as this would just as soon kill a human- then what will the authorities do? Larry Hartman, of Gaston County, North Carolina, is a killer.

Actress, and BMW driver, Dominique Swain, dumped a box of unvaccinated eight-week-old puppies at a Malibu shelter. She claimed to have no money- not even for a small donation.

Ozzie the Man, a racing greyhound, dies at age six. “The amount of fans he had was unreal. Australian papers even wrote about all of his races. I really miss him. He was way too young to die.” The maltreatment and outright torture of greyhounds involved in this “sport” is not mentioned as a cause of Ozzie’s premature death.

Published On: 11 November 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017

Kayla November 11, 2009 at 2:15 pm - Reply

Listen, I’m opposed to unnecessary animal cruelty as much as the next vegan. I do happen to think that people are, in fact, different and more important than non-human animals, which might justify animal research in some cases. But regardless, taking research quotes out of context (which is as bad as misquoting) just makes you look like a desperate fool, who can’t win with facts so you’re trying to do it through propaganda.

The actual quote is:

‘”It sounds yucky, but it may be well worth doing if it’s going to lead to a cure for something horrible,” said Robin Lovell-Badge, a stem cell expert at Britain’s National Institute for Medical Research, and a member of the group conducting the study.’

This is a rampant problem in vegan communities and literature. WE CAN WIN WITH TRUTH AND FACTS ON OUR SIDE. We don’t need to mislead and spin in order to look better. So please, stop posting incomplete, intentionally-biased information. It makes our cause look bad to other reasonable, intelligent, compassionate people, who might otherwise be convinced.

Published On: 11 November 2009· Last Updated: 17 January 2017· By Charleen Angle·

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.

Your Daily Vegan's Featured Links Du Jour, what's on the menu this Wednesday?

British scientists are inserting human DNA into nonhumans for “science.” They’ve given mice the Down’s Syndrome gene to study how the disease evolves, and grew a human ear onto the back of a mouse in hopes of one day growing human replacement organs in nonhumans. One researcher said, “It sounds yucky.”

An update to the Sharon McDonough animal cruelty case in New York has McDonough’s son, Douglas, as the one who alerted police. “It was a concentration camp for the animals.”

A man such as this would just as soon kill a human- then what will the authorities do? Larry Hartman, of Gaston County, North Carolina, is a killer.

Actress, and BMW driver, Dominique Swain, dumped a box of unvaccinated eight-week-old puppies at a Malibu shelter. She claimed to have no money- not even for a small donation.

Ozzie the Man, a racing greyhound, dies at age six. “The amount of fans he had was unreal. Australian papers even wrote about all of his races. I really miss him. He was way too young to die.” The maltreatment and outright torture of greyhounds involved in this “sport” is not mentioned as a cause of Ozzie’s premature death.

Published On: 11 November 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017

Kayla November 11, 2009 at 2:15 pm - Reply

Listen, I’m opposed to unnecessary animal cruelty as much as the next vegan. I do happen to think that people are, in fact, different and more important than non-human animals, which might justify animal research in some cases. But regardless, taking research quotes out of context (which is as bad as misquoting) just makes you look like a desperate fool, who can’t win with facts so you’re trying to do it through propaganda.

The actual quote is:

‘”It sounds yucky, but it may be well worth doing if it’s going to lead to a cure for something horrible,” said Robin Lovell-Badge, a stem cell expert at Britain’s National Institute for Medical Research, and a member of the group conducting the study.’

This is a rampant problem in vegan communities and literature. WE CAN WIN WITH TRUTH AND FACTS ON OUR SIDE. We don’t need to mislead and spin in order to look better. So please, stop posting incomplete, intentionally-biased information. It makes our cause look bad to other reasonable, intelligent, compassionate people, who might otherwise be convinced.