Monsanto Patent For a Pig (2006)

The American biotechnology firm Monsanto has applied for a patent for pig breeding in 160 countries The patent is for specific parts of the genetic material of pigs which Monsantos genetic researchers have decoded If this patent is granted pig breeding would be possible with the approval of the company Farmers and breeders are naturally alarmed because these genes have long existed in the great majority of their pigs Using DNA tests they can prove that there is no new invention in the patent applications but that instead granting this patent would be to allow a part of nature to fall into the hands of a single company