Cloning, Genetic engineering & reproductive technology

2 page briefing from 2010.
This paper on the cloning of animals for food supply introduces the health, welfare, ethics and legality of cloning in the European Union.

Factsheet from 2010.
This factsheet is a useful summary of the issues around farm animal cloning and the impact on the welfare of the animals themselves.

56 page report from 2010.
Cloning of farm animals for food production has become an increasingly controversial topic of debate, especially within the context of responsibilities to the welfare of farm animals enshrined in European legislation and the growing global demand for meat and dairy production.
This report examines the impacts of cloning on farm animal welfare, highlights key advice on the issue from scientific and ethical advisory bodies and makes recommendations regarding the future of farm animal cloning.

72 page report from 2002.
Explains methods of reproductive techniques, selective breeding, genetic engineering and cloning used on farm animals, including cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry and fish and the aims of the biotechnology companies to produce GM or cloned food, pharmaceuticals and xenotransplantation. Details animal welfare problems and loss of animal lives caused by the experiments, using scientific literature. Argues for moratorium on all commercial use and experiments and a re-direction of research funds to breeding animals for maximum health and welfare.
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4 page summary from 2002.
Overview of the issues raised in the report 'The Gene and the Stable Door: Biotechnology and Farm Animals'

68 page report from 1998.
In collaboration with Dr Gill Langley of BUAV. Describes in detail, using scientific and medical literature, how xenotransplants are unlikely to work in humans, and their potential for causing disease. Includes section on ethics of xenotransplantation.
1 870356 21 7

22 page report from 1995.
Describes the health and welfare problems caused by selective breeding of cattle, chickens, turkeys and pigs, and reproductive methods such as artificial insemination (AI), superovulation and embryo transfer (ET). Methods are described in detail.
1 900156 02 8