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[Cyprus]

Story time. When I was 16/17 or so I visited a local “rescue” for a day to decide if I wanted to volunteer there long term, and ended up lasting an hour, tops. The whole thing was just so off. The woman complained to me nonstop about her neighbors and how they had it out for her and apparently wanted to steal her horses; the rooms at the back reeked of urine and were stuffed with little dogs and had about 10 dogs running loose, all looked ungroomed and many had visible fleas crawling on them; the backyard of her building was about 50 small kennel runs lined up like a prison camp with dogs packed in on mud and howling nonstop.
It was truly bizzare and I didn’t know whether to feel pity (she talked nonstop about how she recieved no financial help from anyone and the dogs relied on her personal income and labor) or anger. Needless to say I got the hell out of Dodge and never went back.

Months later the Houston SPCA busted her for animal hoarding and took all her animals. It was surreal seeing her mugshot in the news and a huge eye opener for me that just because someone calls themselves a rescue doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy. It came out that her neighbors had called animal control on her multiple times, but every time she would clean up her act and hide everything and it would blow over. Oh, and the “horse stealing” was her neighbors trying to sneak food and water to her horses that were skin and bones (I never saw them).

The craziest part is, I actually almost gave that psycho my dog, Clementine. This was back when we first found her and my parents were adamant we weren’t keeping her. That “rescue” was the only one accepting dogs over 30 pounds; if I hadn’t scoped out the potential volunteer work, who knows where my baby Clem would be.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/dozens-of-animals-seized-from-sanctuary
This was the initial seizure. There were a lot more than 26 dogs in that place, I always wondered what she did with them.
I can’t find the updated article but if I remember correctly, she spent half a year in jail and reopened after that, and then was busted again and closed down for good.

Did they make an episode about her? I watch the Houston SPCA

 

[ShrekDawg]

I would watch it if they did. Also wow tes you are younger than i thought lol or maybe the article is a newer article?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Great, we can have GMO chickens

CVM Public Webinar: Genome Editing in Animals
In order to provide for a more comprehensive overview and opportunity for discussion, the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine is postponing its Public Webinar about Genome Editing in Animals, originally scheduled for December 3, 2018, to a later date. We hope to announce a new date soon in order to accommodate significant public interest in this arena.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), with participation from the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), is holding a public webinar about genome editing in animals.

The live-cast webinar will focus primarily on the current scientific evidence, promising uses of this technology in animals, and the potential risks. The webinar will also provide information to all interested stakeholders about CVM’s flexible, risk-based approach to the regulation of intentional genomic alterations in animals and address common misconceptions associated with the regulation of these products. This webinar will not cover genome editing in plants for human and/or animal food.

from https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinar...7f4975&elqaid=6102&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=4952

Genome editing has been going on for years in the animal industry. Just like cloning has been. I’d rather they allow it so regulations can be put in place than the experimental subjecting it has right now.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Yeah, didn’t they just edit babies?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Yeah, didn’t they just edit babies?

A doctor in Japan(?) claims to have edited children for a couple, but that goes against regulations since human editing is universally illegal and he’s being investigated for it.

 

[Kiki]

Story time. When I was 16/17 or so I visited a local “rescue” for a day to decide if I wanted to volunteer there long term, and ended up lasting an hour, tops. The whole thing was just so off. The woman complained to me nonstop about her neighbors and how they had it out for her and apparently wanted to steal her horses; the rooms at the back reeked of urine and were stuffed with little dogs and had about 10 dogs running loose, all looked ungroomed and many had visible fleas crawling on them; the backyard of her building was about 50 small kennel runs lined up like a prison camp with dogs packed in on mud and howling nonstop.
It was truly bizzare and I didn’t know whether to feel pity (she talked nonstop about how she recieved no financial help from anyone and the dogs relied on her personal income and labor) or anger. Needless to say I got the hell out of Dodge and never went back.

Months later the Houston SPCA busted her for animal hoarding and took all her animals. It was surreal seeing her mugshot in the news and a huge eye opener for me that just because someone calls themselves a rescue doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy. It came out that her neighbors had called animal control on her multiple times, but every time she would clean up her act and hide everything and it would blow over. Oh, and the “horse stealing” was her neighbors trying to sneak food and water to her horses that were skin and bones (I never saw them).

The craziest part is, I actually almost gave that psycho my dog, Clementine. This was back when we first found her and my parents were adamant we weren’t keeping her. That “rescue” was the only one accepting dogs over 30 pounds; if I hadn’t scoped out the potential volunteer work, who knows where my baby Clem would be.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/dozens-of-animals-seized-from-sanctuary
This was the initial seizure. There were a lot more than 26 dogs in that place, I always wondered what she did with them.
I can’t find the updated article but if I remember correctly, she spent half a year in jail and reopened after that, and then was busted again and closed down for good.

I remember this trash bag's story.

 

[Molpet]

Genome editing has been going on for years in the animal industry. Just like cloning has been. I’d rather they allow it so regulations can be put in place than the experimental subjecting it has right now.

umm I didn't know that it was past the experimental stage.... Yes I agree on regulating it, but I think it's not legal in people...I seen the news report about the china? twins whose dad was HIV so a scientist edited their genes IV so they wouldn't get it....
Well if it's a food animal I want the package marked

 

[Tesumph]

I would watch it if they did. Also wow tes you are younger than i thought lol or maybe the article is a newer article?

I’m 20 haha, how old did you think?

Genome editing has been going on for years in the animal industry. Just like cloning has been. I’d rather they allow it so regulations can be put in place than the experimental subjecting it has right now.

Personally I think it’s all pretty dang cool. What an exciting time to be alive.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

umm I didn't know that it was past the experimental stage.... Yes I agree on regulating it, but I think it's not legal in people...I seen the news report about the china? twins whose dad was HIV so a scientist edited their genes IV so they wouldn't get it....
Well if it's a food animal I want the package marked

I mentioned that above as well.
I understand that. Many people feel the same.

I’m 20 haha, how old did you think?

Personally I think it’s all pretty dang cool. What an exciting time to be alive.

I think it’s fascinating at how they can do such things, especially since it takes so much expertise to actually complete it. The PCR is one thing, but to actually cut out a gene without botching the whole embryo? That’s so impressive

 

[CSAchook]

A doctor in Japan(?) claims to have edited children for a couple, but that goes against regulations since human editing is universally illegal and he’s being investigated for it.

*China