The problem then boils down to what's an acceptable percentage, no? I mean, 99% is off limits, but what about 98%? 95%? where's the cut off? I don't think gen

The problem then boils down to what's an acceptable percentage, no? I mean, 99% is off limits, but what about 98%? 95%? where's the cut off? I don't think gene commonality is a useful metric for this. Not really sure what would it be though, and I agree that it seems creepy to do experiments on an animal that looks a lot more like you than a worm or a rat. But I also think it's appalling the way we treat our food sources and would love for this to improve, regardless of whether they look like me or not, and regardless of the amount of genes we have in common. Just out of basic respect for life (I also don't like cutting trees and plants just because). Unfortunately I still like meat and bacon and other cow products, and while I try to eat less red meat, it's very hard to do.