«Whether those turn out to be
perfect models for a disease or not, the ability to make targeted mutations in whole
animal models will provide much richer and more complex information to study,» says Joung.
Nothing is
perfect but I fully agree with more controlled and limited breeding of all cats and dogs by responsible, reputable breeders to reduce the overall population, spaying and neutering all other dogs and cats and expanding the foster program, and helping some groups to become a sanctuary themselves to help those
animals that are harder to adopt have a quality place to stay (following in the footsteps of the Best Friends
model) until they are adopted, other programs that train some of these dogs to be therapy dogs, search and rescue dogs, dogs to help the handicapped, police dogs, etc..