Glad to see all the sane and reasonable comments on this one.

Thank you for what you do.

Please don’t call shelter workers “murderers”, thankyouverymuch. We don’t like having to euthanize, but we also can’t cram animals five to a cage, let them loose on the street, or refuse to take them in. Our burnout rate is high and ignorant comments such as yours do not help.

Canids does not mean only regular dogs you might call Fido. When we talk about endangered canids, that means species like the darwin’s fox, the red wolf, etc.

How is this ruining species of domesticated dogs? Your line of reasoning is completely off the rails. First you implied we already have too many dogs so fuck this IVF procedure because there will just be all these dogs and breeders out to make a profit. Now it’s destroying them? You’re also putting forth the idea that…

You’re saying we shouldn’t use a technology that could do a lot of good (bringing back species from the brink of extinction) because someone COULD do something bad (create more dogs that shouldn’t be reproducing in the first place). You could make the same argument for genetic testing on infants, no? Sure, it could…

Literally nobody will be using this to breed more domestic dogs. That’s pretty clearly not why they’re doing it. I’m onboard with your ethics with regards to dog breeders and shelters though

Totally, I mean...I’m fully aware that overbreeding is an issue in this country. People have animals when they shouldn’t and discard them like garbage when they figure out the special breed they just had to have is incompatible with their lifestyle, which is terribly sad. That being said, I feel like its possible to…

That was a spectacularly ignorant rant. But I will continue to obtain my SAR prospects from ethical breeders and serve the public anyway. Despite my being “stupid on a certain level.” SMH

I’m aware of issues surrounding animal overpopulation in the United States. My dog is a rescue too. I’m just not going to scream "FUCK THIS" when I see value for this type of thing in the grander scheme of things when it comes to endangered species, seeing things in absolutes is not generally a way I like to look at…

I mean...can't say I disagree with some people being in desperate need of sterilization. That being said, simply "backing the fuck off" isn't going to do a lot to help some species and they will need a little help which I think this could provide...so idk...I'm just not jumping on the hate bandwagon just yet. For now…

I hear wildlife conservation is pretty popular

I think OP just saw the word puppies and thought this was a good post to start ranting against puppy mills, honestly.

Why do you hate science?

I think you're confusing IVF with some type of genetic engineering in your line of reasoning, but w/e.

Your argument is essentially “I am against this because people might use it for dog breeding, even though the article explicitly says it should be used to save endangered canid species.”

So we shouldn’t study any form of IVF for non-humans because it might be misused? That strikes me as very anti-science. Like it or not, species are dying in droves, and we need to provide help if we’re to have any hope of preserving any biodiversity. Yes. We should focus on helping animals in their environment as…

I work at a rescue foundation, but you didn’t read the article did you?

I work at an animal shelter. But you didn’t read the article, did you?

So because some people might use it for less than ideal things, fuck the people who are using it for actual objectively good reasons?