I was reading an article on animal-to-human transplants this morning (I do not agree with it, but still have to read it).  Most of it is not news to me, but it still floors me just the same.  It is quite a long article, but I wanted to post a paragraph here.....just to show you the reality of the world.

This paragraph has nothing to do with the animal-to-human transplants, per se.....but shows the length that some people (doctors, if you will) will go to in order to gain organs for their transplants.  Since animal organs are still not yet suitable for acceptance into the human body.....they result to the following.......

A trade in organs already exists. In South and Central America there are human factory farms. Woman are used as incubators, often serving a dual function as prostitutes. Their children are taken away and fattened up. When a suitable size they are killed and their organs used for transplants. The poor and illiterate are often duped into unnecessary operations. Unbeknown to them their organs are stolen. The trade in children is a multi-million dollar industry in Guatemala. Babies are stolen from street children and put on the market. A similar trade in body parts exists in Albania, now opened up to the full advantages of unfettered capitalism. Pregnant women returning from a stint as prostitutes in Italy have their babies stolen. Large numbers of babies are kidnapped and disappear. They are either sold for adoption or killed and dissected for their body parts. Cats gorge themselves sick on discarded parts in maternity wards. It is not uncommon to find dissected bodies of babies discarded on rubbish dumps. The market for body parts in the US is an estimated $6 billion per year.

And we wonder why people come up missing and are never found........

Other quotes worth mentioning:

On 8 December 1998 the go-ahead was given in the UK for the cloning of human embryos for the production of human body parts. On the international scene at least 7 companies are believed to be in the race to be the first to clone a human.

Late 1998, two researchers at a fertility clinic in South Korea cloned a human embryo and took it as far as four cells before aborting the experiment.

There is an existing and unfulfilled demand for the cloning of pets. A Texan millionaire has offered $5 million to have his pet dog cloned. At least two companies have been established in the US to promote the cloning of pets. Wealthy Saudis are trying to get racehorses cloned to enable them to rig races. Money talks.

The entire article can be found here:

http://www.heureka.clara.net/gaia/x-trans.htm