The new Ashera cat has gone on sale in the US. Wrong, plain wrong. The result of some show-off geneticist out to make millions.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=490429&in_page_id=1770

Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yuck, yuck, yuck for sooooo many reasons.

(Is that the most constructive post I've ever put on here?)

Do you think they come in pink?

The reference to 'making' cats says it all... I think Mary Shelley expressed my feelings perfectly in 'Frankenstein':

'How dare you sport thus with life!'

'How dare you sport thus with life!'

Quite! What really shocked me was that some guy believes that this will help medical research, as it tests 'new' technologies. None of this technology is new anymore.

Lucy, you may jest, but there are people, both in the US and UK, who take their dogs to special salons to dye them pink/other pretty colours. It's enough to make you cry. There was me, all aghast when Robinsons started selling glitter spray for horses...