Mmmmm. Cloney.
The BBC is reporting that for the second time (gasp) the meat from a bull that’s the offspring of a cloned cow has entered the food chain (ohmigodohmigodohmigod).
They’ve even reported the bull’s name: Parable. Here’s his story.
Once upon a time, way back in May of 2007, a bull was born and named Parable. Parable was a hearty bull, so hearty in fact that in May of 2010 he was slaughtered and eaten by people in Britian.
But soon, some Brits were complaining about Parable. They thought that the meat from a bull born of a cloned cow shouldn’t be eaten, not matter how delicious and tender it was. So the authorities went and questioned the farmer Steven Innes, from whose farm Parable had come, but Mr. Innes said he’d done nothing wrong, and his brothers agreed. In unison.
None of the Steven Inneses contacted had a comment beyond saying they'd done nothing wrong, and Parable tasted great.
The End.
I know it probably sounds funny, and I’ve not lost my funny bone or anything…so far!
But in the UK animal cloning and GM food is taken quite seriously. They don’t want to eat genetically modified food unless it is labeled – so they can make a choice as to whether they partake or not. The same goes with cloned beef – they want to it labeled so they can decide. Many do not feel any of this is well researched enough.
I’m not sure if they are right, but certainly I believe that labeling is the right thing to do.
This is not done in the US, which probably explains all those oddball Republicans – too much GM intake!
I have no opinion one way or the other – just found the whole thing kinda worth having some fun with.