Twelve years ago, when I was on the Pine Ridge Reservation for 'Thunderheart,' I was dong research into Native American horses that had come into extinction. I was tracing certain Lakota bloodlines, and it became an obsession.
Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
RNA interference has proven to be a quite reliable mechanism for turning genes off in a whole variety of different plants and animals.
As the dog becomes thoroughbred in the laws of clan and caste; obedient, fraternal and loyal; so is the man who accepts the gentleman's code.
We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
I always wanted to be a zoologist. I'm fascinated with animals. I wanted to be a zookeeper.
You can now modify the genes of large animals, and the largest animal we are concerned with is the human.
