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That's precisely the problem, says Linda Lacy, developer of an 18,000-acre project in Jefferson County, where wildlife agents set traps last summer seeking jumping mice. They caught no Preble's but did get 218 other mice and one rattlesnake. "It's ridiculous to protect the animal when no one can even seem to find it," says Lacy. Tom Taylor, a Colorado Springs builder, concurs: "What's the population count? Are they really more endangered now than they used to be? Who is to say?" Taylor had to spend four months redesigning a construction project after four Preble...
...operations at the Air Force Academy and cleanup at the Rocky Flats former nuclear-weapons site. With the certainty of greater disruption if the animal wins federal protection, Colorado officials have organized a 200-member coalition to draft the state's own protection plan, which may include finding the mice and relocating some of them into sanctuaries. "It's in the interest of both mouse and man to avoid drastic measures," says Congressman David Skaggs of Boulder, a Democrat who secured a $400,000 appropriation to fund the project. "Nobody wants an endangered-species train wreck in the areas where...
...Number of animals, including crickets, fish, mice, rats and snails, launched into space last Friday aboard the space shuttle Columbia...
...fact, important patents already exist on some forms of human/animal genetic combinations. According to CNN, mice, rabbits, sheep and cows have all been the recipients of human genes, which have been used for important medical products including alpha anti-trypsion (to treat cystic fibrosis) and lactoferrin (which can bolster the immune system). The potential benefits from further genetic engineering in this area are significant but still remain to be explored...
ROGER SHORT Geneticist wants mice to produce human sperm. Makes "Are you a man or a mouse?" a hard call...