ANIMAL TRANSGENICS: A NEW BREED OF SCIENCE

Recent advances in biotechnology have given humans God-like powers over nature. Animals can now be given entirely new characteristics by transferring the genes of one species into another. Using superb 3D animation and interviews from the world’s leading experts, the film explores both the assets and dangers of this highly controversial technology.

It shows how animals can be grown faster and bigger and it also exposes how environmental, health and safety issues have been completely ignored in the headlong pursuit of creating a new animal species. • 60 min.