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The Pros And Cons Of The Woolly Mammoth

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The Mammoth project involves DNA, expensive technology and the hopes and dreams of many scientists. It is seen by some as very experimental and risky, while others see it as a substantial and a worthwhile cause. The Woolly Mammoth was a creature that lived about four thousand years ago it was a very social creature and tended to stay in a pack or herd.
My first source proves that bringing back the woolly mammoth could help with climate change and is for genetically engineering animals. Charlie Wood the author quotes George Church a geneticist in charge of the Woolly Mammoth Project.“They keep the tundra from thawing by punching through snow and allowing cold air to come in," said Church. "In the summer they knock down trees and help the grass …show more content…

It is this feature of de-extinction that is most inescapable (even if it could be pursued without grossly compromising individual animal welfare), and it is for this reason that it is so deeply objectionable.” (Diehm, 2017) T.J Kasperbauer is stating that us as humans feel the need to expand and broaden our technologies. We have a need to advance in one way or another even when animals welfare is at stake. I for one do not agree with this statement because changing and growing our technology is part of why I have love being in my generation. The generation when the IPod, the Blackberry phone and many more devices that have been the start to creating the IPad and the IPhone X. I agree with his statement that we should be thinking about animals welfare. I am an animal lover and that is part of the reason why I am for the Mammoth Project. I think that if we help extinct animals that it will develop the technology to save endangered species.
One of the strengths I got from this article is that it had a very serious tone to it. It told the audience a lot of important information and viewpoints. A weakness that I found was that this article was writing about another author's work which I haven't read before. The article was analyzing a different work by T.J Kasperbauer and his opinions on

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