The controversial closure of a possum research unit near
Dunedin last year has resulted in an employment payout, and
questions about a Government agency's decision-making.
State science company AgResearch says it will commercialise a
wool dyeing process which allows vibrant colouring of wool
fabrics and could potentially earn millions of dollars.
Green Party MP Sue Kedgley wants an urgent parliamentary
inquiry into the ethics and animal welfare issues of
AgResearch's genetic engineering of livestock.
State science company AgResearch says it will slim down its
applications for approval of genetic engineering of multiple
species of animals after being told by regulators they won't
be approved.
Genetically modified cows were born with ovaries that grew so
large they caused ruptures, killing the calves, during
research on human fertility treatments that went horribly
wrong.
AgResearch is bidding to create herds of genetically
modified animals to help people fight rare conditions. Chris
Barton, of The New Zealand Herald, reports on both
sides of the vigorous debate.
An anti-genetic engineering (GE) group wants to take the
State science researcher to the Supreme Court after its bid
to block transgenic livestock research was thrown out.
Agresearch is proposing to shed nine staff from its Invermay
campus as part of redundancy plans which could result in the
Crown Research Institute Institute (CRI) cutting back its
total workforce of employees by more than 40 people.
